FPING(8) FPING(8) (NAME) fping - ICMP ECHO_REQUEST (SYNOPSIS) fping [ options ] [ systems... ] (DESCRIPTION) fping ping (Echo Request) (ICMP) . fping ping . (Timeout) fping (Round-robin) . . fping ( ping ) . ping fping (Parse) . SIGQUIT ( ^\ ) . (OPTIONS) -4, --ipv4 IP IPv4. -6, --ipv6 IP IPv6. -a, --alive . ( -c -C -a .) -A, --addr DNS. -d IP ( ) . -b, --size=BYTES . ( ) fping ( ) . IP ( ) ICMP ( ) . ping. IP (64K) . --icmp-timestamp . -B, --backoff=N (Backoff factor). fping . ( -t ) (x.y) . . . -c, --count=N . ( -q -Q ). ( ) . -a -u . -C, --vcount=N -c . : $ fping -C 5 -q somehost somehost : 91.7 37.0 29.2 - 36.8 "-" . -a -u . --check-source Echo . fping (PID) . -d, --rdns DNS . IP fping . -n/--name DNS (NAME->IP->NAME). -D, --timestamp ( -l -c -C). : --timestamp-format=ctime|iso|rfc3339 -D : ctime = "%c" (: Mon Jun 10 07:50:00 2024) iso = "%Y-%m-%dT%T%z" (: 2024-06-10T07:50:00+0200) rfc3339 = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S" (: 2024-06-10 07:50:00) -e, --elapsed ( RTT) . -f, --file . -g, --generate addr/mask IP IP . / . IPv4 (Broadcast) . : 192.168.1.0/24 : $ fping -g 192.168.1.0/24 $ fping -g 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.254 -h, --help . -H, --ttl=N TTL IP ( ). --print-ttl TTL IPv4 IP . fping TTL "(TTL unknown)" . -i, --interval=MSEC ( ) ( fping "--enable-safe-limits" ). -I, --iface=IFACE ( SO_BINDTODEVICE). --icmp-timestamp ICMP ( ICMP) Echo. ICMP . -b ICMP . IPv4 cap_net_raw . -J, --json JSON ( -c -C -l ). : $ fping -J -c 1 127.0.0.1 $ fping -J -s -c 1 -q 127.0.0.1 -k, --fwmark=FWMARK FWMARK . 2.6.25 cap_net_admin . -l, --loop . Ctrl-C . -m, --all IP ( -A ). -M, --dontfrag " " (Don't Fragment) IP ( MTU ). -n, --name IP DNS . -N, --netdata netdata ( -l -Q ). : -o, --outage " " ( ). -O, --tos=N (TOS). N (0xh) . --print-tos TOS . fping TOS "(TOS unknown)" . -p, --period=MSEC ( -l -c -C) fping . . ( fping "--enable-safe-limits" ). -q, --quiet . . ICMP . -Q, --squiet=SECS[,cumulative] -q SECS . cumulative -N . -r, --retry=N ( ). . -R, --random . . -s, --stats . -S, --src=addr . --seqmap-timeout=MSEC . . 10000ms . -t, --timeout=MSEC . 500ms fping . -B . / "period" ( 2000ms). "period" . . -T n ( fping 2.4). -u, --unreach . ( -c -C -u .) -v, --version fping. -x, --reachable=N >= N (True) . -X, --fast-reachable=N N (True) . (EXAMPLES) ( ) RTT : $ fping --quiet --interval=1 --vcount=20 --period=50 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.2 (AUTHORS) o Roland J. Schemers III, 1.x o RL "Bob" Morgan, 2.x o David Papp, 2.3x o David Schweikert, 3.0 fping: (DIAGNOSTICS) ( -x -X) ( -x -X) IP . (RESTRICTIONS) -g, --generate ( IPv6 IPv4). . -p n . . fping "--enable-safe-limits" : o -i n n < 1 msec o -p n n < 10 msec (SEE ALSO) ping(8) fping 2025-12-31 FPING(8)