Also known as /usr/ports/net/arping !
Very handy tool indeed.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Pilosov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Renaud Waldura" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Patrick Bihan-Faou" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: How to send arp request with no other traffic
> Actually answer to original question is here:
>
> http://synscan.nss.nu/programs.php
>
> I am not sure if it works on fbsd, last time I looked at it, it had a few
> linuxisms hardcoded...
>
>
> -alex
> On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Renaud Waldura wrote:
>
> > An amusing trick to populate the ARP table is to ping the broadcast
address.
> > Even if hosts do not reply to your ping packet (typically, Windows
> > machines), they are entered in the ARP table.
> >
> > You still have to send a single packet, but it does all the work.
> >
> > --Renaud
> >
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