multi-Pings

A tool for collecting packet delay and loss statistics using ICMP echo.

Description

Multi-Pings is a tool for collecting packet delay and loss statistics using ICMP echo. It is not a linux command, such as ping or mping.

• Ability to send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to multiple hosts simultaneously
• Host ips be read from stdin
• The results are output in a specified format

Usage

How to use

• make
• Usage : ./pings -o [OUTPUT_STYLE]
  OUTPUT_STYLE := { stream | json | yaml }

Example

• In directory script, a file called pings.py written by PYTHON
  import this module and use like this:
  

    p = Pings( hosts, format = fmt, logger = logger )

    rst = p.run()

• For more detailed information of Pings, please refer to pings.py