From 8f5bcc304871922ab8fd0438a5e05053a8a46d57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Schweikert Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:26:51 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] experiment with markdown for readme --- README.md | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5f61e9f..f517f5c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,8 +1,47 @@ [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/schweikert/fping.svg?branch=develop)](https://travis-ci.org/schweikert/fping) -h1. fping 3 +# fping 3 fping is a program to send ICMP echo probes to network hosts, similar to ping, but much better performing when pinging multiple hosts. fping has a long long story: Roland Schemers did publish a first version of it in 1992 and it has established itself since then as a standard tool. + +Current maintainer: + David Schweikert + +Website: + http://fping.org/ + +Mailing-list: + https://groups.google.com/group/fping-users + + +## Installation + +If you want to install fping from source, proceed as follows: + +1. Run ./configure with the correct arguments + (see: ./configure --help) +2. Run make; make install +3. Make fping either setuid, or, if under Linux: + sudo setcap cap_net_raw+ep fping +4. Have a look at the fping(8) manual for usage help + (fping -h will also give a minimal help output) + + +## IPv6 support +You can can compile fping with support for IPv6 addresses. A separate binary +is used for that, called fping6. To build it, use ./configure --enable-ipv6 +(possibly combined with --enable-ipv4 to also build fping for IPv4). E.g.: + + # ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-ipv4 --enable-ipv6 + # make + # make install + # sudo setcap cap_net_raw+ep /usr/local/bin/fping* + +## Credits +Original author: Roland Schemers (schemers@stanford.edu) +Previous maintainer: RL "Bob" Morgan (morgan@stanford.edu) +Initial IPv6 Support: Jeroen Massar (jeroen@unfix.org / jeroen@ipng.nl) +Other contributors: see ChangeLog