Updated page to new formatting conventions and to exactly reflect original document. — Matthew Fillpot 2012/09/16 19:50

1. In order to “ping” hosts, you'll have to use the -sP argument. The following command instructs nmap to “ping” www.slackware.com and the 16 IP addresses starting at 72.168.24.0 and ending at 72.168.24.15.

   darkstar:~# nmap -sP www.slackware.com 72.168.24.0/28

   It should not be

   darkstar:~# nmap -sP www.slackware.com 72.168.24.0/15

   Víctor 2019/02/23