Ok, then what is the best method to find the duplicate IP ( same IP address assigned to different machines ) ? On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Pascal Hambourg <pascal.mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > unni krishnan a écrit : >> >> I am trying to find a duplicate IP in the network using arping. >> >> ------------------------- >> [root@vps1 ~]# ping -c 3 192.168.1.212 >> PING 192.168.1.212 (192.168.1.212) 56(84) bytes of data. >> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.212: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.33 ms >> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.212: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.280 ms >> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.212: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.306 ms >> >> --- 192.168.1.212 ping statistics --- >> 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 1999ms >> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.280/0.641/1.339/0.494 ms >> [root@vps1 ~]# arping -D -I eth0 -c 5 192.168.1.212 ; echo $? >> ARPING 192.168.1.212 from 0.0.0.0 eth0 >> 0 >> ------------------------- >> >> As per arping that IP is duplicate. > > I disagree. According to man arping : > > -D Duplicate address detection mode (DAD). See RFC2131, 4.4.1. > Returns 0, if DAD succeeded i.e. no replies are received > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > -D (DAD) is meant for DHCP to find out if the proposed IP address is not > already assigned to another host. Its purpose is not to find out if > multiple hosts have the same IP address. Besides, a return value of 0 > means that no ARP replies were received (IOW -D inverts the return value > logic), which is weird since the target IP address replies to ICMP ping > unless that address is assigned to the local host. > > Here : > > # arping -DI eth0 -c 1 192.168.0.246 ; echo result=$? > ARPING 192.168.0.246 from 0.0.0.0 eth0 > Unicast reply from 192.168.0.246 [xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx] 0.964ms > Sent 1 probes (1 broadcast(s)) > Received 1 response(s) > result=1 > > # arping -DI eth0 -c 1 192.168.0.24 ; echo result=$? > ARPING 192.168.0.24 from 0.0.0.0 eth0 > Sent 1 probes (1 broadcast(s)) > Received 0 response(s) > result=0 > >> But if I go ahead and ifdown the >> IP in the known location I cant ping that IP ( That means that IP is >> not duplicated ? ). This is the result after shutting down the IP. >> >> -------------------------- >> [root@vps1 ~]# ping -c 3 192.168.1.212 >> PING 192.168.1.212 (192.168.1.212) 56(84) bytes of data. >> From 192.168.1.63 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable >> From 192.168.1.63 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable >> From 192.168.1.63 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable > > Ok, that means no ARP reply. > >> [root@vps1 ~]# arping -D -I eth0 -c 5 192.168.1.212 ; echo $? >> ARPING 192.168.1.212 from 0.0.0.0 eth0 >> Sent 5 probes (5 broadcast(s)) >> Received 0 response(s) >> 0 > > Same as above. > >> My question is, in this case IP 192.168.1.212 is not duplicated. But >> still arping gives duplicate status. Why it is like that ? > > A situation of real duplicate ARP replies may occur when the address is > assigned to a host which has multiple interfaces connected to the same > network, so it receives and replies to ARP queries on each interface. > -- Regards, Unni http://mutexes.org/ http://twitter.com/webofunni -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
