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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	activ-
       ity  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  ad-
       dress  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
       reports.	 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
       default 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	gener-
       ated 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  Re-
       search 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
       successful.

				1 December 2019			    ARPSNMP(8)

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