============ python3-ping

A pure python ping implementation using raw sockets.

Note that ICMP messages can only be sent from processes running as root (in Windows, you must run this script as 'Administrator').

Original Version from Matthew Dixon Cowles_

.. _Matthew Dixon Cowles: ftp://ftp.visi.com/users/mdc/ping.py

• copyleft 1989-2011 by the python-ping team, see AUTHORS_ for more details.
• license: GNU GPL v2, see LICENSE_ for more details.

.. _AUTHORS: AUTHORS .. _LICENSE: LICENSE

Usage

::

~/python3-ping$ sudo ./ping.py google.com

PYTHON-PING google.com (209.85.148.99): 55 data bytes 64 bytes from google.com (209.85.148.99): icmp_seq=0 ttl=54 time=56.2 ms 64 bytes from google.com (209.85.148.99): icmp_seq=1 ttl=54 time=55.7 ms 64 bytes from google.com (209.85.148.99): icmp_seq=2 ttl=54 time=55.5 ms

----google.com PYTHON PING Statistics---- 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip (ms) min/avg/max = 55.468/55.795/56.232

~/python3-ping]# ./ping.py usage: ping.py [-h] [-q] [-c COUNT] [-W TIMEOUT] [-s PACKET_SIZE] destination ping.py: error: the following arguments are required: destination

TODOs

• refactor ping.py
• add a "suprocess ping", with output parser

New Features

• CLI interface -> thanks for Yu-Jie Lin to add this feature with argparse module

Contribute

Fork this repo_ on GitHub_ and send pull requests_. Thank you.

.. _Fork this repo: http://help.github.com/fork-a-repo/ .. _GitHub: https://github.com/emamirazavi/python3-ping .. _send pull requests: http://help.github.com/send-pull-requests/

History

See HISTORY.rst_.

.. _HISTORY.rst: HISTORY.rst

Links

• Sourcecode at GitHub__
• Python Package Index__

__ https://github.com/emamirazavi/python3-ping __ https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python3-ping