El Lun 04 Dic 2006 08:42, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: > On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 10:26:46AM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > My computer is connected to ISP via ADSL and works properly. > > > > > > I typed > > > > > > arp -a > > > > > > and saw an empty table, although I pinged successfully an Internet host > > > one second ago. > > > > > > How does it work? > > > $ ifconfig > > > rl0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > > options=8<VLAN_MTU> > > > inet6 fe80::202:44ff:fe92:1875%rl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > > > inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > > > > Maybe you are connected to your service provider by PPP-over-Ethernet? > > In that case, the PPP link (which doesn't need ARP) is your next-hop > > to the Internet, rather than the modem on the Ethernet link. > > Yes, you are right, I forgot about PPP. Many thanks.
Also, the ARP table only contain info of your subnet maps _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"