Pinging a range of address...

[ISmonkey]

I seem to recall there is a way to ping a range of address all at the same time. Does anyone know the syntax, or did i have a brain bubble...>:O>

 

[jimbopalmer]

since there are very few sensible reasons for it, it is not a process anyone automates. I have written scripts in C shell to save all my entries in the hosts file which do not respond to ping, as a part of my conversion to DHCP. The one thing you can't give for your heart's desire is your heart. - Lois McMaster Bujold

 

[ISmonkey]

Well i have time clocks that pull an IP address. When one of those time clocks has problems, i need to be able to see which IP address cannot be pinged. If i can ping a range of IP addresses ie. ping {132.43.22.13, 132.43.22.200} i can find out which time clock has the problem.

 

[prinand]

Unix allows you to ping a range of IP addresses. (or at least HP-UX) Windows not as far as I am aware. You will have to write a little script as said by the 1st reply or find a little program which can do it for you.