Setting Up an IP Interface for Management

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Administering the ARP Cache

Top-Level Menu

 

 

system

 

 

 

 

ethernet

interface

 

 

fddi

route

display

bridge

arp

remove

ip

rip

flush

snmp

ping

 

 

analyzer

 

 

statistics

 

 

script

 

 

 

 

logout

 

 

 

 

The Switch 2200 uses the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) to find the MAC addresses corresponding to the IP addresses of hosts and routers on the same subnets. An ARP cache is a table of known IP addresses and their corresponding MAC addresses.

Displaying the ARP Cache

To display the contents of the ARP cache, enter the following command from the top level of the Administration Console:

ip arp display

The contents of the ARP cache are displayed as shown in this example:

RIP is active.

 

 

IP Address

MAC Address

Interface

158.101.1.112

08-00-1e-31-a6-2

1

158.101.1.117

08-00-1e-65-21-07

1

Top-Level Menu

 

 

system

 

 

 

 

ethernet

interface

 

 

fddi

route

display

bridge

arp

remove

ip

rip

flush

snmp

ping

 

 

analyzer

 

 

statistics

 

 

script

 

 

 

 

logout

 

 

 

 

Removing an ARP Cache Entry

You might want to remove an entry from the ARP cache if the MAC address has changed.

To remove an entry from the ARP cache:

1From the top level of the Administration Console, enter:

ip arp remove

2Enter the IP address you want to remove.

The address is immediately removed from the table. If necessary, the system will subsequently use ARP to find the new MAC address corresponding to that IP address.

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3Com 2200 manual Administering the ARP Cache