iputils/README.md

# iputils

The iputils package contains ping, a basic networking tool.
The ping command sends a series of ICMP protocol ECHO_REQUEST packets to a specified network host and can tell you if that machine is alive and receiving network traffic.
Initial commit 2024-01-05 23:57:56 +01:00			`# iputils`

automatic version update by autodist [release s20121221-1mamba;Thu Jan 10 2013] 2024-01-05 23:57:58 +01:00			`The iputils package contains ping, a basic networking tool.`
			`The ping command sends a series of ICMP protocol ECHO_REQUEST packets to a specified network host and can tell you if that machine is alive and receiving network traffic.`