Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:59:20 -0800 From: "Renaud Waldura" <renaud@waldura.com> To: "Alex Pilosov" <alex@pilosoft.com>, "Patrick Bihan-Faou" <patrick@netzuno.com> Cc: <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to send arp request with no other traffic Message-ID: <008001c085ba$0813cae0$0402010a@biohz.net> References: <Pine.BSO.4.10.10101232147060.10091-100000@spider.pilosoft.com>
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Also known as /usr/ports/net/arping ! Very handy tool indeed. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Pilosov" <alex@pilosoft.com> To: "Renaud Waldura" <renaud@waldura.com> Cc: "Patrick Bihan-Faou" <patrick@netzuno.com>; <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG> 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 > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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