python-ping

a 2.7 and 3.4+ pure python ICMP ping implementation using raw sockets. from shell or from your code as a per node class. modded from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-ping/2011.10.17.376a019

examples :

from shell :

c:\Python27\python.exe ping.py 192.168.0.254
c:\Python34\python.exe ping.py 192.168.0.254

this should run on linux I didn't check yet, thanks for any feedback.

from python console :

# 3 verbose pings
from ping import Ping
h = Ping('www.google.com')
h.run(3)

from your module :

# a simple 'is alive ?' one icmp request check
from ping import IsUp
box = IsUp('192.168.0.254')
if box.isup() : thisIsCool() # isup() returns a response time, or False if something is wrong :
                             # unknown named host, no host, no socket, no network, no answer .. anything
else : thisIsFrustrating()

IsUp is a subclass of Ping

more options :

as in the original source @ https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-ping/2011.10.17.376a019

keyword	default	info
destination	mandatory	ip adress as a string or hostname
timeout	1000	wait time for an answer from destination
packet_size	55	as bytes
own_id	...	not quite sure yet