Command-line tool

arping

brew/arping

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Utility to check whether MAC addresses are already taken on a LAN

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install arping

Linux

brew install arping

Ping a host by ARP request packets

sudo arping host_ip

Ping a host on a specific [I]nterface

sudo arping -I interface host_ip

Ping a host and [f]inish after the first reply

sudo arping -f host_ip

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