arping8iputils-&snapshot;arpingsend ARP REQUEST to a neighbour hostarping-c -w -s -I DESCRIPTION
Ping OPTIONS
-b
Send only MAC level broadcasts. Normally
-c
Stop after sending
option,
Duplicate address detection mode (DAD). See
RFC2131, 4.4.1.
Returns 0, if DAD succeeded i.e. no replies are received
-f
Finish after the first reply confirming that target is alive.
-I
Name of network device where to send ARP REQUEST packets. This option
is required.
-h
Print help page and exit.
Quiet output. Nothing is displayed.
-s
IP source address to use in ARP packets.
If this option is absent, source address is:
In DAD mode (with option
In Unsolicited ARP mode (with options
Otherwise, it is calculated from routing tables.
Unsolicited ARP mode to update neighbours' ARP caches.
No replies are expected.
-V
Print version of the program and exit.
-w
Specify a timeout, in seconds, before
packet are sent, it waits either for
expire or until
probes are answered.
SEE ALSO,
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AUTHORAlexey Kuznetsov
<kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru>.
It is now maintained by
YOSHIFUJI Hideaki
<yoshfuji@skbuff.net>.
SECURITYAVAILABILITY
http://www.skbuff.net/iputils/iputils-current.tar.bz2.
COPYING
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
See the GNU General Public License for more details.
For more details see the file COPYING in the source
distribution of Linux kernel of version 2.4.
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