1ARPING(8)              System Manager's Manual: iputils              ARPING(8)
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NAME

6       arping - send ARP REQUEST to a neighbour host
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SYNOPSIS

9       arping  [-AbDfhqUV] [-c count] [-w deadline] [-s source] [-I interface]
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DESCRIPTION

14       Ping destination on device  interface  by  ARP  packets,  using  source
15       address source.
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OPTIONS

18       -A     The  same  as  -U,  but  ARP  REPLY  packets used instead of ARP
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21       -b     Send only MAC level  broadcasts.  Normally  arping  starts  from
22              sending broadcast, and switch to unicast after reply received.
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24       -c count
25              Stop  after  sending  count  ARP  REQUEST packets. With deadline
26              option, instead wait for count ARP REPLY packets, or  until  the
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29       -D     Duplicate  address  detection  mode  (DAD).  See RFC2131, 4.4.1.
30              Returns 0, if DAD succeeded i.e. no replies are received
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32       -f     Finish after the first reply confirming that target is alive.
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34       -I interface
35              Name of network device where to send ARP REQUEST packets.
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37       -h     Print help page and exit.
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39       -q     Quiet output. Nothing is displayed.
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41       -s source
42              IP source address to use in ARP  packets.   If  this  option  is
43              absent, source address is:
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45              · In DAD mode (with option -D) set to 0.0.0.0.
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52       -U     Unsolicited ARP mode  to  update  neighbours'  ARP  caches.   No
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55       -V     Print version of the program and exit.
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57       -w deadline
58              Specify a timeout, in seconds, before arping exits regardless of
59              how many packets have been sent or received. In this case arping
60              does  not  stop after count packet are sent, it waits either for
61              deadline expire or until count probes are answered.
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SEE ALSO

64       ping(8), clockdiff(8), tracepath(8).
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AUTHOR

67       arping was written by Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru>.   It  is
68       now maintained by YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@skbuff.net>.
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SECURITY

71       arping requires CAP_NET_RAW capability to be executed. It is not recom‐
72       mended to be used as set-uid root, because it allows user to modify ARP
73       caches of neighbour hosts.
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AVAILABILITY

76       arping  is  part of iputils package and the latest versions are  avail‐
77       able  in  source  form  at   http://www.skbuff.net/iputils/iputils-cur‐
78       rent.tar.bz2.
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82iputils-160308                                                       ARPING(8)
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