Usage

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Usage

Command Line Parameters

 

fping /count:packets /size:packetsize /delay:delay /loop <hostname|ip|partial-ip|hostnameWithPort|IpWithPort>

 

/a

Resolve IP addresses to host names

/u

Shows unhelpful comments when performing a brief ping

/b

Performs a quick ping and only indicates whether target host is up or down. Cannot be used with /verbose

/v

Verbose output (default)



/x

Clears all stored defaults

/w

Use current options as default



/f <1|2|3|4>

Play one of 4 built-in sounds on ping failure

/p <1|2|3|4>

Play one of 4 built-in sounds on ping success



/c packets

Sets the number of ICMP packets to send, default are 4

/s packetsize

Sets the payload size of the ICMP packets in bytes, default are 32

/t timeout

Max amount of seconds to wait before interrupting a TCP port check (applies to TCP port checks only, default is 2 seconds)

/d delay

Determines how long (in ms) to wait between each ICMP packet, default are 150ms.

/loop

Pings host indefinitely, abort with CTRL-C

hostname|ip|CIDR|*

The host to ping, CIDR format to scan an entire subnet or * to scan the current subnet.

 

To connect to a TCP port instead of using ICMP, append the port separated with a colon (e.g. myserver:445)

 

A partial IP address may be specified by skipping up to the first three octets; fping will try to guess the remainder of the IP address based on the current IP address and subnet mask.

 

Examples

 

Example 1: Ping host www.netikus.net

 

fping www.netikus.net

 

Example 2: Ping host www.eventsentry.com with 8 packets and 64 bytes in size

 

fping /c 8 /s 64 www.eventsentry.com

 

Example 3: Continuously ping 10.10.0.1 and play sound if ping times out

 

fping /l /f 1 10.10.0.1

 

Example 3: Ping www.netikus.net with 2 packets, play sound on success, and use these options as a default for all future pings

 

fping /c 2 /p 2 /w www.netikus.net

 

Example 4: Check if port 80 is available on host www.netikus.net

 

fping www.netikus.net:80

 

Example 5: Discover all IPs that are online in the 192.168.1.0/24 subnet

 

fping 192.168.1.0/24

 

Example 6: Discover all IPs in the current subnet with an open port 80

 

fping *:80

 

Example 7: Find all IPs in the current subnet

 

fping *

 

Example 8: Ping 192.168.1.1 (with the local IP address being 192.168.1.50/255.255.255.0)

 

fping 1

 

 

Sample Output

 

c:\>fping /c 2 /s 128 /d 300 www.eventsentry.com

 

Binging www.eventsentry.com@216.92.10.83

 

Reply from 216.92.10.83: bytes=128 time=15ms ttl=49 seq=0

Reply from 216.92.10.83: bytes=128 time=17ms ttl=49 seq=0

 

Roundtrip Summary:

Average: 16 ms, Minimum: 15 ms, Maximum: 17 ms, Rate: 100%