linkloop
This program is similar to ping, but tests connectivity at the link layer (layer 2) instead of the network layer (layer 3). This works like the HP-UX linkloop utility. It was tested between Linux and HP-UX (both ways). There is also a "server-side" utility for Linux (linkloop_reply). There are plans to move the "reply" support into the kernel.
| Tags | Networking Systems Administration |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
Recent releases
- 27 Apr 2007 04:29
Changes: The MAC address output format was changed to 0x%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X to mimic HP UX ouput. Listening is no longer stopped when receiving an unexpected packet. lanscan options were added to support various display options. linkloop_reply is able to listen to several ports passed as parameters instead of just eth0. The /etc/init.d/linkloopd service shell script takes care of starting and stopping linkloop_reply.
- 18 Apr 2005 07:40
Changes: The man page was updated. Validation and reporting of received packets were improved.
- 14 Mar 2004 12:47
No changes have been submitted for this release.
