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Viewing the Address Translation (ARP) Table
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Viewing the Address Translation (ARP) Table
The xlat command is used to access the ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) Table. This table
contains a listing of IP addresses and their corresponding translations to MAC addresses (or
slot/port for WAN interfaces). Submenu commands are used to add entries to the table, to
delete them, show all the entries currently in the table, to flush “temporary” entries, to display
specific entries by either MAC or IP address, and to quit out of the xlat submenu.
To begin working with the ARP Table, enter the following command:
xlat
A screen similar to the following displays:
ARP Table Functions
Enter command (Add/Delete/Show/Flush/Macfind/Ipfind/Quit) (Show) :
The default command is show which is used to display all entries in the table. The quit
command is used to exit out of this submenu and return to the main system prompt.
Displaying All Entries in the ARP Table
At the above prompt, press <Enter> to select Show, the default command.
A screen similar to the following displays:
Address Translation Table
IP Address at Physical Address
--------------------- -------------------------
90.0.0.1 at 3/1, dlci=32
198.206.184.34 at 00:05:02:c0:7f:11
198.206.184.254 at 00:20:da:6a:98:40
Enter command (Add/Delete/Show/Flush/Macfind/Ipfind/Quit) (Show) :
The fields on this screen have the following meanings:
IP Address
The IP address, in dotted-decimal format, of a specific host or other device.
Physical Address
The MAC address, in hexadecimal format, of the specific host or other device that corre-
sponds to the IP address in the left-hand column.