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David Schweikert 8 years ago
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@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ fping - send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
=head1 SYNOPSIS
B<fping> [ I<options> ] [ I<systems...> ]
B<fping> [ I<options> ] [ I<systems...> ]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Restrict name resolution and IPs to IPv6 addresses.
=item B<-a>, B<--alive>
Show systems that are alive.
Show systems that are alive.
=item B<-A>, B<--addr>
@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ timestamp). The reported received data size includes the IP header (normally
20 bytes) and ICMP header (8 bytes), so the minimum total size is 40 bytes.
Default is 56, as in B<ping>. Maximum is the theoretical maximum IP datagram
size (64K), though most systems limit this to a smaller, system-dependent
number.
number.
=item B<-B>, B<--backoff>=I<N>
@ -58,25 +58,25 @@ Backoff factor. In the default mode, B<fping> sends several requests to a
target before giving up, waiting longer for a reply on each successive request.
This parameter is the value by which the wait time (B<-t>) is multiplied on each
successive request; it must be entered as a floating-point number (x.y). The
default is 1.5.
default is 1.5.
=item B<-c>, B<--count>=I<N>
Number of request packets to send to each target. In this mode, a line is
displayed for each received response (this can suppressed with B<-q> or B<-Q>).
Also, statistics about responses for each target are displayed when all
requests have been sent (or when interrupted).
requests have been sent (or when interrupted).
=item B<-C>, B<--vcount>=I<N>
Similar to B<-c>, but the per-target statistics are displayed in a format
designed for automated response-time statistics gathering. For example:
designed for automated response-time statistics gathering. For example:
% fping -C 5 -q somehost
somehost : 91.7 37.0 29.2 - 36.8
$ fping -C 5 -q somehost
somehost : 91.7 37.0 29.2 - 36.8
shows the response time in milliseconds for each of the five requests, with the
C<-> indicating that no response was received to the fourth request.
C<-> indicating that no response was received to the fourth request.
=item B<-d>, B<--rdns>
@ -92,14 +92,14 @@ modes (B<-l>, B<-c>, or B<-C>).
=item B<-e>, B<--elapsed>
Show elapsed (round-trip) time of packets.
Show elapsed (round-trip) time of packets.
=item B<-f>, B<--file>
Read list of targets from a file. This option can only be used by the root
user. Regular users should pipe in the file via stdin:
user. Regular users should pipe in the file via stdin:
% fping < targets_file
$ fping < targets_file
=item B<-g>, B<--generate> I<addr/mask>
@ -109,25 +109,33 @@ a network with netmask is given, the network and broadcast addresses will be
excluded. ex. To ping the network 192.168.1.0/24, the specified command line
could look like either:
fping -g 192.168.1.0/24
$ fping -g 192.168.1.0/24
or
or
fping -g 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.254
$ fping -g 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.254
=item B<-h>, B<--help>
Print usage message.
=item B<-H>, B<--ttl>=I<N>
Set the IP TTL field (time to live hops).
=item B<-i>, B<--interval>=I<MSEC>
The minimum amount of time (in milliseconds) between sending a ping packet
to any target (default is 25, minimum is 1).
=item B<-I>, B<--iface>=I<IFACE>
Set the interface (requires SO_BINDTODEVICE support).
=item B<-l>, B<--loop>
Loop sending packets to each target indefinitely. Can be interrupted with
Ctrl-C; statistics about responses for each target are then displayed.
Ctrl-C; statistics about responses for each target are then displayed.
=item B<-m>, B<--all>
@ -141,7 +149,7 @@ Set the "Don't Fragment" bit in the IP header (used to determine/test the MTU).
=item B<-n>, B<--name>
If targets are specified as IP addresses, do a reverse-DNS lookup on them
to
to
=item B<-N>, B<--netdata>
@ -154,7 +162,7 @@ Calculate "outage time" based on the number of lost pings and the interval used
=item B<-O>, B<--tos>=I<N>
Set the typ of service flag (TOS). I<N> can be either decimal or hexadecimal
(0xh) format.
(0xh) format.
=item B<-p>, B<--period>=<MSEC>
@ -174,7 +182,7 @@ Like B<-q>, but show summary results every n seconds.
=item B<-r>, B<--retry>=I<N>
Retry limit (default 3). This is the number of times an attempt at pinging
a target will be made, not including the first try.
a target will be made, not including the first try.
=item B<-R>, B<--random>
@ -183,15 +191,11 @@ Use to defeat, e.g., link data compression.
=item B<-s>, B<--src>
Print cumulative statistics upon exit.
Print cumulative statistics upon exit.
=item B<-S>, B<--src>=I<addr>
Set source address.
=item B<-I>, B<--iface>=I<IFACE>
Set the interface (requires SO_BINDTODEVICE support)
Set source address.
=item B<-t>, B<--timeout>=I<MSEC>
@ -203,19 +207,15 @@ B<-C>).
=item B<-T> I<n>
Ignored (for compatibility with fping 2.4).
Ignored (for compatibility with fping 2.4).
=item B<-u>, B<--unreach>
Show targets that are unreachable.
Show targets that are unreachable.
=item B<-v>, B<--version>
Print B<fping> version information.
=item B<-H>, B<--ttl>=I<N>
Set the IP TTL field (time to live hops).
Print B<fping> version information.
=back

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