Elements / ARP

ARPPrint

pretty-prints ARP packets a la tcpdump

SYNOPSIS§

ARPPrint([TAG, KEYWORDS])

Batching: Batching natively supported
Ports: 1 input, 1 output
Processing: agnostic

DESCRIPTION§

Expects ARP packets as input.

Prints out ARP packets in a human-readable tcpdump-like format, preceded by the TAG text.

Keyword arguments are:

• TIMESTAMP — Boolean. Determines whether to print each packet's timestamp in seconds since 1970. Default is true.
• ETHER — Boolean. Determines whether to print each packet's Ethernet addresses. Default is false.
• OUTFILE — String. Only available at user level. Print information to the file specified by OUTFILE instead of standard error.
• ACTIVE — Boolean. If false, don't print messages. Default is true.

ELEMENT HANDLERS§

• active (read/write) — Returns or sets the ACTIVE parameter.

SEE ALSO§

Print, CheckARPHeader

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