NAME

mcping — Ping one more more hosts using ICMP or TCP

SYNOPSIS

mcping

[-c count] [-i interface] [-n] [-p -pps] [-q] [-t -seconds] host(s)

DESCRIPTION

mcping pings one or more hosts using ICMP or TCP. It uses raw sockets and pcap, and hence requires escalated privileges (root).

Optional arguments:

-c count: Specify the number of packets to send to each host.
-i interface: Specify the interface (by name) on which to listen for responses.
-n: Do not perform DNS lookups.
-p pps: Specify an overall packet rate, in packets/second. The default is 1.
-q: Quiet mode. Do not print each received packet, only print the final result.
-t seconds: Specify a round trip timeout, in seconds. Responses that take longer than seconds will be considered dropped. The default is 5 seconds.

Required arguments:

host(s): Specify the destination host(s). To use ICMP, just use the hostnames, e.g. foo.bar.com. To use TCP, append a colon and the port number, e.g. foo.bar.com:80.

EXAMPLES

Ping 192.168.169.2 using TCP on port 80, 192.168.168.1 using TCP port 22 and 192.168.168.4 using ICMP.

# mcping -p 10 -c 5 192.168.168.2:80 192.168.168.1:22 192.168.168.4 
192.168.168.1:22  0.053 ms 
192.168.168.2:80  0.116 ms 
192.168.168.4     0.539 ms 
192.168.168.1:22  0.047 ms 
192.168.168.2:80  0.116 ms 
192.168.168.4     0.394 ms 
192.168.168.1:22  0.184 ms 
192.168.168.2:80  0.114 ms 
192.168.168.4     0.445 ms 
192.168.168.1:22  0.113 ms 
192.168.168.2:80  0.114 ms 
192.168.168.4     0.422 ms 
192.168.168.1:22  0.179 ms 
192.168.168.2:80  0.119 ms 
192.168.168.4     0.389 ms 
 
--- 192.168.168.2:80 ping statistics --- 
5 packets sent, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss 
 
--- 192.168.168.1:22 ping statistics --- 
5 packets sent, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss 
 
--- 192.168.168.4 ping statistics --- 
5 packets sent, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss

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