Custom Ping Utility

A Python-based ping utility that supports both IPv4 and IPv6, allowing users to send ICMP Echo Requests and receive Echo Replies with customizable options such as TTL (hop limit) and timeout.

Features

• Supports IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
• Customizable packet count, TTL/hop limit, and timeout.
• Detailed debugging output for troubleshooting.
• Falls back to IPv4 if IPv6 is unavailable (for hostnames).
• Command-line interface with argparse for easy usage.

Requirements

• Python 3.6+ (tested with Python 3.10.12 on Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS).
• Root privileges (sudo) for raw socket access.
• IPv6 kernel support enabled (cat /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6 should be 0).

Steps to run

1. Clone this repo and Navigate to directory

2. Execute the Test file

   sudo ./scripts/test.sh

Usage

python3 ./src/main.py [-h] [-c COUNT] [-t TTL] [-W TIMEOUT] target

positional arguments: target Target hostname or IP address (IPv4 or IPv6)

options: -h, --help show this help message and exit -c COUNT, --count COUNT Number of pings (default: 4) -t TTL, --ttl TTL Time to live/hop limit (default: 64) -W TIMEOUT, --timeout TIMEOUT Timeout in seconds (default: 2)