https://github.com/schweikert/fping

High performance ping tool
https://github.com/schweikert/fping

bsd-license c fping icmp linux macos network-discovery network-monitoring ping unix-command

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High performance ping tool

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/schweikert/fping
• Owner: schweikert
• License: other
• Created: 2011-12-10T00:43:42.000Z (about 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: develop
• Last Pushed: 2024-12-08T10:08:47.000Z (4 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-08T21:04:27.934Z (4 days ago)
• Topics: bsd-license, c, fping, icmp, linux, macos, network-discovery, network-monitoring, ping, unix-command
• Language: C
• Homepage: https://fping.org
• Size: 928 KB
• Stars: 1,037
• Watchers: 61
• Forks: 251
• Open Issues: 12
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: COPYING

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# fping

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_:  

  https://fping.org/

_Mailing-list_:  

  https://groups.google.com/group/fping-users

## Installation

If you want to install fping from source, proceed as follows:

0. Run `./autogen.sh`

   (only if you got the source from Github).

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,cap_net_admin+ep fping`

If you can't run fping as root or can't use the cap_net_raw capability, you can

also run fping in unprivileged mode. This works on MacOS and also on Linux,

provided that your GID is included in the range defined in

`/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ping_group_range`. This is particularly useful for running

fping in rootless / unprivileged containers. The --fwmark option needs root or

cap_net_admin.

## Usage

Have a look at the [fping(8)](doc/fping.pod) manual page for usage help.

(`fping -h` will also give a minimal help output.)

## Credits

* Original author:  Roland Schemers ([email protected])

* Previous maintainer:  RL "Bob" Morgan ([email protected])

* Initial IPv6 Support: Jeroen Massar ([email protected] / [email protected])

* Other contributors: see [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md)