lib/Net/Ping.pm

1 package Net::Ping;
51 # compatibility with the original Net::Ping.  It accepts a host
62   $p = Net::Ping->new("tcp", $timeout);
337 # Description: Ping a host name or IP number with an optional timeout.
386 # Uses Net::Ping::External to do an external ping.
393   eval { require Net::Ping::External; }
394     or croak('Protocol "external" not supported on your system: Net::Ping::External not found');
395   return Net::Ping::External::ping(ip => $ip, timeout => $timeout);
437   $checksum = Net::Ping->checksum($msg);
925   $finish_time = &time() + $timeout;       # Ping needs to be done by then
1372 Net::Ping - check a remote host for reachability
1376     use Net::Ping;
1378     $p = Net::Ping->new();
1382     $p = Net::Ping->new("icmp");
1393     $p = Net::Ping->new("tcp", 2);
1405     $p = Net::Ping->new("syn");
1415     $p = Net::Ping->new();
1461 use the C<Net::Ping::External> module to ping the remote host.
1462 C<Net::Ping::External> interfaces with your system's default C<ping>
1464 accurate results. If C<Net::Ping::External> if not installed on your
1487 =item Net::Ping->new([$proto [, $def_timeout [, $bytes [, $device [, $tos ]]]]]);
1513 Ping the remote host and wait for a response.  $host can be either the
1551 application specific and is beyond the scope of Net::Ping.
1631 Net::Ping, a pingecho() subroutine is available with the same
1635 version of Net::Ping.
1672   cvs -z3 -q -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.roobik.com.:/usr/local/cvsroot/freeware checkout Net-Ping
1673   cd Net-Ping
1679 The latest Net::Ping release can be found at CPAN:
1685   gtar -zxvf Net-Ping-xxxx.tar.gz
1686   cd Net-Ping-xxxx
1701   rpm -ta SOURCES/Net-Ping-xxxx.tar.gz
1703   rpm -ih RPMS/noarch/perl-Net-Ping-xxxx.rpm
1709 https://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Net-Ping
1713 https://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Net-Ping
1730   Original Net::Ping author:
1742 $Id: Ping.pm,v 1.86 2003/06/27 21:31:07 rob Exp $