Thursday, August 13, 2009


How to Clear the ARP Cache

The Microsoft Windows ARP cache will occasionally become corrupt and need to be cleared. The first symptom you are likely to notice is that connections to web pages will time out and fail. If you troubleshoot further, you will notice that you can `ping` your IP address and also 127.0.0.1, but not other IP addresses. If you try to use Microsoft Windows to repair the network connection, you will receive an error message that says:
Windows could not finish repairing the problem because the following operation could not be completed:
Clearing the ARP cache For assistance, contact the person who manages your network. To fix this error, you will need to clear the ARP cache. This is done with the `netsh` command:
C:\>netsh interface ip delete arpcache
Ok.
If you would like to view your ARP cache, this can be accomplished using the `arp` command:
C:\>arp -a

Interface: 192.168.1.100 --- 0x10004
Internet Address Physical Address Type
192.168.1.1 00-0f-66-37-22-32 dynamic


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