This is the Debian GNU prepackaged version of dhcping, an administrative tool for finding out if a DHCP server is still up and running. The source of the Debian package is managed through CVS. It is publically available at or as <:pserver:anonymous@cvs.infodrom.org/var/cvs/debian/dhcping/>. This package was put together by Martin Schulze , from sources obtained from: http://www.mavetju.org/download/dhcping-1.2.tar.gz dhcping has been released under the BSD license as quoted below.