MACPING(1)

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version 0.6.3 · 2 versions
, in fedora 44, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 MACPING(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the General Commands Manual section, we're doing MACPING(1) today and honestly? it's giving network gremlin energy in the best way 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

macping — a whole lil tool for pinging other RouterOS or mactelnetd devices 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mactelnet [options] <MAC-Address|hostname>

(no, your eyes do not deceive you, that's literally what it says up there 👀)

🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

so this tool lets you ping other RouterOS devices, or any device that's got MAC-Telnetd enabled. iconic behavior tbh.

you can ping either a hostname or a MAC address, whichever one you vibe with more. and here's the cute part: if you give it a hostname, that hostname (aka the identity) gets looked up via MNDP discovery. no cap. 🔥

💅 OPTIONS 💅

these programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, like a normal well-behaved unix citizen. summary of options is right down here ⬇️

  • -f — Fast mode, bestie!! it does not wait before sending the next ping request. the next ping goes out immediately, the second the last ping comes back. speedrun strats. but — and this is the important bit — this cannot be used with -c 0. they do not mix. periodt. 💀
  • -s — Specify the amount of bytes to send in each ping packet. up to about ~1400 bytes, so don't get greedy ✨
  • -c — Number of packets to send before exiting. a value of 0 means unlimited packets, and you'll have to exit the tool yourself with Control + C. main character energy, no natural ending, you decide when it's over 👑
  • -h — Show summary of options. your lil helper 🥺
  • -v — Show version of program. for when you gotta know which one you're running 💜

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read those too, they're the friend group 🧚

👑 AUTHOR 👑

macping was written by Håkon Nessjøen <haakon.nessjoen@gmail.com> 🫶

This manual page was written by Håkon Nessjøen <haakon.nessjoen@gmail.com>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others). so generous of them, fr fr 💖

and that's the whole page babes ✨ this one's dated February 27, 2011, and it comes to you from the General Commands Manual side of the internet — mwah, stay pinging, stay slaying 💅🎀

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