Re: Call for testers: Nping 0.1BETA1 Released.

["Luis M." <luis.mgarc () gmail com>]

Hi Jason,

DePriest, Jason R. wrote:
> Incomplete part of the man page.  I think.
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> ETHERNET OPTIONS
>        In most cases Nping sends packets at raw IP level. This means
> that Nping creates its own IP packets and trasmits them through a raw
> socket. However, in some cases it may be necessary to send packets at
> the raw Ethernet level. This happens, for example, when Nping is run
> under Windows (as Microsoft has disabled raw socket support since
> Windows XP SP2), or when Nping is asked to send ARP packets. Since in
> some cases it is necessary to construct ethernet frames, Nping offers
> some options to manipulate the different fields.
>
>        --dest-mac mac (Ethernet Destination MAC Address) .
>            This option
>
>        --source-mac mac (Ethernet Source MAC Address) .
>            Hey...
>   

Ops! I had forgotten about that part. I'll fill it in soon.



> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>
> My first instinct with the --flags option was to try
> --flags ASFR
> which failed.
> Using
> --flags ACK,SYN,FIN,RST
> was counterintuitive.
>   
I've already modified this to be more flexible so you can specify things
like --flags ASFR


> The way nping does it is fine, but could you add something to the -h
> help to specify how you do it?
>   
There is just not enough space for it. -h output should be a reminder of
the syntax, not a reference guide. I am afraid users will have to check
the man page.

> Thanks.
>
>   

Thanks,


Luis.


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