ARP Setup Inquiry

I am trying to set up a static arp entry (easy just arp -s ip mac) however when I ad this static arp entry it does not replace the old entry. So I have 2 mac addresses for the same ip.


arp -a returns the following (I xx out the unimportant arp entries)

--> ? (192.168.1.1) at 90:72:40:b:dc:a1 on en0 permanent [ethernet]

--> ? (192.168.1.1) at 8c:e2:da:f0:33:15 on en0 ifscope [ethernet] (I want to completely remove this entry)

? (192.168.1.62) at xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx on en0 ifscope [ethernet]

? (192.168.1.68) at xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx on en0 ifscope [ethernet]

? (224.0.0.251) at xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]


On windows I am able to use the netsh command to accomplish this. Any suggestions?

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)

Posted on Jul 9, 2016 11:48 PM

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Jul 10, 2016 3:21 PM in response to Linc Davis

When using the capital S it returns


sudo arp -S 192.168.1.1 90:72:40:0B:DC:A1

192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) deleted

set: can only proxy for 192.168.1.1


After viewing the arp cache again it does not update to the new mac address


arp -a

? (192.168.1.1) at 8c:e2:da:f0:33:15 on en0 ifscope [ethernet]

? (224.0.0.251) at 1:0:5e:0:0:fb on en0 ifscope permanent [ethernet]


Any other suggestions?

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