ARP(8) OpenBSD System Manager's Manual ARP(8)NAMEarp - address resolution display and control
SYNOPSISarp [-adn] [-V rdomain] hostname
arp [-F] [-f file] [-V rdomain] -s hostname ether_addr [temp | permanent]
[pub]
arp-W ether_addr [iface]
DESCRIPTION
The arp program displays and modifies the Internet-to-Ethernet address
translation tables used by the address resolution protocol (ARP).
arp displays the current ARP entry for hostname when no optional
parameters are supplied. hostname may be specified by name or by number,
using Internet dot notation.
arp can also used to send Wake on LAN (WoL) frames over a local Ethernet
network to one or more hosts using their link layer (hardware) addresses.
WoL functionality is generally enabled in a machine's BIOS and can be
used to power on machines from a remote system without having physical
access to them.
The options are as follows:
-a Display all of the current ARP entries. See also the -d option
below.
-d Delete an entry for the host called hostname. Alternatively, the
-d flag may be combined with the -a flag to delete all entries,
with hostname lookups automatically disabled. Only the superuser
may delete entries.
-F Force existing entries for the given host to be overwritten (only
relevant to the -f and -s options).
-f file
Process entries from file to be set in the ARP tables. Any
entries in the file that already exist for a given host will not
be overwritten unless -F is given. Entries in the file should be
of the form:
hostname ether_addr [temp | permanent] [pub]
The entry will be static (will not time out) unless the word temp
is given in the command. A static ARP entry can be overwritten
by network traffic, unless the word permanent is given. If the
word pub is given, the entry will be ``published''; that is, this
system will act as an ARP server, responding to requests for
hostname even though the host address is not its own. This
behavior has traditionally been called proxy ARP.
-n Show network addresses as numbers (normally arp attempts to
display addresses symbolically).
-s hostname ether_addr [temp | permanent] [pub]
Create an ARP entry for the host called hostname with the
Ethernet address ether_addr. The Ethernet address is given as
six hexadecimal bytes separated by colons.
The permanent, pub, or temp modifiers may be specified with
meanings as given above.
If the entry already exists for the given host, it will not be
replaced unless -F is given.
-V rdomain
Select the routing domain. The default is 0.
-W ether_addr [iface]
Send the Wake on Lan frame from all interfaces on the local
machine that are up, if iface has not been specified. Otherwise
the frame will be sent from iface. ether_addr is the Ethernet
address of the remote machine or a hostname entry in /etc/ethers.
This option cannot be used in combination with any other option.
FILES
/etc/ethers Ethernet host name database.
EXAMPLES
View the current arp(4) table, showing network addresses symbolically:
$ arp-a
Create a permanent entry (one that cannot be overwritten by other network
traffic):
# arp-s 10.0.0.2 00:90:27:bb:cc:dd permanent
Create proxy ARP entries on interface fxp0 (MAC address
00:90:27:bb:cc:dd), for IP addresses 204.1.2.3 and 204.1.2.4:
# arp-s 204.1.2.3 00:90:27:bb:cc:dd pub
# arp-s 204.1.2.4 00:90:27:bb:cc:dd pub
SEE ALSOinet(3), arp(4), ethers(5), ifconfig(8), ndp(8)HISTORY
The arp command appeared in 4.3BSD. Wake on Lan functionality was added
in OpenBSD 4.9.
OpenBSD 4.9 January 11, 2011 OpenBSD 4.9