Find if IP Address is in use

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I'm trying to find if an IP address is in use. I don't want to rely on ping, as most of our hosts have ICMP echo and reply turned off.

I'm looking for something that mimics window's "IP Address Conflict" detection. (How does this mechanism do it?)

WedTM

Posted 2010-04-05T20:46:10.267

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Windows does it by spamming ARP requests which cannot reach an outside network. – amphetamachine – 2010-04-05T20:51:21.797

arping. google it. – Jeremy L – 2010-04-05T20:59:18.040

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here is an arping program that works in cygwin: http://www.habets.pp.se/synscan/programs.php?prog=arping

i used this one myself.

Janus Troelsen

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