Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 12:47:47 -0400 From: "Matthew K. Cowger" <mcowger@bowdoin.edu> To: "Fernando Gleiser" <fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Usage of arp -s Message-ID: <DBEDLOOHIDFHOMJIFMGMOEMOCBAA.mcowger@bowdoin.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010616133820.L12367-100000@cactus.fi.uba.ar>
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Thats the issue. I do not HAVE the ip address of the host. Only the MAC address. I tried: arp -s XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX 91:02:64:de:58:8f and the command completeed successfully but I cannot ping the host, and I know that it is up and DOES respnd to pings.... .matt -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Fernando Gleiser Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 12:39 PM To: Matthew K. Cowger Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Usage of arp -s Try using the IP address instead of the host name. Fer On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, Matthew K. Cowger wrote: > Hi > > I am try to use ARP (specifically the -s flag) to map a MAC address t oa > host name. > After reading the man page, i tried: > > blondie# uname -a > FreeBSD blondie.bowdoin.edu 4.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #0: Wed May 2 > 22:11:53 EDT 2001 > mcowger@diablo.bowdoin.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BLONDIE i386 > blondie# arp -s mytest 91:02:64:de:58:8f > arp: mytest: Unknown host > blondie# > > So....what am I doing wrong? (Note that I dont want to do this via DNS or > /etc/hosts for other reasons) > > Thanx > > > Matt > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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