ping MAC address

[Achim Stumpf <hakim.news@googlemail.com>]

Hi,

I have looked around, and I have found on the net that once arping could ping mac addresses, but it turns out that it is not possible anymore with newer version of arping.

Does anyone know a tool which is able to ping a mac address?

arping:

# arping 00:0D:60:D4:4B:52
arping: unknown host 00:0D:60:D4:4B:52

I just want a tool to test if my host is able to contact another host via mac address, without the need of an ip. And yes, they are on the same subnet without a router.


Thanks,

Achim