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Date:      Thu, 22 Nov 2001 16:27:25 -0500 (EST)
From:      Dru <genisis@istar.ca>
To:        P K <cyu0635@home.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: arp -a
Message-ID:  <20011122162456.U44214-100000@x1-6-00-50-ba-de-36-33.kico1.on.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <005301c173b5$96d8a5e0$0100a8c0@cr1034264a>

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On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, P K wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I ping yahoo.com. I couldn't get mac address from arp -a
> Why?
> How do I get the mac address?

You can't unless you happen to be on the same cable segment as yahoo.com.
That's just how ARP works. See for yourself:

http://www.tildefrugal.net/geek/arp.html

Dru


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