Using fping tool

[lijeshk]

Network administrators may need a command or tool that will display all the live hosts in their network/subnet to keep track of all the activities and for that you can try using fping tool which works based on the ICMP echo request.

 
fping rpm : http://packages.sw.be/fping

To install via yum on centos/fedora/rhel

   

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# yum insall fping
After installing just execute the following command :

   

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#fping -g 192.168.1.0/24
(or)

    #fping -g 192.168.1.0 192.168.1.255

fping Man Page : http://fping.sourceforge.net/man/

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