Questions about FreeBSD arp table

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2006-02-14 15:50, Sean Murphy <smurphy at calarts.edu> wrote:
> I have a few questions with arp on FreeBSD
>
> Does the FreeBSD maintain its arp information in a File?

No.  It's not really necessary, the way arp works now.

> Does rebooting FreeBSD clear the arp table?

Yes.  It would be silly to keep an arp table from a previous run of the
system and then mess things up when, for instance, a laptop moves from
one network to another, right? :)

> am I correct with arp -d * should clear all arp information?

No.  But you can use ``arp -d -a'' for this.