Re: arp syntax help

["David Kirchner" <dpk@dpk.net>]

On 5/8/06, S t i n g r a y <fasi_74@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Can you please share the syntax for
>
> manually adding ip & MAC address permenantly
>
> i am doing
>
> arp -s 10.0.0.1 22:33:55:gf:34:22 permenent

"permanent" is implied, so you can drop that argument.

> also how to delete one MAC entry
>
> arp -d 10.0.1.17
>  but its not deleting the whole entry

Is the host still online, and on the network? It's possible it's
re-arping after you delete it. You can confirm this by running
"tcpdump -ln arp" after you delete the arp entry.

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David 'dpk' Kirchner