clearing the ARP cache

Recently, when I have to repair my net work connection (which I have to do
periodically), it renews the IP address and all but then says that Windows
could not finish repairing the problem because it the following action cannot
be completed: Clearing the ARP cache. Everything seems to work fine so is
this something I need to be concerned about and how do I correct it and clear
the ARP cache.

You use the Arp tool that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge
Base article.

How to troubleshoot TCP/IP connectivity with Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314067

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Eric Cross
Microsoft MVP (Windows Networking)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


"pawise" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news0E28004-CF41-4E0F-A583-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Recently, when I have to repair my net work connection (which I have to do
> periodically), it renews the IP address and all but then says that Windows
> could not finish repairing the problem because it the following action
> cannot
> be completed: Clearing the ARP cache. Everything seems to work fine so is
> this something I need to be concerned about and how do I correct it and
> clear
> the ARP cache.

Thanks for that tip and I'll do that but how important is clearing the ARP
cache and why is it suddenly not being cleared when I do a repair?

"Eric Cross [MVP]" wrote:

> You use the Arp tool that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge
> Base article.
>
> How to troubleshoot TCP/IP connectivity with Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314067
>
> --
> Eric Cross
> Microsoft MVP (Windows Networking)
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
>
> "pawise" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news0E28004-CF41-4E0F-A583-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Recently, when I have to repair my net work connection (which I have to do
> > periodically), it renews the IP address and all but then says that Windows
> > could not finish repairing the problem because it the following action
> > cannot
> > be completed: Clearing the ARP cache. Everything seems to work fine so is
> > this something I need to be concerned about and how do I correct it and
> > clear
> > the ARP cache.
>
>
>