[wplug] Clearing arp cache

[Jonathan S. Billings]

Your class exercise doesn't work on the arp on linux, freebsd or 
solaris.  There isn't a command that deletes every arp entry on linux 
or solaris, but freebsd does allow you to delete all arp entries with 
'arp -d -a'.

On Jul 13, 2004, at 10:57 PM, Greg Simkins wrote:

> I have a class exercise that claims that the arp cache can be cleared 
> by typing
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> Arp –d *.*.*.*
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> In Redhat 9 Linux this give an error about an unknown host. 
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> If I type merely arp –a, I get prompted for a host name. 
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> In Windows,  arp –a will delete the entire cache. 
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> I have been reading my resources and searching online, but have not 
> found a way to clear the arp cache in Redhat Linux 9. 
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> Does anybody know how to do this? 
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> Greg Simkins
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