Re: doArp can only handle IPv4 addresses error

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 09:53:19PM +0530, Keshava Bharadwaj wrote:
> I am trying to use nmap on windows
> d:\>nmap -version
> Nmap version 5.51 ( http://nmap.org )
>
> whenever i 'nmap' on a system, i always get the error -
>
> d:\>nmap -sVC -O -T4 15.154.62.175
>
> Starting Nmap 5.51 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2012-04-03 21:51 India Standard
> Time
> doArp can only handle IPv4 addresses

What is your output of the "nmap --iflist" and "ipconfig" commands? This
is reminiscent of a problem someone was having using a special VPN
interface:

http://seclists.org/nmap-dev/2011/q2/29

> and if i run using --unprivileged option, i still get error even though i
> am administrator( admin privileges )
> d:\>nmap -sVC -O -T4 --unprivileged 15.154.62.175
> TCP/IP fingerprinting (for OS scan) requires root privileges.
> QUITTING!

You cannot use -O when you are using --unprivileged.

David Fifield
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