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authorB. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>2017-08-27 17:21:18 +0100
committerDavid Spencer <idlemoor@slackbuilds.org>2017-09-02 10:19:44 +0100
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+2ping (bi-directional ping utility)
+
+2ping is a bi-directional ping utility. It uses 3-way pings (akin to
+TCP SYN, SYN/ACK, ACK) and after-the-fact state comparison between a
+2ping listener and a 2ping client to determine which direction packet
+loss occurs.
+
+If you would like to quickly test 2ping against a remote listener
+without setting one of your own up, there are several public test
+listeners available. Try test.2ping.net, cromulent.colobox.com, or
+linode-london.mirrors.finnix.org.
+
+To run a listener, you can manually start one with e.g. "2ping --listen".
+If you want to start a listener at boot, add a command like this to
+/etc/rc.d/rc.local:
+
+su nobody -s /bin/sh -c 'exec /usr/bin/2ping --quiet --listen' &> /dev/null &