Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:09:20 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: Robert Jesacher <jessy@sicha.net>, daniel@dgnetwork.com.br, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Understanding Flags, Refs, Use, Expire in Routing Table Message-ID: <20080328170920.GE8233@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20080328164828.F14814500F@ptavv.es.net> References: <B56F28A5-D4FB-4238-9EA2-9A7127F10488@sicha.net> <20080328164828.F14814500F@ptavv.es.net>
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On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 09:48:28AM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > From: Robert Jesacher <jessy@sicha.net> > > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:39:31 +0100 > > Sender: owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org > > > > Hi Daniel, > > > > you find mostl of you questions answered in "man netstat" (the > > relevant passage is posted below) > > The missing part is the expiry, which IMHO are the seconds, the ARP > > entry is valid (after this time a new arp request would be issued) > > > > I hope this is the information you needed. > Isn't everything?! > It makes following a thread really hard. It's all (mostly) Microsoft's fault! > > Why? > > > I wish people would stop top-posting! > > The Expire entry is the result of FreeBSD's unfortunate co-mingling > network layer routing information with layer 2 ARP information. The only > entries with "Expire" values are actually ARP entries. (Note the MAC > address os "Gateway".) > > Expire is in seconds remaining until the entry expires and is no longer > used. > -- > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
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