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35.Dd April 18, 1994
35.Dd June 16, 2004
36.Dt ARP 4
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm arp
40.Nd Address Resolution Protocol
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Cd "device ether"
43.Sh DESCRIPTION

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101ARP watches passively for hosts impersonating the local host (i.e. a host
102which responds to an ARP mapping request for the local host's address).
103.Pp
104Proxy ARP is a feature whereby the local host will respond to requests
105for addresses other than itself, with its own address.
106Normally, proxy ARP in
107.Fx
108is set up on a host-by-host basis using the
36.Dt ARP 4
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm arp
40.Nd Address Resolution Protocol
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Cd "device ether"
43.Sh DESCRIPTION

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101ARP watches passively for hosts impersonating the local host (i.e. a host
102which responds to an ARP mapping request for the local host's address).
103.Pp
104Proxy ARP is a feature whereby the local host will respond to requests
105for addresses other than itself, with its own address.
106Normally, proxy ARP in
107.Fx
108is set up on a host-by-host basis using the
109.Xr arp 4
109.Xr arp 8
110utility, by adding an entry for each host inside a given subnet for
111which proxying of ARP requests is desired.
112However, the
113.Dq "proxy all"
114feature causes the local host to act as a proxy for
115.Em all
116hosts.
117It may be enabled by setting the

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110utility, by adding an entry for each host inside a given subnet for
111which proxying of ARP requests is desired.
112However, the
113.Dq "proxy all"
114feature causes the local host to act as a proxy for
115.Em all
116hosts.
117It may be enabled by setting the

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