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author | Thomas Habets <thomas@habets.pp.se> | 2008-06-24 13:30:51 +0200 |
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committer | Thomas Habets <thomas@habets.pp.se> | 2008-06-24 13:30:51 +0200 |
commit | 29e4592ea2d84f2a2b481f3547ef25cce6859867 (patch) | |
tree | e283072d2cb8d51164995353320edc255e76bd52 | |
parent | 8f304c25fff2039c471dd4d16ac574e13e27275b (diff) | |
download | arping-2.06.tar.gz |
backpatch changes to match release 2.06arping-2.06
arping-2/arping.c: $Id$ revision
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diff --git a/arping-2/arping.c b/arping-2/arping.c index e806ce8..e5b6bef 100644 --- a/arping-2/arping.c +++ b/arping-2/arping.c @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ * * Also finds out IP of specified MAC * - * $Id: arping.c 1969 2007-09-13 16:51:17Z marvin $ + * $Id: arping.c 1893 2007-07-09 22:23:28Z marvin $ */ /* * Copyright (C) 2000-2002 Thomas Habets <thomas@habets.pp.se> @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ -.TH "arping" "8" "21th June, 2003" "arping" "" +.TH "arping" "8" "21th June, 2003" "arping" "" + .PP -.SH "NAME" +.SH "NAME" arping \- sends arp and/or ip pings to a given host .PP -.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.SH "SYNOPSIS" \fBarping\fP [-abhpqrRd0uv] [-S \fIhost/ip\fP] [-T \fIhost/ip\fP] [-s \fIMAC\fP] [-t \fIMAC\fP] [-c \fIcount\fP] [-i \fIinterface\fP] [ -w \fIus\fP ] <\fIhost\fP | -B> .PP -.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.SH "DESCRIPTION" The \fIarping\fP utility sends \fBARP\fP and/or \fBICMP\fP requests to the specified \fIhost\fP and displays the replies\&. The \fIhost\fP may be specified by its \fBhostname\fP, its \fBIP\fP address, or its \fBMAC\fP address\&. .PP One request is sent each second\&. @@ -31,81 +32,85 @@ This is not just an issue with arping, it is with normal ping also since arping packets (when pinging IP) doesn\&'t traverse the IP stack when received and are therefore replied to faster\&. .PP -.SH "OPTIONS" +.SH "OPTIONS" + .PP -.IP -.IP "-0" +.IP "-0" Use this option to ping with source IP address 0\&.0\&.0\&.0\&. Use this when you haven\&'t configured your interface yet\&. Note that this may get the MAC-ping unanswered\&. This is an alias for -S 0\&.0\&.0\&.0\&. -.IP "-a" +.IP "-a" Audible ping\&. -.IP "-A" +.IP "-A" Only count addresses matching requested address (This *WILL* break most things you do\&. Only useful if you are arpinging many hosts at once\&. See arping-scan-net\&.sh for an example)\&. -.IP "-b" +.IP "-b" Like -0 but source broadcast source address (255\&.255\&.255\&.255)\&. Note that this may get the arping unanswered since it\&'s not normal behavior for a host\&. -.IP "-B" +.IP "-B" Use instead of host if you want to address 255\&.255\&.255\&.255\&. -.IP "-c \fIcount\fP" +.IP "-c \fIcount\fP" Only send \fIcount\fP requests\&. -.IP "-d" +.IP "-d" Find duplicate replies\&. -.IP "-F" +.IP "-F" Don\&'t try to be smart about the interface name\&. (even if this switch is not given, -i overrides smartness\&. -.IP "-h" +.IP "-h" Displays a help message and exits\&. -.IP "-i \fIinterface\fP" +.IP "-i \fIinterface\fP" Use the specified interface\&. -.IP "-q" +.IP "-q" Does not display messages, except error messages\&. -.IP "-r" +.IP "-r" Raw output: only the MAC/IP address is displayed for each reply\&. -.IP "-R" +.IP "-R" Raw output: Like -r but shows "the other one", can be combined with -r\&. -.IP "-s \fIMAC\fP" +.IP "-s \fIMAC\fP" Set source MAC address\&. You may need to use -p with this\&. -.IP "-S \fIIP\fP" +.IP "-S \fIIP\fP" Like -b and -0 but with set source address\&. Note that this may get the arping unanswered if the target does not have routing to the IP\&. If you don\&'t own the IP you are using, you may need to turn on promiscious mode on the interface (with -p)\&. With this switch you can find out what IP-address a host has without taking an IP-address yourself\&. -.IP "-t \fIMAC\fP" +.IP "-t \fIMAC\fP" Set target MAC address to use when pinging IP address\&. -.IP "-T \fIIP\fP" +.IP "-T \fIIP\fP" Use -T as target address when pinging MACs that won\&'t respond to a broadcast ping but perhaps to a directed broadcast\&. .IP \fIExample\fP: To check the address of MAC-A, use knowledge of MAC-B and IP-B\&. .IP $ arping -S <IP-B> -s <MAC-B> -p <MAC-A> -.IP "-p" +.IP "-p" Turn on promiscious mode on interface, use this if you don\&'t "own" the MAC address you are using\&. -.IP "-u" +.IP "-u" Show index=received/sent instead of just index=received when pinging MACs\&. -.IP "-v" +.IP "-v" Verbose output\&. Use twice for more messages\&. -.IP "-w" +.IP "-w" (arping 2\&.x only) Time to wait between pings, in microseconds\&. + .PP -.SH "BUGS" +.SH "BUGS" + .PP You have to use -B instead of arpinging 255\&.255\&.255\&.255, and -b instead of -S 255\&.255\&.255\&.255\&. This is libnets fault\&. .PP -.SH "SEE ALSO" +.SH "SEE ALSO" + .PP \fBping(8)\fP, \fBarp(8)\fP, \fBrarp(8)\fP .PP -.SH "AUTHOR" +.SH "AUTHOR" + .PP Arping was written by Thomas Habets <thomas@habets\&.pp\&.se>\&. |