fping -- Scriptable, parallelized ping-like utility<hr>
<a href="http://www.fping.com/">http://www.fping.com/</a><hr>
fping is a ping-like program which can determine the accessibility
of multiple hosts using ICMP echo requests. fping is designed for
parallelized monitoring of large numbers of systems, and is developed
with ease of use in scripting in mind.
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