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| author | James E. Housley <jeh@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-10-16 14:27:46 +0000 |
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| committer | James E. Housley <jeh@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-10-16 14:27:46 +0000 |
| commit | abded24d7983594f851ecb083933b5d54411ca92 (patch) | |
| tree | 2f6e229c85c6aaf977dc988fe58d28277793943a /net/arping/pkg-descr | |
| parent | 7df4b70ce430cc6dc2b4a46a8048725d06f94429 (diff) | |
| download | ports-abded24d7983594f851ecb083933b5d54411ca92.tar.gz ports-abded24d7983594f851ecb083933b5d54411ca92.zip | |
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diff --git a/net/arping/pkg-descr b/net/arping/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..7fed1058a452 --- /dev/null +++ b/net/arping/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +Arping is a util to find out it 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 +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? Then +you're screwed. Or you use arping. + +WWW: http://synscan.nss.nu/programs.php + +Roman Shterenzon <roman@xpert.com> |