How to use fping in kali linux

Intro - fping is a ping like program which uses ICMP protocol to determine if a host is 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.

1. How to open fping

A. GUI Method

Application →Kali Linux → Information gathering → Live Host Identification → fping

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B. open Terminal type fping –h and hit enter this command opens fping with help

2. This command used to find target is alive or not

Syntax – fping –a domain/ip

Ex- fping –a google.com

Ex – fping –a 173.194.36.14

3. This command is used to find target by address

Syntax – fping –A domain/IP

Ex – fping –A google.com

Ex – fping –A 173.194.36.14

4. This command is used to show elapsed time on return packets.

Syntax – fping –e domain/IP

Ex – fping –e google.com

Ex – fping –e 173.194.36.14

5. This command is used to Count of ping to send to each target. Here we are using –c 3 to send 3 ICMP request.

Syntax – fping –c no. domain/IP

Ex – fping –c 3 google.com

Ex – fping –c 3 173.194.36.14

6. When Target is unreachable or dead.

7. This command is used to generate target list. you need to provide a range of IP and this command will show you which IPs are alive or which are unreachable.

Syntax - fping -g IP address

Ex - fping -g 173.194.36.0/24

Ex - fping -g 173.194.36.0 173.194.36.255