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NAME
     arpsnmp -- keep track of ethernet/ip address pairings

SYNOPSIS
     arpsnmp [-dqs] [-D arpdir] [-f datafile] [-w watcher@email]
	     [-W watchee@email] file ...

DESCRIPTION
     arpsnmp  keeps  track  of ethernet/ip address pairings. It syslogs activity
     and reports certain changes via email.  arpsnmp reads  information  from  a
     file (usually generated by snmpwalk(3)).

     The  format  of  the input file is the same as arp.dat; the mac address, ip
     address, optional timestamp and optional simple hostname. If the  timestamp
     is missing, the current date is used.

     arpsnmp  can  also be used to merge files.  If the same ethernet/ip address
     pair occurs in more than one file, the timestamp  from  the  last	seen  is
     saved.

     The  -C  flag  uses  compact  padded  ethernet  addresses	in arp.dat, e.g.
     0:8:e1:1:2:d6.

     The -d flag is used enable debugging. This also inhibits  mailing	the  re-
     ports.  Instead, they are sent to stderr.

     The  -D  flag  is	used  to specify the working directory. This defaults to
     /usr/local/arpwatch.

     The -f flag is used to set the ethernet/ip address database filename.   The
     default is arp.dat.

     Note that an empty file must be created before the first time you run

     The -q flag suppresses reports being logged or printed to stderr.

     The -s flag suppresses reports sent by email.

     The  -w  flag  is used to specify the target address for email reports. The
     default is root.

     The -W flag is used specifies the from address for email reports.	The  de-
     fault is root.

     The  -Z flag (default) uses zero padded ethernet addresses in arp.dat, e.g.
     00:08:e1:01:02:d6.

REPORT MESSAGES
     See the arpwatch(1) man page for details on the report  messages  generated
     by arpsnmp(1).

FILES
     /usr/local/arpwatch  default directory
     arp.dat		  default ethernet/ip address database
     ethercodes.dat	  vendor ethernet block list

SEE ALSO
     arpwatch(8), snmpwalk(8), arp(8),

AUTHORS
     Craig  Leres  of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Network Research
     Group, University of California, Berkeley, CA.

     The current version is available via anonymous ftp:

	   ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/arpwatch.tar.gz

BUGS
     Please send bug reports to <arpwatch@ee.lbl.gov>.

     It doesn't make any sense to feed arpsnmp the arp.dat file.

     Attempts are made to suppress DECnet flip flops but they aren't always suc-
     cessful.

				 1 December 2019		      ARPSNMP(8)

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