winping

Ping implementation which utilizes Windows ICMP API

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Installation

Standard Python package installation.

Usage

Utility

Synopsis

C:\>winping --help
usage: winping [-h] [-w TIMEOUT] [-l SIZE] [-t | -n COUNT] [-4 | -6] address

Ping implementation which utilizes Windows ICMP API

positional arguments:
  address     specifies the host name or IP address of the destination

optional arguments:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  -w TIMEOUT  timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply (default: 1000)
  -l SIZE     number of data bytes to be sent (default: 32)
  -t          ping the specified host until stopped (default: False)
  -n COUNT    number of echo requests to send (default: 4)
  -4          force using IPv4 (default: False)
  -6          force using IPv6 (default: False)

Example

C:\>winping google.com

Pinging google.com [172.217.20.206] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 172.217.20.206: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=57
Reply from 172.217.20.206: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=57
Reply from 172.217.20.206: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=57
Reply from 172.217.20.206: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=57

Ping statistics for 172.217.20.206:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0.00% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 24ms, Maximum = 29ms, Average = 26ms

C:\>winping -6 google.com

Pinging google.com [2a00:1450:401b:804::200e] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 2a00:1450:401b:804::200e: time=79ms
Reply from 2a00:1450:401b:804::200e: time=77ms
Reply from 2a00:1450:401b:804::200e: time=76ms
Reply from 2a00:1450:401b:804::200e: time=75ms

Ping statistics for 2a00:1450:401b:804::200e:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0.00% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 75ms, Maximum = 79ms, Average = 77ms

Also, if python scripts are not in your system path, you may run it like this: python -m winping

Library

import winping
with winping.IcmpHandle() as h:
    resp = winping.ping(h, '8.8.8.8')
print(resp[0].RoundTripTime)
with winping.Icmp6Handle() as h:
    resp = winping.ping6(h, '2a00:1450:401b:804::200e')
print(resp[0].RoundTripTime)

For example of working ping utility see winping/__main__.py.

Limitations

• Works only on Windows XP / Windows Server 2003 and newer.
• No asyncio support at this moment, but you may run ping in thread executor.