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macping

MACPING(1)						      General Commands Manual							MACPING(1)

NAME

       macping - A tool for pinging other RouterOS or mactelnetd devices

SYNOPSIS

       mactelnet [options] <MAC-Address|hostname>

DESCRIPTION

       This  tool  enables  you to ping other RouterOS or MAC-Telnetd enabled devices. You can ping either a hostname or a MAC address.  If speci-
       fied, the hostname (identity) will be looked up via MNDP discovery.

OPTIONS

       These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax.  A summary of options is included below.

       -f     Fast mode, do not wait before sending next ping request. The next ping will be sent immediately when the last ping is received. This
	      cannot be used with -c 0

       -s     Specify the amount of bytes to send in each ping packet, up to ~1400 bytes.

       -c     Number of packets to send before exiting. A value of 0 means unlimited packets and the tool must be exited with Control + C.

       -h     Show summary of options.

       -v     Show version of program.

SEE ALSO

       mndp(1), mactelnet(1), mactelnetd(1).

AUTHOR

       macping was written by Hakon Nessjoen <haakon.nessjoen@gmail.com>.

       This manual page was written by Hakon Nessjoen <haakon.nessjoen@gmail.com>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).

								 February 27, 2011							MACPING(1)

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