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SSMping is an excellent tool for checking multicast connectivity. Pings are sent back from the server using both unicast and multicast, so also confirms that the remote host is alive.

ssmping is a tool for checking whether one can receive Source Specific Multicast from a given host. If a host runs ssmpingd, users on other hosts can use the ssmping client tool to test whether they can receive SSM from the host. Another tool called asmping is also provided to check whether can receive ASM.

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