Pinger

Pinger is a lightweight, high-performance network utility written in Go. It enables users to send ICMP echo requests (pings) to specified hosts, facilitating network diagnostics and monitoring.

Features

Send ICMP echo requests to specified hosts.
Measure round-trip time (RTT) for each ping.
Support for both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
Configurable number of ping attempts and intervals.
Lightweight and efficient, suitable for scripting and automation.

Installation

Prerequisites

Go (version 1.20 or later) installed on your system.
make

Steps

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/pnx/pinger.git
cd pinger

Build the application:

make

Usage

See ./pinger -h

Example

./pinger --udp -t 30s example.com

This command sends UDP echo requests to example.com, stopping after 30 seconds

./pinger -c 8 -i 1s example.com

This command sends 8 ICMP echo requests to example.com, with a 1-second interval between pings. NOTE: this requires root privileges

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

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