From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 28 21:47:29 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EA5037B401 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 21:47:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from post-21.mail.nl.demon.net (post-21.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7740343E88 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 21:47:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cls@raggedclown.net) Received: from [212.238.197.102] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-21.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 18Hdzq-000CLu-00 for FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 05:47:26 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id B6C84C1B for ; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 06:47:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from willow.raggedclown.net (willow.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.10]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [dawn]) with ESMTP id 15A6FBA2 for ; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 06:47:14 +0100 (CET) Received: by willow.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [willow], from userid 1009) id EBE8122596; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 06:47:15 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 06:47:15 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: interpretation of arp output Message-ID: <20021129054715.GA869@raggedclown.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS 0.3.12pre8 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, An arp -a gives the following line (amongst many happy bunnies) angelus.raggedclown.intra (192.168.1.50) at 00:a0:cc:d1:fb:88 on rl0 [ethernet] ? (192.168.1.255) at ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff on rl0 permanent [ethernet] Can someone explain this to me .. the line with the "?" obviously. Whether it is relevant or not the line above represents a Windows XP system that does not get run very often (which means it may always be there, but I have never noticed it). uname.... FreeBSD willow.raggedclown.intra 4.7-STABLE FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE #0: Mon Nov 25 02:28:08 CET 2002 toor@willow.raggedclown.intra:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/WILLOW i386 -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message