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Re: Utility to dump hwaddresses from a subnet?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Carlson)
Mon Nov 9 11:16:22 1998

Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 09:36:37 -0600 (EST)
From: Bill Carlson <wcarlson@kinzemfg.com>
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On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, Mattias Mattsson wrote:

> Hello everybody,
> 
> I'm seeking for a program which can dump the Ethernet hardware addresses
> on a subnet.
> 
> I know I can whatch the addresses in the kernel routing table by using
> '/sbin/arp -n', but it only shows the addresses recently accessed. I would
> like a list of all hardware addresses on my subnet.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> /Mattias

Take a look at arpwatch. It is bundled with RH5.2, should work on a glibc
version. It does what you are asking and some more.

For example, I found out that one of my switches like to change its MAC
address every 10 minutes or so...:/

Bill Carlson			|	Opinions expressed are my own
KINZE Manufacturing, Inc.	|	not my employer's.


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