Fping-appreciate some help please

[cabsandy]

Chaps,
First post so be gentle-I have a specific app I use for network testing called Fping http://www.kwakkelflap.com/fping.html. It all works in WIndows but I'm trying to make the cross-over into Linux and this is a tool I use on a daily basis, hence the need to make it work
I did ask on the Ubuntu forums but got short shrift, being told I should use the built in PING tool-fair comment but this app has a few more things in it-and besides, I just *like* it!
Doing some research, it seems something to do with the hook into Winsock? I have tried WINE but all I get is a "file not found", when the file is clearly there, in the dir I have put it. Could one of the more experienced memebers on here (I'm still learning on LInux) give this a try and see what they find out?
Thanks

cabs

[vitamin]

Chaps,I use for network testing called Fping http://www.kwakkelflap.com/fping.html.

There is a native Linux version of fping. Use it instead.

[cabsandy]

Chaps,I use for network testing called Fping http://www.kwakkelflap.com/fping.html.

There is a native Linux version of fping. Use it instead.

Thanks very much for the quick reply-I cant see a command for the jitter but I'm sure there is something similar. Do you know how I would get a timestamp for each ping, as each ping was sent?

cheers

cabs

[vitamin]

I cant see a command for the jitter

You don't need anything more then regular ping for it. It already prints jitter (mdev).

[cabsandy]

I cant see a command for the jitter

You don't need anything more then regular ping for it. It already prints jitter (mdev).

Thanks for the help.I was hopeful that this prog would be able to run in WINE, and I appreciate the alternative suggestions. Maybe someone will have a go and get back to the thread, but if not, looks like this version of fping will need to do.

cabs

[vitamin]

I was hopeful that this prog would be able to run in WINE.

It won't work properly in Wine without playing with permissions. Regular users can not open raw sockets on Linux (and most other *NIXes). And ping requires that, since it's uses ICMP protocol.

But even if you get it to work, I still won't trust it. Wine will be adding some latency here. You talking about milliseconds here, it will be noticeable.

[cabsandy]

I was hopeful that this prog would be able to run in WINE.

It won't work properly in Wine without playing with permissions. Regular users can not open raw sockets on Linux (and most other *NIXes). And ping requires that, since it's uses ICMP protocol.

But even if you get it to work, I still won't trust it. Wine will be adding some latency here. You talking about milliseconds here, it will be noticeable.

That's a a fair comment, and one that I wanted confirmed from someone who knows more about this than me I will move on from now, thanks for your time. Might need to look at the virtualisation again.

thanks

cabs