Route/arp help?

[Iasen Kostov]

M. Parsons wrote:

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>Honestly I have no clue why its not working, it should be simple, but
>it isnt.. Here is what the arp cache shows and the routing table (and
>its ed0, not de0, my mistake in original message).
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>arp: (after doing the arp -s command)
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>modem (10.0.0.1) at 00:0b:23:2a:b0:c4 on ed0 permanent [ethernet]
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Why do you set  mac address static at all ?