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[](https://travis-ci.org/schweikert/fping)
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[](https://coveralls.io/github/schweikert/fping?branch=develop)
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# fping 3
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fping is a program to send ICMP echo probes to network hosts, similar to ping,
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but much better performing when pinging multiple hosts. fping has a long long
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story: Roland Schemers did publish a first version of it in 1992 and it has
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established itself since then as a standard tool.
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_Current maintainer_:
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David Schweikert \<david@schweikert.ch\>
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_Website_:
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http://fping.org/
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_Mailing-list_:
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https://groups.google.com/group/fping-users
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## Installation
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If you want to install fping from source, proceed as follows:
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1. Run ./configure with the correct arguments
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(see: ./configure --help)
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2. Run make; make install
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3. Make fping either setuid, or, if under Linux:
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sudo setcap cap_net_raw+ep fping
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4. Have a look at the fping(8) manual for usage help
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(fping -h will also give a minimal help output)
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## IPv6 support
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You can can compile fping with support for IPv6 addresses. A separate binary
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is used for that, called fping6. To build it, use ./configure --enable-ipv6
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(possibly combined with --enable-ipv4 to also build fping for IPv4). E.g.:
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# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-ipv4 --enable-ipv6
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# make
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# make install
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# sudo setcap cap_net_raw+ep /usr/local/bin/fping*
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## Credits
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Original author: Roland Schemers (schemers@stanford.edu)
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Previous maintainer: RL "Bob" Morgan (morgan@stanford.edu)
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Initial IPv6 Support: Jeroen Massar (jeroen@unfix.org / jeroen@ipng.nl)
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Other contributors: see ChangeLog
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