A pure python ping implementation using raw sockets.

• Compatible with Python2 & Python3
• Note that ICMP messages can only be sent from processes running as root (in Windows, you must run this script as 'Administrator').

• Matthew Dixon Cowles
• copyleft 1989-2016 by the python-ping team, see AUTHORS for more details.
• license: GNU GPL v2, see LICENSE for more details.

$ sudo python3 ping.py -h
usage: python-ping [-h] [-t TIMEOUT] [-c REQUEST_COUNT] [-i] [-I]
                   [-s PACKET_SIZE] [-T]
                   address

A pure python implementation of the ping protocol. *REQUIRES ROOT*

positional arguments:
  address               The address to attempt to ping.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -t TIMEOUT, --timeout TIMEOUT
                        The maximum amount of time to wait until ping timeout.
  -c REQUEST_COUNT, --request_count REQUEST_COUNT
                        The number of attempts to make. See --infinite to
                        attempt requests until stopped.
  -i, --infinite        Flag to continuously ping a host until stopped.
  -I, --ipv6            Flag to use IPv6.
  -s PACKET_SIZE, --packet_size PACKET_SIZE
                        Designate the amount of data to send per packet.
  -T, --test_case       Flag to run the default test case suite.

Python 2.7.11 (default, Mar  3 2016, 13:35:30) 
[GCC 5.3.0] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import ping
>>> ping.verbose_ping('google.com', timeout=3000, count=3, numDataBytes=1300)
<generator object verbose_ping at 0x7fa954e04eb0>
>>> list(ping.verbose_ping('google.com', timeout=3000, count=3, numDataBytes=1300))

PYTHON PING google.com (216.58.212.46): 1300 data bytes
72 bytes from 216.58.212.46: icmp_seq=0 ttl=59 time=4.42 ms
72 bytes from 216.58.212.46: icmp_seq=1 ttl=59 time=4.70 ms
72 bytes from 216.58.212.46: icmp_seq=2 ttl=59 time=4.44 ms
72 bytes from 216.58.212.46: icmp_seq=3 ttl=59 time=4.47 ms

----216.58.212.46 PYTHON PING Statistics----
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip (ms)  min/avg/max = 4.4/4.5/4.7

[1, 2, 3, False]


>>> list(ping.quiet_ping('google.com', timeout=3000, count=3, numDataBytes=1300))
[1, 2, 3, (4.508256912231445, 4.332065582275391, 4.399617513020833, 0.0)]
>>> list(ping.quiet_ping('google.com', timeout=3000, count=3, numDataBytes=1300))[-1]
(4.535675048828125, 4.359245300292969, 4.423936208089192, 0.0)

• Make delay between sending packets as input parm.

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