Ron Johnson schrieb:
On 09/25/08 07:01, Achim Stumpf wrote: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:52Works for me on Sid. # arping -h ARPing 2.08, by Thomas Habets <thomas@habets.pp.se> [snip] # arping -R -c 5 00:1E:E5:7A:5E:07 00:1e:e5:7a:5e:07 00:1e:e5:7a:5e:07 00:1e:e5:7a:5e:07 00:1e:e5:7a:5e:07 00:1e:e5:7a:5e:07
On etch this does not work. Does anyone know what's the story with arping on etch? Options on etch: # arping Usage: arping [-fqbDUAV] [-c count] [-w timeout] [-I device] [-s source] destination -f : quit on first reply -q : be quiet -b : keep broadcasting, don't go unicast -D : duplicate address detection mode -U : Unsolicited ARP mode, update your neighbours -A : ARP answer mode, update your neighbours -V : print version and exit -c count : how many packets to send -w timeout : how long to wait for a reply -I device : which ethernet device to use (eth0) -s source : source ip address destination : ask for what ip address The destination is supposed to be an ip... Achim