arping(8)arping(8)NAMEarping - send ARP REQUEST to a neighbour host
SYNOPSISarping [-AbDfhqUV] [-c count] [-w deadline] [-s source] {-I interface}
{destination}
DESCRIPTION
Ping destination on device interface by ARP packets, using source ad‐
dress source.
OPTIONS-A The same as -U, but ARP REPLY packets used instead of ARP RE‐
QUEST.
-b Send only MAC level broadcasts. Normally arping starts from
sending broadcast, and switch to unicast after reply received.
Stop after sending count ARP REQUEST
packets. With deadline [arping(8)] option, arping waits for
count ARP REPLY packets, until the timeout expires.
-D Duplicate address detection mode (DAD). See RFC2131, 4.4.1
⟨http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2131.txt⟩ . Returns 0, if DAD
succeeded i.e. no replies are received
-f Finish after the first reply confirming that target is alive.
Name of network device where to send ARP REQUEST packets.
-h Print help page and exit.
-q Quiet output. Nothing is displayed.
IP source address to use in ARP packets.
If this option is absent, source address is:
· In DAD mode (with option -D) set to 0.0.0.0.
· In Unsolicited ARP mode (with options -U or -A) set to desti‐
nation.
· Otherwise, it is calculated from routing tables.
-U Unsolicited ARP mode to update neighbours' ARP caches. No
replies are expected.
-V Print version of the program and exit.
Specify a timeout, in seconds, before
arping exits regardless of how many packets have been sent or
received. In this case arping does not stop after count [arp‐
ing(8)] packet are sent, it waits either for deadline [arp‐
ing(8)] expire or until count [arping(8)] probes are answered.
SEE ALSOping(8)[Cross reference to non-existant ID “ping”], clockdiff(8)[Cross
reference to non-existant ID “clockdiff”], tracepath(8)[Cross reference
to non-existant ID “tracepath”].
AUTHORarping was written by Alexey Kuznetsov kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru
⟨mailto:kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru⟩ . It is now maintained by YOSHIFUJI
Hideaki yoshfuji@skbuff.net ⟨mailto:yoshfuji@skbuff.net⟩ .
SECURITYarping requires CAP_NET_RAW capability to be executed. It is not recom‐
mended to be used as set-uid root, because it allows user to modify ARP
caches of neighbour hosts.
AVAILABILITYarping is part of iputils package and the latest versions are available
in source form at ⟨http://www.skbuff.net/iputils/iputils-cur‐
rent.tar.bz2⟩.
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