Overview

A Simpe Ping(ICMP) Client for Ruby. https://rubygems.org/gems/simple_ping

How to use

※ Need root privileges to run.

require "simple_ping"

ping_client = SimplePing::Client.new(src_ip_addr: "192.168.1.100")
ping_client.exec(dest_ip_addr: "192.168.1.101")

Specification

• Number of executions: 1
• Timeout Seconds: 10s
• Does not support retries
• Confirmed the operation with Ruby 2.7.1

What you can do

• Return the success or failure of the ping (ICMP) result with true/false
• Destination is IP address

What you can not do now

• Addressing by FQDN
• Retry
• Customized transmission data (ID specification, data section specification, etc.)
• Etc., etc

License

MIT