Fping a small program that uses ICMP and it is an alternate command of ping used in linux.
fping is used to ping multiple hosts by using a single command or we can put the multiple hosts in a single file and we can user
If you need this , you need to install separate it won't come with operating system
Install Fping in Ubuntu/Debian/LinuxMint
In Ubuntu it is very simple to install this just execute the below command package will be installed
sudo apt-get install fping
Install Fping in Redhat 7.X /Centos 7.X
Step 1 : In .rpm distributions we can install this from the source file
Download the package using wget and extract it
wget http://fping.org/dist/fping-3.13.tar.gz
tar -xvzf fping-3.13.tar.gz
Step 2 : Compile the source and install it
./configure
make && make installNote: If you are getting the below error while using make command
# make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
Fix : Install the package gcc by using the below command and try re-compiling
yum install gcc
How to use fping
Check the version of fping
# fping -v
fping: Version 3.13
fping: comments to [email protected]
Ping Multiple hosts
# fping 192.168.1.1 192.168.147.132 localhost 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4
192.168.147.132 is alive
localhost is alive
192.168.1.1 is alive
8.8.8.8 is alive
8.8.4.4 is alive
Ping Multiple hosts by using filename
# fping <hosts
192.168.1.1 is alive
192.168.147.132 is alive
localhost is alive
192.168.147.2 is alive
8.8.8.8 is alive
8.8.4.4 is alive
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