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# Mapping Networks

Ping Sweeping to check which hosts are alive in network or not.

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### Fping

`fping -a -g IPRANGE`

* `-a` used to check for alive hosts
* `-g` to perform ping sweep instead of normal ping

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### Nmap

`nmap -sn -iL hostlists.txt`

* `-iL` to read hosts from file

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