Description: This video is all about a simple command line utility fping. It is a ping like program
which uses the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request to determine if a host is alive. But fping is different from ping. We can specify any number of hosts on the command line.
We can also specify a file containing the lists of hosts to ping. Fping uses round-robin fashion Instead of trying one host until it timeouts.fping will send out a ping packet and move on to the next host.
If a host replies, it is noted and removed from the list of hosts to check. If a host does not respond within a certain time limit and/or retry limit it results unreachable.
For more command related information type
fping --help
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we can ping multiple interface on the target host with "-m" option
Usage: fping [options] [targets...]
-a show targets that are alive
-A show targets by address
-b n amount of ping data to send, in bytes (default 56)
-B f set exponential backoff factor to f
-c n count of pings to send to each target (default 1)
-C n same as -c, report results in verbose format
-e show elapsed time on return packets
-f file read list of targets from a file
Its like customized ping.
This tool supports IPv6 And works like Charm !