On Dec 20, 6:13 pm, "Chris Mellon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 20, 2007 9:41 AM, Mrown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I was wondering if there was a ping implementation written in > > Python. I'd rather using a Python module that implements ping in a > > platform/OS-independent way than rely on the underlying OS, especially > > as every OS has a different implementation. Furthermore, if you're > > going to ping a large number of IPs, using a module would probably be > > a lot faster. Any ideas if such a module exists? Thanks. > > There's no point in having a script that pings things, especially > large numbers of IPs. If you really want to do network scanning other > tools for that already exist.
Thanks. Actually, I was more interested in the OS neutral part than in pinging a large number of IPs. Instead, I want to ping a number of IPs (under 10) in an OS/platform independent manner and take the necessary action depending on the results. Thanks. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
