arping
Discover and probe hosts in a network using the ARP protocol. tldr-pages
On several platforms
Several platforms
Discover and probe hosts in a network using the ARP protocol. Useful for MAC address discovery.
Ping a host by ARP request packets
sudo arping host_ipIdentifyPing a host on a specific Interface
sudo arping -I interface host_ipIdentifyPing a host and finish after the first reply
sudo arping -f host_ipIdentifyPing a host a specific number (count) of times
sudo arping -c count host_ipIdentifyBroadcast ARP request packets to update neighbors' ARP caches (Unsolicited ARP mode)
sudo arping -U ip_to_broadcastIdentifyDetect duplicated IP addresses in the network by sending ARP requests with a 3 second timeout
sudo arping -D -w 3 ip_to_checkIdentify