slackbuilds/network/arpwatch/README.ethercodes

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README.ethercodes
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This file contains some specific instructions to complete the
installation of arpwatch on Slackware.
1) After installing the arpwatch package
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1.1) Change current location to the arpwatch working directory:
# cd /var/lib/arpwatch
1.2) Download newest MAC addresses database:
# wget http://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui.txt
1.3) Convert it into ethercodes.dat format using script included in arpwatch source:
# ./massagevendor oui.txt > ethercodes.dat
1.4) Remove unnecessary database file:
# rm -f oui.txt
1.5) Congratulations, you have just created ethercodes.dat file with the newest MAC adresses.