What is netindic?

Netindic is an indicator tool for diagnosing network connectivity problem. The issues netindic can detect includes:

• missing IPv4 address or IPv6 address (global)
• missing or unreachable gateway
• unreachable or malfunctioning DNS
• captive portal
• malfunctioning internet (currently make a test to http://httpbin.org)

Basically, netindic tests all components every 20 seconds.

At any time, one can ask for a network diagnosis. The following window will appear:

If a captive portal is detected, an authentication window is opened.

Installation

Before using netindic, some librairies must be installed.

Ubuntu 16+:

sudo apt install libappindicator-dev ruby-bundler ruby-gtk3 gir1.2-webkit2-4.0 ruby-json ruby-atk ruby-pango ruby-gio2 ruby-cairo ruby-cairo-gobject ruby-gobject-introspection ruby-gdk-pixbuf2 ruby-gdk3 ruby-glib2 ruby-gtk2 ruby-ffi
git clone https://github.com/david-barbion/netdiag 
cd netdiag
bundle install

Bundle will ask for your password.

Debian 8 Jessie

If you are running Gnome Shell, you have to enable AppIndicator: take a look here https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/615/appindicator-support/

sudo apt install libappindicator-dev bundler ruby-gtk3 gir1.2-webkit2-4.0 ruby-json ruby-atk ruby-pango ruby-gio2 ruby-cairo ruby-cairo-gobject ruby-gobject-introspection ruby-gdk-pixbuf2 ruby-gdk3 ruby-glib2 ruby-gtk2 ruby-ffi
git clone https://github.com/david-barbion/netdiag 
cd netdiag
bundle install

Bundle will ask for your password.

Debian 9 Stretch:

If you are running Gnome Shell, you have to enable AppIndicator: take a look here https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/615/appindicator-support/

sudo apt install libappindicator-dev ruby-bundler ruby-gtk3 gir1.2-webkit2-4.0 ruby-json ruby-atk ruby-pango ruby-gio2 ruby-cairo ruby-cairo-gobject ruby-gobject-introspection ruby-gdk-pixbuf2 ruby-gdk3 ruby-glib2 ruby-gtk2 ruby-ffi
git clone https://github.com/david-barbion/netdiag 
cd netdiag
bundle install

Bundle will ask for your password.

Archlinux and Manjaro 17 Gellivara

pacman -S ruby ruby-bundler ruby-gtk2 ruby-json ruby-atk ruby-pango ruby-gio2 ruby-cairo ruby-gobject-introspection ruby-gdk_pixbuf2 ruby-glib2 ruby-ffi gobject-introspection libappindicator-gtk2
git clone https://github.com/david-barbion/netdiag 
cd netdiag
bundle install

Bundle will ask for your password.

Usage

Just run ./netindic.rb

Autostart

Run ./install.sh to enable automatic startup on session start.

Configuration

Configuration is done by creating the directory .config/netindic. The file config.yaml resides in this directory. It contains:

• :theme:: the icon theme to use
• :test_dns:: the internet name to query for determining DNS is working
• :test_url:: the url to test for determining internet reachability

Currently, configuration is read on startup only.

Credits

• Theme / iconic : Open Iconic - MIT