Package fping: Information
Source package: fping
Version: 2.4b2-alt4
Build time: Apr 7, 2008, 09:44 AM
Category: Security/Networking
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License: GPL
Summary: fping - A tool to quickly ping N number of hosts to determine their reachability
Description:
fping is a ping(1) like program which uses the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request to determine if a host is up. fping is different from ping in that you can specify any number of hosts on the command line, or specify a file containing the lists of hosts to ping. Instead of trying one host until it timeouts or replies, fping will send out a ping packet and move on to the next host in a round-robin fashion. If a host replies, it is noted and removed from the list of hosts to check. If a host does not respond within a certain time limit and/or retry limit it will be considered unreachable.
Maintainer: Dmitry Lebkov
Last changed
April 6, 2008 Dmitry Lebkov 2.4b2-alt4
- add control(8) support (#11891). Default state is restricted.
April 8, 2007 Dmitry Lebkov 2.4b2-alt3
- rebuild with latest Sisyphus
Nov. 16, 2002 Igor Homyakov 2.4b2-alt2
- spec cleanup (grammatic mistakes, wrong URL: )