- Written by Bill Fenner
- Posted on October 24, 2024
- Updated on July 21, 2026
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ICMP Probe allows querying of interface status and ARP or Neighbor Discovery table status remotely. It is a request/response protocol, similar to ping, but instead of simply responding to the request, it responds with information about a local interface or a remote neighbor. The node being queried is called the "proxy node".
