ARPing – Ping using Address Resolution Protocol(ARP)
Posted on Dec 05, 2007 under ARP, IP Tools | 1 CommentTags:ARP ARPing icmp internet IP Tools ip-utils Linux mac-address
ARPing is an utility that can be used to ping using ARP requests instead of using ICMP as used in standard Ping utility.
Because it involves ARP, arping is limited to the local network to which the server or the interface (if more than one interface) is connected to. ARPing can be quite useful to
- Check if an IP Address is already in use before assigning to another device
- Duplicate address detection
- Update neighbors ARP cache

