https://github.com/troglobit/omping

Open Multicast Ping (omping) is a tool for testing IPv4/IPv6 multicast connectivity on a LAN.
https://github.com/troglobit/omping

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Open Multicast Ping (omping) is a tool for testing IPv4/IPv6 multicast connectivity on a LAN.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/troglobit/omping
• Owner: troglobit
• License: other
• Archived: true
• Created: 2015-09-02T13:39:22.000Z (about 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-03-09T13:40:55.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T15:34:46.735Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: debian, fedora, multicast, multicast-testing, ping, ubuntu
• Language: C
• Homepage: https://github.com/jfriesse/omping
• Size: 179 KB
• Stars: 33
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 9
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: COPYING

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README

        
![OMPing Banner](extras/img/omping-banner.png "Open Multicast Ping")

The omping tool is a pure UDP client and server wrapped in a small

binary.  Perfectly suited for verifying multicast connectivity on your

local network.

Compared to traditional ping omping does not use ICMP.  It is based on

RFC draft  and

can thus test many different aspects of a setup:

> “In addition to checking reception of multicast (SSM or ASM), the

> protocol can provide related information such as multicast tree setup

> time, the number of hops the packets have traveled, as well as packet

> delay and loss.”

Features:

- Similar user experience as classic ping tool

- Ping multiple hosts at once

- Any-source and Source-specific Multicast 

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Installation

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### In RedHat/Fedora

Omping is available as an .rpm package in Fedora.  Use yum for

installation:

    $ yum install omping

### In Debian/Ubuntu

Not yet available in Debian or Ubuntu, but a .deb package can be built

using the sources (below):

    $ make package

There are also unsigned packages available from 

for adventurous users.

### From Source

Latest releases at , for

older releases, see .

For latest git, use

    $ git clone https://github.com/troglobit/omping.git

	$ cd omping/

	$ make

Origin & References

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This project was initially developed by Jan Friesse for Red Hat.  It was

hosted at the now defunct fedorahosted.org, and can now be found on Jan's

GitHub: 

The https://github.com/troglobit/omping/ project is mainly for packaging

to Debian/Ubuntu but also has some minor fixes.