iputils-arping | Tool to send ICMP echo requests to an ARP address | Mehr ...
The arping command acts like the standard ping command except it pings a machine by its ARP address instead of its IP address. It is typically used to locate a machine if its hardware address is known but its IP address is unknown
iputils-ping | Tools to test the reachability of network hosts | Mehr ...
The ping command sends ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to a host in order to test if the host is reachable via the network. . This package includes a ping6 utility which supports IPv6 network connections.
iputils-tracepath | Tools to trace the network path to a remote host | Mehr ...
The tracepath utility is similar to the traceroute utility, but also attempts to discover the MTU of the path. . This package also includes tracepath6 and traceroute6 utilities, which may be used on IPv6 networks.
netkit-ping | The ping utility from netkit (transitional package) | Mehr ...
This is a transitional package to migrate existing users of netkit-ping to iputils-ping (its successor). It may be safely removed after upgrading.
