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').

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

PYTHON-PING google.com (74.125.39.147): 55 data bytes
64 bytes from 74.125.39.147: icmp_seq=0 ttl=53 time=23 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.39.147: icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 time=20 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.39.147: icmp_seq=2 ttl=53 time=22 ms

----74.125.39.147 PYTHON PING Statistics----
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip (ms)  min/avg/max = 20/22.4/23

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