This is the one I use:

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 ( - means stdin) (only if no -g specified) -g generate target list (only if no -f specified) (specify the start and end IP in the target list, or supply a IP netmask) (ex. fping -g 192.168.1.0 192.168.1.255 or fping -g 192.168.1.0/24) -i n interval between sending ping packets (in millisec) (default 25) -l loop sending pings forever -m ping multiple interfaces on target host -n show targets by name (-d is equivalent) -p n interval between ping packets to one target (in millisec) (in looping and counting modes, default 1000) -q quiet (don't show per-target/per-ping results) -Q n same as -q, but show summary every n seconds -r n number of retries (default 3) -s print final stats -t n individual target initial timeout (in millisec) (default 500) -u show targets that are unreachable -v show version targets list of targets to check (if no -f specified)

[root at svr-gbn-bbr-01 server]# fping -v fping: Version 2.4b2_to $Date: 2001/01/25 11:25:04 $ fping: comments to noc at zerohype.com

from: http://www.fping.com/

Hope this helps. Jason.

-----Original Message----- From: Steve [mailto:sjh at allegro.ics.purdue.edu] Sent: 12 February 2007 16:49 To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: [hobbit] fping/hobbitping problem

Greetings,

I'm upgrading from BB to hobbit today (:-), and have a small problem with fping or hobbitping I can't seen to get around.

Initially I configured hobbit to use fping since that is what we've been

using and the message in the config say that hobbitping is "unstable".

But I get a red face on the bbtest column of the server and the message on the detail page says that fping -Ae failed.

My fping doesn't have a -A option. I went to the fping.org page and it doesn't have a -A option, either.

I haven't been able to find where in the sources the flags are set for fping to change it to something else (like -ae ???).

Then I reconfigged and remade hobbit to use hobbitping, but the problem persists.

?

Is there another version of fping I'm not aware of? Why does hobbitping have the same problem??

Thanks for any help. I'm really looking forward to getting hobbit up and

running!

Steve Holmes Purdue University

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