Raw Ping Program in python

Ping hosts using tcp syn packets.

Simple example

$ ping example.org

Pinging example.org 4 times on port 80:

Reply from 93.184.216.34:80 time=7.40 ms
Reply from 93.184.216.34:80 time=10.31 ms
Reply from 93.184.216.34:80 time=7.18 ms
Reply from 93.184.216.34:80 time=6.92 ms

Ouput:
--------------------------

Host: example.org

Sent: 4 packets
Received: 4 packets
Lost: 0 packets (0.00%)

Notes

• Works on Python 2 and Python 3
• Uses only Python standard library for maximum compatibility

Usage

using the python interpreter

python ping.py

ping hosts using tcp syn packets

    Options:
      --version   show program's version number and exit
      -h, --help  show this help message and exit
      -t          ping host until stopped with 'control-c'
      -n COUNT    number of requests to send (default: 4)
      -p PORT     port number to use (default: 80)
      -w TIMEOUT  timeout in seconds to wait for reply
                  (default: 3)

Examples

Ping host on port 80

    $ping host

Ping google on port 400

    $ping google.com -p 400

Ping google 3 times with 10 second timeout

    $ping google.com -n 3 -w 10