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fping 3 README
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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://www.fping.org
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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(1) manual for usage help
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(fping -h will also give a minimal help output)
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Credits
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-------
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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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IPv6 Support: Jeroen Massar (jeroen@unfix.org / jeroen@ipng.nl)
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to enable IPV6 compile with -DIPV6
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