Simple program to monitor internet connection quality. Sends volleys of pings and logs statistics to stdout.
This requires raw socket access, so it needs to be run as root or with the
CAP_NET_RAW capability.
Note: IPv6 is not supported yet.
Usage: epingm [OPTIONS] <TARGET>...
Arguments:
<TARGET>... Targets to ping
Options:
-c, --count <COUNT>
Number of pings to send per volley [default: 1000]
-i, --interval <INTERVAL>
Seconds between each ping in a volley [default: 0.01]
-s, --size <SIZE>
Payload size in bytes [default: 64]
--timeout <TIMEOUT>
Maximum number of seconds to wait for a reply [default: 10]
--volley-interval <VOLLEY_INTERVAL>
Seconds between each volley [default: 0]
-f, --format <FORMAT>
Output format [default: text] [possible values: text, csv]
-h, --help
Print help
Ping a host:
epingm <host>
Log CSV data to a file:
epingm <host> -f csv > <file>
# epingm 8.8.8.8
[2024-03-02 19:24:10] 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): received: 1000/1000, lost: 0, avg: 14 ms, min: 13 ms, max: 23 ms, 50th: 14 ms, 99th: 17 ms, missing: []
[2024-03-02 19:24:20] 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): received: 1000/1000, lost: 0, avg: 14 ms, min: 13 ms, max: 19 ms, 50th: 14 ms, 99th: 17 ms, missing: []
[2024-03-02 19:24:30] 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): received: 1000/1000, lost: 0, avg: 14 ms, min: 13 ms, max: 19 ms, 50th: 14 ms, 99th: 16 ms, missing: []
# epingm 8.8.8.8 -f csv
time,target,ip,received,sent,lost,avg,min,max,50th,99th,missing
2024-03-02 19:26:39,8.8.8.8,8.8.8.8,1000,1000,0,14,13,20,14,16,[]
2024-03-02 19:26:49,8.8.8.8,8.8.8.8,1000,1000,0,14,13,22,14,17,[]
2024-03-02 19:26:59,8.8.8.8,8.8.8.8,1000,1000,0,14,13,19,14,17,[]