Fping - A High Performance Ping Tool for Linux | Linux Today

Fping – A High Performance Ping Tool for Linux

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Aug 1, 2018

fping is a small command line tool to send ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) echo request to network hosts, similar to ping, but much higher performing when pinging multiple hosts.

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