From: David Schweikert Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:00:54 +0000 (+0100) Subject: README small fixes X-Git-Url: https://git.gsnw.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=14f45a687237b48d123759b192b0ad89d1724224;p=fping.git README small fixes --- diff --git a/README b/README index f4bb60b..50c9446 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,12 +1,16 @@ -fping README ------------- +fping 3 README +-------------- +fping is a program to send ICMP echo probes to network hosts, similar to ping, +but much better performing when pinging multiple hosts. fping has a long long +story: Roland Schemers did publish a first version of it in 1992 and it has +established itself since then as a standard tool. -Current maintainer: - -David Schweikert +Current maintainer: + David Schweikert -fping website: http://www.fping.org +Website: + http://www.fping.org Original author: Roland Schemers (schemers@stanford.edu) @@ -14,13 +18,9 @@ Previous maintainer: RL "Bob" Morgan (morgan@stanford.edu) IPv6 Support: Jeroen Massar (jeroen@unfix.org / jeroen@ipng.nl) to enable IPV6 compile with -DIPV6 -Suggestions and patches: - -.... - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -Original README from 1992! 5 years ago? Time flies... +Original README (from 1992!) fping - A tool to quickly ping N number of hosts to determine their reachability.