Pinger helps you to monitor many hosts using ICMP ECHO_REQUEST.
Download from release page.
pinger HOSTNAME_OR_IPADDR [HOSTNAME_OR_IPADDR ...]
pinger sends ICMP packets using raw socket, so requires root privileges.
- sudo pinger ...
- run by root
chown root pinger; chmod 4755 pingerand run by normal usersetcap cap_net_raw=ep pingerand run by normal user (Linux only)
You can write failed history to a file by redirecting stderr to a file.
$ sudo pinger example.com example.net 192.0.2.1 192.0.2.2 192.0.2.3 2> pinger.log
Two numerical numer are RTT and average of RTT (max latest 10 samples).
Push ESC or C-c to exit.