Re: arp.conf

#1 (**permalink**) 02-18-2008, 09:10 AM

Henning Brauer wrote:
> * Marc Balmer <marc@msys.ch> [2007-02-06 23:27]:
>> Antoine Jacoutot wrote:
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure if people are still using arp(8) a lot, but I've been using
>>> this on several boxes for a while (except for the man page changes I
>>> just wrote).
>>>
>>> Juts like mixerctl.conf(5) and wsconsctl.conf(5) and their respective
>>> commands if /etc/arp.conf exists, rc will use arp(8) to add entries on
>>> system startup.
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>> I don't see a benefit from this.
>>
>> If you need static arp entries, you can add the corresponding arp
>> command to /etc/rc.local.
>>
>> (On the more than 150 openbsd systems we operate, not a single one uses
>> static arp entries, so for me this is creeping featurism

>
> yeah sure, and your usage case is the only one that matters, right.
>
> together with mac-locked switch ports, static arp entries on routers
> are powerful. both are somewhat common in service provider networks, and
> fortunately becoming more popular.
>
> I am not certain we need arp.conf, but your argument is pure bullshit.

oh boy... my argument was _not_ about my boxes, but that
a static arp table can be loaded with a single command in rc.local and
that does the job perfectly with a single line added to a single file.

>
> on the, dunno the number really, 100+ systems we operare, none has a
> mixerctl.conf or a wsconsctl.comf, so both are useless, right?

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