arpcheck/readme.md

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ARPCHECK

Uses arping utility to check for presence of device on network.

Installation

  1. Copy arpcheck to /usr/local/bin

  2. Create /var/log/arpcheck directory (or directory to match log directory in conf file)

  3. Copy arpcheck-default.conf to device specific configuration file. ex.: arpcheck-johndoe.conf You may make as many individual configuartion files as you want.

  4. Create /etc/arpcheck directory

  5. Copy arpcheck config files you made to /etc/arpcheck directory

  6. Copy arpcheck@.service file to /etc/systemd/system

  7. Enable service: systemctl enable arpcheck@<name_of_config_file>.service

  8. Start service: systemctl start arpcheck@<name_of_config_file>.service