icmp – Tarik Billa

ping response “Request timed out.” vs “Destination Host unreachable”

October 25, 2022 by Tarik

Destination Host Unreachable This message indicates one of two problems: either the local system has no route to the desired destination, or a remote router reports that it has no route to the destination. If the message is simply “Destination Host Unreachable,” then there is no route from the local system, and the packets to … Read more

Pinging servers in Python

October 9, 2022 by Tarik

If you don’t need to support Windows, here’s a really concise way to do it: import os hostname = “google.com” #example response = os.system(“ping -c 1 ” + hostname) #and then check the response… if response == 0: print hostname, ‘is up!’ else: print hostname, ‘is down!’ This works because ping returns a non-zero value … Read more