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.TH MACPING 1 "February 27, 2011"
.SH NAME
macping \- A tool for pinging other RouterOS or mactelnetd devices
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mactelnet
.RI [ options ] " " < MAC-Address | hostname >
.SH 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 specified, the hostname (identity) will be looked up via MNDP discovery.
.SH OPTIONS
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax.
A summary of options is included below.
.TP
.B \-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
.B -c 0
\.
.TP
.B \-s
Specify the amount of bytes to send in each ping packet, up to ~1400 bytes.
.TP
.B \-c
Number of packets to send before exiting. A value of 
.B 0
means unlimited packets and the tool must be exited with Control + C.
.TP
.B \-h
Show summary of options.
.TP
.B \-v
Show version of program.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR mndp (1),
.BR mactelnet (1),
.BR mactelnetd (1).
.SH AUTHOR
macping was written by Håkon Nessjøen <haakon.nessjoen@gmail.com>.
.PP
This manual page was written by Håkon Nessjøen <haakon.nessjoen@gmail.com>,
for the Debian project (and may be used by others).