Send_arp command-Linux man Page__linux

Name

Send_arp-tool to notify network of the A new IP Address/mac address mapping Synopsis

Send_arp takes the supplied data and sends it out as a ARP broadcast on the specified network. This tool was mostly used by software (such Aspiranha), manipulates virtual IP addresses and needs to notify the Networ K that the device servicing a IP address has changed.

Send_arp [ -I ARG]   new-mac-addr "

Description

Send_arp sends out a ARP broadcast on the specified network device (defaults to eth0), reporting a O LD and new IP address mapping to a MAC address. This is most useful in situations involving virtual IP addresses, where the network device, servicing, and address has Chan GED, and other network ARP Cachesneed to be notified about it. All of the data is specified in the command line and are simply passed along in a ARP message frame. Since the old and new dataspecified can contain the same information, this tool can also is used to refresh ARP caches or Send periodic broadcasts.

Send_arp simply takes the specified arguments and places them in an Ethernet ARP broadcast.is a daemon Used by Pulse to monitor the runningstatus of the specified services on clustered servers. This tool has NO error checking and should isn't be run without the direct supervision of Pulse ! Options -I ARG

Optional. Indicates the network device to send the ARP broadcast on. If omitted, the program defaults to eth0. old-ip-addr The original IP address (specified in nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn format), the MAC address specified in "OLD-MAC-ADDR" had mapped to it. old-mac-addr The MAC address is servicing the IP address specified in "Old-ip-addr". The MAC address are specified in hex, and can formatted with or Withoutcolon (":") separators. new-ip-addr The new IP address, specified in nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn format, that's the MAC address specified in ' new-mac-addr ' now has mapped t o it. new-mac-addr The MAC address ' is now servicing ' IP address specified in ' new-ip-addr '. The MAC address are specified in hex, and can formatted with or Withoutcolon (":") separators.