Re: NMAP Issue with Ping

[Corey Chandler <lists () sequestered net>]

David Fifield wrote:
> Nmap used to send two probes for host discovery, but now it sends four
> because that was found to be more effective. See
> http://nmap.org/book/man-host-discovery.html.
>
> But when the target is on the same Ethernet network, Nmap uses an ARP
> ping instead. 

nmap determines this automatically, correct?  In other words, if I'm 
scanning 192.168.1.0/24, and the box itself lives at an IP contained 
within that subnet, it'll automatically switch itself over to ARP pinging?

-- Corey
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