Hello Max, If you got the tool from the authors website there is a doc section where he explains how ARP works, and how to play with it a bit. Maybe you overlooked it but there's a section in the document that contains more info about arping.
Here's the url: http://www.habets.pp.se/synscan/docs.php Hope I helped a bit. Rick Sunday, March 16, 2003, 2:23:34 AM, you wrote: MK> Hello - MK> Has anybody ever thought of using arping as reliable way of checking for MK> host availability? I just came across it a while ago by chance and have MK> been doing some experimentation with it. It seems that it works fine MK> with sites that are blocking ICMPs such as www.microsoft.com. You can MK> set a timeout value of 5 secs using: arping -w5 hostaddress. MK> Anybody know any more info about this command, information seems to be MK> scarce about it. MK> I use Nesssus, but have not really delved into the inner workings. Would MK> there be any easy way to incorporate arping into it? MK> Thanks MK> Max -- Best regards, Rick mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
