arpsend(8)
NAME
arpsend - utility to send ARP requests.
SYNOPSIS
arpsend < -U -i source_ip | -D-e target_ip [-e target_ip] ... > [-c count] [-w timeout] interface
DESCRIPTION
Utility arpsend sends ARP packets on device interface to detect or
update neighbours' ARP caches with a given IP.
COMMANDS
Run utility with one of the following commands:
- -D Send broadcast ARP request to detect neighbours with target_ip.
- You have to specify target_ip (-e option).
- -U Send broadcast ARP request to update neighbours' ARP caches with
- source_ip. You have to specify source_ip (-i option).
OPTIONS
- -c count
- Number of packets to send. Default is infinity.
- -w interval
- Interval between packets, in seconds. Default is 1 second.
- -i source_ip_address
- Set source IP address field in ARP packet.
- -e target_ip_address
- Set target IP address field in ARP packet. Note that you can specify -e option multiple times to detect many IP addresses in one utility call.
DIAGNOSTICS
arpsend returns 0 upon successful execution. If something goes wrong,
it returns an appropriate error code.
- 1 EXC_USAGE
- Usage error
- 2 EXC_SYSTEM
- System error
- 3 EXC_RECV
- ARP reply was received
EXAMPLES
- To send request on interface eth0 to detect any neighbour computers
with IP 192.168.10.200:
- arpsend -D -e 192.168.10.200 eth0
- To send request on interface eth0 to update neighbours' ARP caches with IP 192.168.10.200:
- arpsend -U -i 192.168.10.200 eth0
NOTES
Interface you use have to be arpable and not be loopback (i.e.
/sbin/ip link show interface should show neither NOARP not LOOPBACK
flags in interface parameters).
SEE ALSO
LICENSE
- Copyright (C) 2000-2009, Parallels, Inc. Licensed under GNU GPL.