.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 . .PP This manual page was written by Håkon Nessjøen , for the Debian project (and may be used by others).