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| author | Nilton Moura <nmoura@nmoura.eti.br> | 2010-08-29 22:52:49 -0500 |
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| committer | Erik Hanson <erik@slackbuilds.org> | 2010-08-30 07:49:34 -0500 |
| commit | 41fa5dd794cd1ec2edc8ee5e9b3017ec849e985d (patch) | |
| tree | 9b0b36edf9d6815d9ecd6f51e9e502a5f8803386 /network/arping/README | |
| parent | fdfeafd99745d948069c4dd416ae89d520a20ec9 (diff) | |
network/arping: Added (ARP level ping utility)
Signed-off-by: Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/network/arping/README b/network/arping/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..4c7e1876367d1 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/arping/README @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +Arping is an ARP level ping utility. It's good for finding out if an IP +is taken before you have routing to that subnet. It can also ping MAC +addresses directly. + +It broadcasts a who-has ARP packet on the network and prints answers - +very useful when you are trying to pick an unused IP for a net to which +you don't yet have routing. + +This requires libnet. |