[Guessnet-devel] [svn] r130 - trunk

[Enrico Zini]

Author: enrico
Date: Sun Oct 23 11:06:25 2005
New Revision: 130

Modified:
   trunk/README
   trunk/guessnet.8
Log:
Documented the new test peer feature

Modified: trunk/README
==============================================================================
--- trunk/README	(original)
+++ trunk/README	Sun Oct 23 11:06:25 2005
@@ -310,7 +310,9 @@
 'missing link' scan
 -------------------
 
-Maintained by Enrico, but not working in some interfaces.
+Maintained by Enrico, but not working in some hardware.  If you happen to have
+a non-working interface, please help finding a patch.  More code to do
+link-beat detection can be found in mii-tool and in ifplugd.
 
 
 'dhcp' scan
@@ -321,6 +323,7 @@
 the reply, for example, would be a very useful feature.
 
 
+
 TODO
 ====
 
@@ -398,6 +401,12 @@
 DONE
 ====
 
+ * Done in version 0.36
+
+ + Implemented peer test without destination IP, to test for the existance of
+   physical interfaces with changing IP addresses.
+ 
+ 
  * Done in version 0.35
 
  + Allow any number of spaces between "test" and the rest of the line

Modified: trunk/guessnet.8
==============================================================================
--- trunk/guessnet.8	(original)
+++ trunk/guessnet.8	Sun Oct 23 11:06:25 2005
@@ -228,25 +228,24 @@
 \fBtest peer\fP \fBaddress\fP \fIIP-address\fP [\fBmac\fP \fIMAC-address\fP] [\fBsource\fP \fIIP-address\fP]
 .TP
 .B Description:
-Look for peer using ARP.
-The test will succeed if a network interface
-with the specified IP address
-(and MAC address if specified)
-is connected to the local network.
-.sp
-One can omit the MAC address,
-in which case \fBguessnet\fP only tests
-for the presence of a host with the specified IP address.
-.sp
-If the peer whose presence you want to test for
-refuses to reply to ARP packets coming from 0.0.0.0
-then specify some source IP address from which
-the peer will accept requests.
-.sp
-Multiple peers can be specified (on multiple lines)
-but each peer must have a different IP address.
-This restriction may be eliminated in the future.
-
+Look for peer using ARP.  The test will succeed if a network interface with the
+specified IP address (and MAC address if specified) is connected to the local
+network.
+.sp
+One can omit the MAC address, in which case \fBguessnet\fP only tests for the
+presence of a host with the specified IP address.
+.sp
+If the peer whose presence you want to test for refuses to reply to ARP packets
+coming from 0.0.0.0 then specify some source IP address from which the peer
+will accept requests.
+.sp
+Multiple peers can be specified (on multiple lines) but each peer must have a
+different IP address.  This restriction may be eliminated in the future.
+.sp
+You can also omit the IP address and only use the MAC: that is useful to test
+for the existance of physical interfaces with changing IP addresses.  This kind
+of scan uses an ICMP ping packet requires a source address in most cases, as
+hosts tend not to reply to pings coming from nowhere.
 .SS missing-cable
 .TP
 .B Test description file syntax: