v 5.3 Updated: 5 months, 2 weeks ago
A scriptable ping program to check if multiple hosts are 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. Instead of trying one host until it timeouts or replies, fping will send out a ping packet and move on to the next host in a round-robin fashion. If a host replies, it is noted and removed from the list of hosts to check. If a host does not respond within a certain time limit and/or retry limit it will be considered unreachable.
To install fping, paste this into the macOS Terminal after installing MacPorts
sudo port install fping
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