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diff --git a/network/fping/README b/network/fping/README index f989e116d1..2541823573 100644 --- a/network/fping/README +++ b/network/fping/README @@ -1,4 +1,7 @@ -fping is a ping(1) like program which uses the Internet Control Message -Protocol (ICMP) echo request to determine if a host is up. fping is -different from ping in that you can specify any number of hosts on the -command line, or specify a file containing the lists of hosts to ping. +fping (send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts) + +fping is a program to send ICMP echo probes to network hosts, similar +to ping, but much better performing when pinging multiple hosts. + +NOTE: Old fping and fping6 packages are no longer needed, and should +probably be removed before installing this one. |