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  • ARPing – Ping using Address Resolution Protocol(ARP)

    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

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  • Arpwatch – Monitor ARP activity and detect ARP Spoofing

    ArpWatch is an opensource tool that monitors ethernet or FDDI network activity in the network and maintains a database of IP Address to MAC address mappings. Arpwatch notify via email if there is a change. Arpwacth is most commonly used to detect ARP Spoofing security issues in the network. Arpwatch can run on most of the Linux distributions,UNIX and Sun Solaris.

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  • Gratuitous Request and Reply in ARP

    Gratuitous ARP is a feature of the Address Resolution Protocol wherein the host broadcasts an ARP request for its own hardware address.

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  • ARP – To display ARP cache in Windows

    Address Resolution Protocol is the one which is used to find the hardware address of a device (MAC Address) using its IP Address on the network. The Windows ARP tool helps to display and modify the ARP table on the system. (more…)