Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 02:49:09 +0200 (CEST) From: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/22013: arp.4 claims ARP only over 10Mb/s Ethernet Message-ID: <200010160049.e9G0n9Q98703@kemoauc.mips.inka.de>
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>Number: 22013 >Category: bin >Synopsis: arp.4 claims ARP only over 10Mb/s Ethernet >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Oct 15 18:40:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Christian Weisgerber >Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT alpha >Organization: >Environment: >Description: The arp(4) man page erroneously claims that ARP is only used over 10Mb/s Ethernet. Pointed out by Hans-Guenter Weigand <hgw@d1906.inka.de> and Juergen Unger <dwalin@addict.de>. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Index: arp.4 =================================================================== RCS file: /freebsd/src/usr.sbin/arp/arp.4,v retrieving revision 1.4 diff -u -r1.4 arp.4 --- arp.4 1999/08/28 01:15:26 1.4 +++ arp.4 2000/10/16 00:49:17 @@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ .Cd "pseudo-device ether" .Sh DESCRIPTION The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a protocol used to dynamically -map between Internet host addresses and 10Mb/s Ethernet addresses. -It is used by all the 10Mb/s Ethernet interface drivers. -It is not specific to Internet protocols or to 10Mb/s Ethernet, +map between Internet host addresses and Ethernet addresses. +It is used by all the Ethernet interface drivers. +It is not specific to Internet protocols or to Ethernet, but this implementation currently supports only that combination. .Pp ARP caches Internet-Ethernet address mappings. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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