diff --git a/xCAT-client/bin/pping b/xCAT-client/bin/pping
index 0c59acf3e..c928d529b 100755
--- a/xCAT-client/bin/pping
+++ b/xCAT-client/bin/pping
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use IO::Handle;
 use IO::Select;
 use Getopt::Long;
 
-my $USAGE="Usage: pping [-i|--interface interface] noderange
+my $USAGE="Usage: pping [-i|--interface interfaces] noderange
        pping -h|--help
        pping -v|--version\n"; 
 
@@ -95,35 +95,54 @@ unless (scalar(@nodes)) {
    exit 1;
 }
 
-my $children = 0;
-my $inputs = new IO::Select;
-$SIG{CHLD} = sub { while (waitpid(-1,WNOHANG) > 0) { $children--; } };
-if ($interface) {
-  foreach (@nodes) {
-    s/$/-$interface/;
-  }
+# I think this was only needed when we forked ping ourselves
+#my $children = 0;
+#my $inputs = new IO::Select;
+#$SIG{CHLD} = sub { while (waitpid(-1,WNOHANG) > 0) { $children--; } };
+
+my $usenmap = (-x '/usr/bin/nmap' or -x '/usr/local/bin/nmap');
+
+my @interfaces;
+if ($interface) { @interfaces = split(/,/, $interface); }
+else { $interfaces[0] = ''; }
+
+# Do the pings to the nodes for each interface in sequence.  We could consider doing all the interfaces
+# in parallel, but then the output would get all mixed up and be confusing for the user.
+foreach my $interf (@interfaces) {
+	my $noderef;
+	if ($interf) {
+		# make a copy of the node list and add the interface on
+		$noderef = [ @nodes ];
+		foreach (@$noderef) { s/$/-$interf/; }
+	}
+	else {
+		$noderef = \@nodes;		# use the original node list
+	}
+	
+	if ($usenmap) { nmap_pping($noderef); }
+	else { fping_pping($noderef); }
 }
 
-if (-x '/usr/bin/nmap' or -x '/usr/local/bin/nmap') {
-    nmap_pping();
-    exit;
-}
-open (FPING, "fping ".join(' ',@nodes). " 2> /dev/null|") or die("Cannot open fping pipe: $!");
-while (<FPING>) {
-  if ($_ =~ /is unreachable/) {
-    s/ is unreachable/: noping/;
-  } elsif ($_ =~ /is alive/) {
-    s/ is alive/: ping/;
-  }
-  print $_;
+sub fping_pping {
+	my $nodes = shift;
+	open (FPING, "fping ".join(' ',@$nodes). " 2>&1 |") or die("Cannot open fping pipe: $!");
+	while (<FPING>) {
+	  if ($_ =~ /is unreachable/) {
+	    s/ is unreachable/: noping/;
+	  } elsif ($_ =~ /is alive/) {
+	    s/ is alive/: ping/;
+	  }
+	  print $_;
+	}
 }
 
 sub nmap_pping {
+	my $nodes = shift;
     my %deadnodes;
-    foreach (@nodes) {
+    foreach (@$nodes) {
         $deadnodes{$_}=1;
     }
-    open (FPING, "nmap -PE --send-ip -sP ".join(' ',@nodes). " 2> /dev/null|") or die("Cannot open nmap pipe: $!");
+    open (FPING, "nmap -PE --send-ip -sP ".join(' ',@$nodes). " 2> /dev/null|") or die("Cannot open nmap pipe: $!");
     my $node;
     while (<FPING>) {
       if (/Host (.*) \(.*\) appears to be up/) {
diff --git a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/pping.1.pod b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/pping.1.pod
index 0df9262c7..38b34ecc5 100644
--- a/xCAT-client/pods/man1/pping.1.pod
+++ b/xCAT-client/pods/man1/pping.1.pod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ B<pping> - parallel ping the nodes.
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-B<pping> [B<-i>|B<--interface> I<interface>] I<noderange>
+B<pping> [B<-i>|B<--interface> I<interfaces>] I<noderange>
 
 B<pping> [B<-h>|B<--help>]
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ B<pping> {B<-v>|B<--version>}
 
 B<pping> is a utility used to ping a list of nodes in parallel.
 B<pping> will return an unsorted list of nodes with a ping or noping status.
-B<pping> front-ends nmap and fping if available.
+B<pping> front-ends nmap or fping if available.
 
 This command does not support the xcatd client/server communication.  It must be run on the management node.
 
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ This command does not support the xcatd client/server communication.  It must be
 
 =over 10
 
-=item B<-i>|B<--interface> I<interface>
+=item B<-i>|B<--interface> I<interfaces>
 
-An interface name that should be pinged instead of the interface represented by the nodename/hostname.
+A comma separated list of network interface names that should be pinged instead of the interface represented by the nodename/hostname.
 The following name resolution convention is assumed:  an interface is reachable by the hostname <nodename>-<interface>.  For example,
 the ib2 interface on node3 has a hostname of node3-ib2.
 
+If more than one interface is specified, each interface will be combined with the nodenames as described above and will be pinged in turn.
+
 =item B<-h>|B<--help>
 
 Show usage information.
@@ -48,18 +50,20 @@ Display the installed version of xCAT.
 
 pping all
 
- blade7: ping
- blade8: ping
- blade9: ping
- devmaster: ping
- node4: ping
- node2: noping
+ node1: ping
+ node2: ping
+ node3: noping
 
 =item 2.
 
-pping all -i eth1
+pping all -i ib0,ib1
 
- node2-eth1: noping
+ node1-ib0: ping
+ node2-ib0: ping
+ node3-ib0: noping
+ node1-ib1: ping
+ node2-ib1: ping
+ node3-ib1: noping
 
 =back