<s>
arping	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
computer	O
software	O
tool	O
for	O
discovering	O
and	O
probing	O
hosts	O
on	O
a	O
computer	B-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arping	B-Protocol
probes	O
hosts	O
on	O
the	O
examined	O
network	O
link	O
by	O
sending	O
link	B-Protocol
layer	I-Protocol
frames	O
using	O
the	O
Address	O
Resolution	O
Protocol	O
(	O
ARP	O
)	O
request	O
method	O
addressed	O
to	O
a	O
host	O
identified	O
by	O
its	O
MAC	O
address	O
of	O
the	O
network	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
utility	O
program	O
may	O
use	O
ARP	O
to	O
resolve	O
an	O
IP	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
provided	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
function	O
of	O
arping	B-Protocol
is	O
analogous	O
to	O
the	O
utility	O
ping	B-Protocol
that	O
probes	O
the	O
network	O
with	O
the	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Control	I-Protocol
Message	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
ICMP	O
)	O
at	O
the	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Layer	I-Protocol
of	O
the	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
Suite	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
popular	O
arping	B-Protocol
implementations	O
exist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
Linux	O
iputils	O
suite	O
,	O
and	O
cannot	O
resolve	O
MAC	O
addresses	O
to	O
IP	B-Protocol
addresses	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
other	O
arping	B-Protocol
implementation	O
,	O
written	O
by	O
Thomas	O
Habets	O
,	O
can	O
ping	B-Protocol
hosts	O
by	O
MAC	O
address	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
by	O
IP	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
adds	O
more	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Having	O
both	O
arping	B-Protocol
implementations	O
on	O
a	O
system	O
may	O
introduce	O
conflicts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
Linux	B-Application
distros	I-Application
handle	O
this	O
by	O
removing	O
iputils	O
arping	B-Protocol
along	O
with	O
dependent	O
packages	O
like	O
NetworkManager	B-Protocol
if	O
Habets	O
's	O
arping	B-Protocol
is	O
installed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Debian-based	O
distros	O
like	O
Ubuntu	O
)	O
have	O
iputils-arping	O
split	O
into	O
a	O
separate	O
package	O
to	O
avoid	O
this	O
problem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
networks	O
employing	O
repeaters	O
that	O
implement	O
proxy	B-Protocol
ARP	I-Protocol
,	O
the	O
ARP	O
response	O
may	O
originate	O
from	O
such	O
proxy	O
hosts	O
and	O
not	O
directly	O
from	O
the	O
probed	O
target	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Example	O
session	O
output	O
of	O
arping	B-Protocol
from	O
iputils	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Example	O
session	O
output	O
from	O
Thomas	O
Habets	O
's	O
arping	B-Protocol
:	O
</s>
