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Arping Command: Ping Host Finish After First Reply

An engineer would use the 'arping -f {{host_ip}}' command to quickly verify the presence of a specific IP address on a local network by sending an ARP request and stopping immediately after receiving the first reply. Exact CLI syntax to ping host finish after first reply using Arping.

When to use this: An engineer would use the 'arping -f {{host_ip}}' command to quickly verify the presence of a specific IP address on a local network by sending an ARP request and stopping immediately after receiving the first reply.
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Command Syntax

arping -f <host_ip>

Command Breakdown

-f
Command Option
Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.

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