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#2139 - updated docstring in send_arp_request function in base.py

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Chris McCarthy
2024-01-08 10:30:38 +00:00
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@@ -703,9 +703,15 @@ class ARPCache:
Perform a standard ARP request for a given target IP address. Perform a standard ARP request for a given target IP address.
Broadcasts the request through all enabled NICs to determine the MAC address corresponding to the target IP Broadcasts the request through all enabled NICs to determine the MAC address corresponding to the target IP
address. address. This method can be configured to ignore specific networks when sending out ARP requests,
which is useful in environments where certain addresses should not be queried.
:param target_ip_address: The target IP address to send an ARP request for. :param target_ip_address: The target IP address to send an ARP request for.
:param ignore_networks: An optional list of IPv4 addresses representing networks to be excluded from the ARP
request broadcast. Each address in this list indicates a network which will not be queried during the ARP
request process. This is particularly useful in complex network environments where traffic should be
minimized or controlled to specific subnets. It is mainly used by the router to prevent ARP requests being
sent back to their source.
""" """
for nic in self.nics.values(): for nic in self.nics.values():
use_nic = True use_nic = True