As the driver will get updates, it will display the same information on your screen.
If the table contains two different IP addresses that have the same MAC address, this indicates an ARP attack. You will see a list(ARP table) of IPs with corresponding MAC addresses.
Optional read ahead: How to detect ARP poisoning?Ī simple way to detect that a specific device’s ARP cache has been poisoned is by opening command prompt/terminal and entering the following: ARP spoofing can enable malicious parties to intercept, modify or even stop data in-transit. Once the attacker’s MAC address is connected to the victim IP address, the attacker will begin receiving any data that is intended for that IP address. This results in the linking of an attacker’s MAC address with the IP address of a legitimate computer or server on the network. If the host doesn’t know the MAC address for a certain IP address, it sends out an ARP request packet, asking other machines on the network for the matching MAC address.ĪRP spoofing is an attack in which a nefarious person sends falsified ARP messages over a local area network. Hosts maintain an ARP cache, a mapping table between IP addresses and MAC addresses, and use it to connect to destinations on the network. ARP translates Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to a Media Access Control (MAC) address, and vice versa. Technical text: Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a protocol that enables network communications to reach a specific device on the network. Most commonly, devices use ARP to contact the router or gateway that enables them to connect to the Internet. In layman’s terms, ARP poisoning or ARP spoofing (terms used interchangeably), is simply placing your machine between the target machine and the internet, so you can view all the traffic of the target.