Technical data

SET ARP
SET ARP
Provides the dynamic mapping from an IP address to the corresponding physical
network address (hardware address) on an FDDI, Ethernet, or Token Ring LAN
segment.
SET NOARP removes an address-mapping pair (IP address to physical network
address).
Related command: SHOW ARP
Formats
SET ARP mac_address host
[ /[NO]PERMANENT ]
[ /[NO]PUBLIC ]
SET NOARP [host]
Restrictions
Requires OPER privilege.
Parameters
mac_address
Required.
Specifies the physical network adddress (the hardware address) on an FDDI,
Ethernet, or Token Ring LAN segment to be mapped to an IP address.
For mac_address, specify hh-hh-hh-hh-hh-hh, where hh are pairs of hexadecimal
digits.
host
Required.
Specifies the host on the targeted LAN segment. If you do not supply a host
name, you must supply its corresponding IP address.
Qualifiers
/PERMANENT
/NOPERMANENT
Optional. Default: /PERMANENT.
Specifies whether the mapping information is cached.
/NOPERMANENT removes ARP mapping after the caching interval.
Not valid with SET NOARP.
/PUBLIC
/NOPUBLIC
Optional. Default: /PUBLIC.
Specifies whether the local ARP responds to ARP requests from other hosts to the
specified host.
/NOPUBLIC maps only for the local host.
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