./net/arping, ARP-level ping utility

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Branch: pkgsrc-2014Q4, Version: 2.13, Package name: arping-2.13, Maintainer: pkgsrc-users

Arping can be used to find out if a specific IP address on the LAN
is 'taken' and what MAC address owns it. Sure, you *could* just
use 'ping' to find out if it's taken and even if the computer blocks
ping (and everything else) you still get an entry in your ARP cache.
But what if you aren't on a routable net? Or the host blocks ping
(all ICMP even)? Then you're out of luck. Or you use arping.

Master sites:

SHA1: 974740a544dff7c11bcadf7b2655f06fe20ba462
RMD160: ec97cb8c78a5ff75c601b518147851a5bbc7640b
Filesize: 248.383 KB

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