---
name: "irdaping"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "irda-utils"
version: "0.9.18-15"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/irdaping/8"
---

# irdaping(8)

sends IrDA test frames

## NAME

irdaping - sends IrDA test frames

## SYNOPSIS

**irdaping** \[ *daddr* \] \[ *-s framesize* \]

## OPTIONS

**daddr** ...

**-s framesize** ...

## DESCRIPTION

This is a program similar to **[ping(8)](/ping/8.md)**. It sends IrDA test frames (added some userdata which contains the frame number and the time the frame was sent). You can change the size of the frame by using the **-s** option. To get **daddr** you may use **irdadump**.

**irdaping** must be run as root or installed setuid root,  as it requires root privileges.

## EXAMPLES

**irdaping \<daddr\> \[-s \<framesize\>\]**

You may use an **alias**, which does not use any parameter  **alias irping="irdaping \\\`grep daddr /proc/net/irda/discovery\|sed s/.\*daddr://\\\`"** It works fine when there is only one discovered client.

## DIAGNOSTICS

N.N.

## BUGS

N.N.

## SEE ALSO

[irattach(8)](/irattach/8.md), [irdaping(8)](/irdaping/8.md), [irdadump(8)](/irdadump/8.md), [findchip(8)](/findchip/8.md),  [irpsion5(8)](/irpsion5/8.md), [modprobe(8)](/modprobe/8.md)

Linux/IrDA Project http://irda.sourceforge.net -\*- Linux/IrDA-Tutorial http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean\_Tourrilhes/IrDA/index.html -\*- Infrared-HOWTO http://tuxmobil.org/howtos.html

## AUTHOR

This manual page is written by Werner Heuser \<wehe@tuxmobil.org\>. It is based on the READMEs from **irda-utils** by the Linux/IrDA Project and the Linux/IrDA-Tutorial.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2001 Werner Heuser

Permission is granted to copy, distribute  and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL), Version 1.1 or any later version published by the  Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.