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 Introduction  Introduction
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Arping is a util to find out it a specific IP address on the LAN is 'taken'Arping is a util 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  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  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  get an entry in your ARP cache. But what if you aren't on a routable net? Or
Line 43  I try to test arping on these platforms before any rel Line 43  I try to test arping on these platforms before any rel
 * Latest Debian stable x86 and amd64  * Latest Debian stable x86 and amd64
 * Linux (Debian or Ubuntu) on arm  * Linux (Debian or Ubuntu) on arm
 * Latest OpenBSD x86 or amd64  * Latest OpenBSD x86 or amd64
 * FreeBSD x86  
 * Solaris 10 sparc  
   
I don't have these systems up and runnig 24/7, but I try to get them testedSystems that it should still work on, but I don't personally regularly test:
every now and then:* Debian Alpha
 * FreeBSD
 * IRIX 6.5 mips (last test 2009-09-27)
 * MacOS X  * MacOS X
* Debian alpha* NetBSD
 * OpenBSD sparc64 (last test: 2009-10-02)  * OpenBSD sparc64 (last test: 2009-10-02)
* IRIX 6.5 mips (last test 2009-09-27)* Solaris
   
 Mailing list  Mailing list
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Line 122  A: -T <IP/host> allows you to restrict the arping to a Line 122  A: -T <IP/host> allows you to restrict the arping to a
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 Q: ./configure says I need libnet and/or libpcap  Q: ./configure says I need libnet and/or libpcap
   
A: Arping depends on libnet 1.1.x and libpcap, get libnet at:A: Arping depends on libnet 1.1 or newer, and libpcap. Get libnet from
   http://www.packetfactory.net/libnet and libpcap from http://www.tcpdump.org.   https://github.com/libnet/libnet and libpcap from http://www.tcpdump.org.
    Or more likely they were both included in your Linux distribution.
   
   Lately www.packetfactory.net seems to be down, so you can get the original   The original libnet site
   tarball from the Debian archives:   was http://packetfactory.openwall.net/projects/libnet/, but is not updated.
   http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libn/libnet/libnet_1.1.4.orig.tar.gz 
   If that exact file doesn't exist there probably is one with a higher 
   version number. 
 
   Or github.com: 
   http://github.com/sam-github/libnet 
   http://github.com/ThomasHabets/libnet 
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 Q: I get bus error on my non-x86 box  Q: I get bus error on my non-x86 box
   

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