# IOS Command ARP Issue

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ios-command-arp-issue/30040>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [April 2, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ios-command-arp-issue/30040 "2019-04-02T17:19:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Emir\_Hayric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58f4c7/32.png) [@Emir\_Hayric](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Emir_Hayric)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ios-command-arp-issue/30040/1 "2019-04-02T17:19:16Z")

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I am trying to develop a Playbook which will reference an external variables file that contains numerous MAC addresses that I want to interrogate a network core device for.

If I use a very simple playbook just showing the entire ARP table such as this I get the expected results as show.