slackbuilds_ponce/network/arping/README
dsomero b671628051 network/arping: Renamed the installed files to avoid conflicts.
Renamed the installed files and fixed manpages to avoid a
  conflict with Slackware's arping also install the scan
  example script.

Signed-off-by: dsomero <xgizzmo@slackbuilds.org>
2010-09-11 02:46:07 -04:00

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Arping is an ARP level ping utility. It's good for finding out if an IP
is taken before you have routing to that subnet. It can also ping MAC
addresses directly.
It broadcasts a who-has ARP packet on the network and prints answers -
very useful when you are trying to pick an unused IP for a net to which
you don't yet have routing.
This requires libnet.
Note: The installed files are called arping2 to avoid conflicts with
Slackware's arping.