
322 Chapter 10 9 Understanding and Taking Advantage of VolP Protocols
network address. Without the association, TCP/IP packets have no way of determining how
to get data from one network device to another. All computers on the network keep a
listing of which MAC addresses are associated with which TCP/IP addresses.This is known
as the systems AP,.P cache (or AP, P table). To display your ARP cache, use
arp -an
in Linux,
or
arp -en
in BSD-type systems. Both typically work under Linux, as shown in Figure 10.10.
Figure 10.10 Display of ARP Cache in Linux
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