On Tue, 21 May 2002 09:12:40 -0400 Andrey Koklin <aka@veco.ru> wrote:
> Is there a way with Catalysts 2900XL/3500XL to maintain IP ARP table?
>
> I find it almost empty, "show arp" displays only several service records,
> like IP address of DNS server, and seems quite useless.
> I need it for my statistics/diagnostics software. Partially, I can get
> such information from router, but it looks as indirect and incomplete
> method.
No, the Catalysts will only ARP for devices they need to communicate with
via IP. They will not maintain an ARP table for all devices on the network
they are switching traffic for. The best way to get the information you're
afteris information is by polling your router ARP tables.
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