fping
fping is a ping-like program which uses the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request to determine if a target host is responding. fping differs from ping in a way that you can specify any number of targets on the command line, or specify a file containing the lists of targets to ping. Instead of sending pings to one target until it times out or replies, fping will send out a ping packet and move on to the next target in a round-robin fashion.
| Tags | Monitoring |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
Recent releases
- 22 May 2013 17:25
Release Notes: This release fixes a crash which could happen with long-running fping processes. A new flag for timestamping of output has been introduced (-D).
- 04 Sep 2012 21:44
Release Notes: Fixes a compatibility issue introduced in version 3.3, which caused some programs to not be able to parse fping's output.
- 20 Aug 2012 00:09
Release Notes: This release simplifies building with ipv6 support, improves documentation, and fixes various bugs.
- 29 May 2012 10:04
Release Notes: Small bugfixes.
- 27 Apr 2012 19:29
Release Notes: This release adds support for running fping as a normal user and contains various small fixes, both in documentation and code.
Recent comments
Source IP
I used ping source and made a small patch for fping which makes possible to set up source device or IP address for ICMP packets. It is IPv4 only but might be helpful. You can find it here: www.version6.net/Patches
dschwei
31 Jan 2000 14:12
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