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Arping Command: Ping Host On Specific Interface

An engineer would use the command 'arping -I {{interface}} {{host_ip}}' to verify the network reachability of a specific host on a designated interface by sending ARP requests to that host's IP address. Exact CLI syntax to ping host on specific interface using Arping.

When to use this: An engineer would use the command 'arping -I {{interface}} {{host_ip}}' to verify the network reachability of a specific host on a designated interface by sending ARP requests to that host's IP address.

Command Syntax

arping -I <interface> <host_ip>

Command Breakdown

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

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