arp.4 (726b61ab5fe782694f2bb648dafb316e1857335b) arp.4 (b92a189eb9b32f7e9db74343d46434b554a67d04)
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56ARP will queue at most one packet while waiting for a response to a
57mapping request;
58only the most recently ``transmitted'' packet is kept.
59If the target host does not respond after several requests,
60the host is considered to be down for a short period (normally 20 seconds),
61allowing an error to be returned to transmission attempts during this
62interval.
63The error is
1.\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1986, 1988, 1994
2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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56ARP will queue at most one packet while waiting for a response to a
57mapping request;
58only the most recently ``transmitted'' packet is kept.
59If the target host does not respond after several requests,
60the host is considered to be down for a short period (normally 20 seconds),
61allowing an error to be returned to transmission attempts during this
62interval.
63The error is
64.Li EHOSTDOWN
64.Er EHOSTDOWN
65for a non-responding destination host, and
65for a non-responding destination host, and
66.Li EHOSTUNREACH
66.Er EHOSTUNREACH
67for a non-responding router.
68.Pp
69The ARP cache is stored in the system routing table as
70dynamically-created host routes.
71The route to a directly-attached Ethernet network is installed as a
72.Dq cloning
73route (one with the
74.Li RTF_CLONING

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67for a non-responding router.
68.Pp
69The ARP cache is stored in the system routing table as
70dynamically-created host routes.
71The route to a directly-attached Ethernet network is installed as a
72.Dq cloning
73route (one with the
74.Li RTF_CLONING

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