diff --git a/AIX/fping/Build-nodes b/AIX/fping/Build-nodes
index 0f6bc2f..905c9e4 100644
--- a/AIX/fping/Build-nodes
+++ b/AIX/fping/Build-nodes
@@ -5,18 +5,13 @@ Build notes
 2. cd to /tmp/fping.
 3. un-tar the files
 4. run ./fping-2.4b2_to/configure to create a Makefile.
-5. Change line 121 
-   from 
-     extern int h_errno;
-   to 
-     #ifndef h_errno
-      extern int h_errno;
-     #endif
-   to avoid compiling errors.
-6. tar -cvf fping.tar fping-2.4b2_to
-7. gzip fping.tar to create a new fping.tar.gz
-8. copy fping.tar.gz to /opt/freeware/src/packages/SOURCES/ directory
+5. tar -cvf fping.tar fping-2.4b2_to
+6. gzip fping.tar to create a new fping.tar.gz
+7. copy fping.tar.gz to /opt/freeware/src/packages/SOURCES/ directory
+8. copy fping.patch to /opt/freeware/src/packages/SOURCES/ directory
 9. copy fping.spec to /opt/freeware/src/packages/SPECS/ directory
 10. cd to  /opt/freeware/src/packages/SPECS 
 11. run rpm -bb fping.spec
 
+
+* patch was created using "diff -r -C 3 fping-2.4b2_to fping-2.4b2_to_new" command
diff --git a/AIX/fping/fping.patch b/AIX/fping/fping.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..797e020
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AIX/fping/fping.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+diff -r -C 3 fping-2.4b2_to/fping.c fping-2.4b2_to_new/fping.c
+*** fping-2.4b2_to/fping.c	Fri Jul 20 13:10:26 2001
+--- fping-2.4b2_to_new/fping.c	Fri Feb  8 17:23:58 2008
+***************
+*** 118,125 ****
+  
+  extern char *optarg;
+  extern int optind,opterr;
+  extern int h_errno;
+! 
+  #ifdef __cplusplus
+  }
+  #endif /* __cplusplus */
+--- 118,126 ----
+  
+  extern char *optarg;
+  extern int optind,opterr;
++ #ifndef  h_errno
+  extern int h_errno;
+! #endif 
+  #ifdef __cplusplus
+  }
+  #endif /* __cplusplus */
+***************
+*** 1574,1580 ****
+  		if( handle_random_icmp( icp, result, &response_addr ) )
+  			num_othericmprcvd++;
+  		
+! 		return 1;
+  	
+  	}/* IF */
+  
+--- 1575,1581 ----
+  		if( handle_random_icmp( icp, result, &response_addr ) )
+  			num_othericmprcvd++;
+  		
+! 		return 0;
+  	
+  	}/* IF */
+  
diff --git a/AIX/fping/fping.spec b/AIX/fping/fping.spec
index 7468949..e77d2a0 100644
--- a/AIX/fping/fping.spec
+++ b/AIX/fping/fping.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Source: fping.tar.gz
-#Patch: fping.patch
+Patch: fping.patch
 Release: 1
 AutoReq: true
 AutoProv: true
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ URL:	 http://fping.sourceforge.net/
 fping pings hosts in parallel
 %Prep
 %setup -q
-#%patch
+%patch -p1
 
 
 %Build
diff --git a/fping/Build-nodes b/fping/Build-nodes
index 4070e29..08e68ce 100644
--- a/fping/Build-nodes
+++ b/fping/Build-nodes
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ Build notes
 9. copy fping.patch to /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/ directory
 10. rpmbuild -ta /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/fping.tar.gz
 
+
+*The patch was created using "diff -uNr fping-2.4b2_to fping-2.4b2_to_new" command.
+**on a RedHat Linux machine, /usr/src/packages is /usr/src/redhat.
+