diff --git a/plugins/arp/arp b/plugins/arp/arp
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Plugin to monitor total ARP entries
+#
+#  Parameters understood:
+#
+#      config   (required)
+#      autoconf (optional)
+#
+#  Made by Sven Hartge (sven AT svenhartge DOT de)
+#
+
+#%# family=contrib
+#%# capabilities=autoconf
+
+if [ "$1" = "autoconf" ]; then
+    # Search for arp
+    which arp >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || (echo "no (can't find arp binary)" && exit 1)
+
+    # ...or success
+    echo yes
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+
+
+if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
+        echo 'graph_title ARP entries'
+        echo 'graph_args --base 1000 -l 0'
+        echo 'graph_vlabel Entries'
+        echo 'graph_category network'
+	echo 'graph_scale no'
+        echo 'graph_info This graph shows the number of ARP entries registered by the system.'
+	echo 'entries.label ARP entries'
+	echo 'entries.draw LINE2'
+	echo 'entries.type GAUGE'
+	echo 'entries.info Number of ARP entries'
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+echo -n "entries.value "
+arp -an | grep -v "incomplete" | awk '{ print $4; }' | sort -u | wc -l 
+
diff --git a/plugins/arp/arp_ b/plugins/arp/arp_
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Plugin to monitor ARP entries per interface
+#
+# Parameters understood:
+#
+#       config   (required)
+#       autoconf (optional)
+#
+#  Made by Sven Hartge (sven AT svenhartge DOT de)
+#
+#
+
+
+#%# family=contrib
+#%# capabilities=autoconf suggest
+
+INTERFACE=`basename $0 | sed 's/^arp_//g' | tr '_' '.'`
+
+if [ "$1" = "autoconf" ]; then
+    # Search for arp
+    which arp >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || (echo "no (can't find arp binary)" && exit 1)
+
+    # ...or success
+    echo yes
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ "$1" = "suggest" ]; then
+  if [ -r /proc/net/dev ]; then
+    egrep '^ *(eth|wlan|ath|ra)[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?:' /proc/net/dev | cut -f1 -d: | sed 's/ //g' | tr '.' '_'
+    exit 0
+  else
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+
+
+if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
+        echo "graph_title ARP entries for $INTERFACE"
+        echo 'graph_args --base 1000 -l 0'
+        echo 'graph_vlabel Entries'
+        echo 'graph_category network'
+	echo 'graph_scale no'
+        echo "graph_info This graph shows the number of ARP entries registered by the system for interface $INTERFACE."
+	echo 'entries.label ARP entries'
+	echo 'entries.draw LINE2'
+	echo 'entries.type GAUGE'
+	echo 'entries.info Number of ARP entries'
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+echo -n "entries.value "
+arp -an -i $INTERFACE | grep -v "incomplete" | awk '{ print $4; }' | sort -u | wc -l 
+