1ARPING(8)                           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]
10              destination
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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
19           The same as -U, but ARP REPLY packets used instead of ARP REQUEST.
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21       -b
22           Send only MAC level broadcasts. Normally arping starts from sending
23           broadcast, and switch to unicast after reply received.
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25       -c count
26           Stop after sending count ARP REQUEST packets. With deadline option,
27           instead wait for count ARP REPLY packets, or until the timeout
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30       -D
31           Duplicate address detection mode (DAD). See RFC2131, 4.4.1. Returns
32           0, if DAD succeeded i.e. no replies are received
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34       -f
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37       -I interface
38           Name of network device where to send ARP REQUEST packets.
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40       -h
41           Print help page and exit.
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43       -q
44           Quiet output. Nothing is displayed.
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46       -s source
47           IP source address to use in ARP packets. If this option is absent,
48           source address is:
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50               · In DAD mode (with option -D) set to 0.0.0.0.
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52               · In Unsolicited ARP mode (with options -U or -A) set to
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55               · Otherwise, it is calculated from routing tables.
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57       -U
58           Unsolicited ARP mode to update neighbours' ARP caches. No replies
59           are expected.
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61       -V
62           Print version of the program and exit.
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64       -w deadline
65           Specify a timeout, in seconds, before arping exits regardless of
66           how many packets have been sent or received. In this case arping
67           does not stop after count packet are sent, it waits either for
68           deadline expire or until count probes are answered.
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SEE ALSO

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

74       arping was written by Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru>.
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SECURITY

77       arping requires CAP_NET_RAW capability to be executed. It is not
78       recommended to be used as set-uid root, because it allows user to
79       modify ARP caches of neighbour hosts.
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AVAILABILITY

82       arping is part of iputils package.
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86iputils s20180629                                                    ARPING(8)