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https://github.com/cntools/cnping
Minimal Graphical Ping Tool
https://github.com/cntools/cnping
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Minimal Graphical Ping Tool
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/cntools/cnping
- Owner: cntools
- License: other
- Created: 2014-12-06T06:09:14.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-03-19T16:52:07.000Z (8 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-04-08T12:36:25.441Z (7 months ago)
- Language: C
- Homepage:
- Size: 525 KB
- Stars: 229
- Watchers: 19
- Forks: 35
- Open Issues: 9
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
cnping
======
Minimal Graphical IPV4 Ping/HTTP Ping Tool. (also comes with searchnet, like nmap but smaller and simpler). It uses rawdraw so it is OS independent.
```
Usage: cnping [host] [period] [extra size] [y-axis scaling] [window title]
[host] -- domain or IP address of ICMP ping target, or http://[host] i.e. http://google.com
[period] -- period in seconds (optional), default 0.02
[extra size] -- ping packet extra size (above 12), optional, default = 0
[const y-axis scaling] -- use a fixed scaling factor instead of auto scaling (optional)
[window title] -- the title of the window (optional)
```
If an http host is listed, the default request is ```HEAD /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1``` since this is usually a very fast, easy operation for the server. If a specific file or uri is requested, that will be requested instead, i.e. http://github.com/cnlohr will request ```HEAD /cnlohr HTTP/1.1```.
If a regular hostname is requested instead, ICMP (regular ping) will be used.
This allows cnping to be operated in environments where ICMP is prohibited by local computer or network policies.
## Installation
### Ubuntu
```
sudo apt install libxinerama-dev libxext-dev libx11-dev build-essential mesa-common-dev libglvnd-dev
git clone https://github.com/cntools/cnping.git
cd cnping/
git submodule update --init --recursive
make linuxinstall
```
'linuxinstall' builds the tool, copies it to your /usr/local/bin folder, and sets the cap_net_raw capability allowing it to create raw sockets without being root.
```
sudo cp cnping /usr/local/bin/
sudo setcap cap_net_raw+ep /usr/local/bin/cnping
```
Note that if only http pinging is requested, you do not need cap_net_raw or root access.
### Windows
A Windows-exe can be cross compiled on Linux, just install the necessary dependencies and compile it:
```
sudo apt install binutils-mingw-w64-i686 gcc-mingw-w64-i686 g++-mingw-w64-i686
make cnping.exe
```
### Other distributions
See our Wiki page for information on more distributions, e.g. Arch, Void, Gentoo or Fedora: [Binary packages and distributions](https://github.com/cntools/cnping/wiki/Binary-packages-and-distributions)