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| author |   B. Watson | 2017-08-27 18:21:18 +0200 |
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| committer |   David Spencer | 2017-09-02 11:19:44 +0200 |
| commit | 2d3140cce7905c21ceae9e5b2cae5ea008b7a77a (patch) | |
| tree | ad69d38f43859ae4280a4b8f3bd8b6b92153851b /network/2ping/README | |
| parent | 3f1c9977ed71ce604e3879165c9849eb04f7da4f (diff) | |
| download | slackbuilds-2d3140cce7905c21ceae9e5b2cae5ea008b7a77a.tar.gz | |
network/2ping: Added (bi-directional ping utility).
Signed-off-by: David Spencer <idlemoor@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/network/2ping/README b/network/2ping/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7a2c7f1f07 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/2ping/README @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +2ping (bi-directional ping utility) + +2ping is a bi-directional ping utility. It uses 3-way pings (akin to +TCP SYN, SYN/ACK, ACK) and after-the-fact state comparison between a +2ping listener and a 2ping client to determine which direction packet +loss occurs. + +If you would like to quickly test 2ping against a remote listener +without setting one of your own up, there are several public test +listeners available. Try test.2ping.net, cromulent.colobox.com, or +linode-london.mirrors.finnix.org. + +To run a listener, you can manually start one with e.g. "2ping --listen". +If you want to start a listener at boot, add a command like this to +/etc/rc.d/rc.local: + +su nobody -s /bin/sh -c 'exec /usr/bin/2ping --quiet --listen' &> /dev/null & |