Ping-exp is a small utility which runs a set of ICMP ping experiments simultaneously and then charts the results making it much easier to compare.
Ping-exp example
Links
Features
- Supports several simultaneous targets (eventually the charts get messy)
- Ability to control the IP TOS value.
- Ability to control the ICMP ping size.
- Ability to save the results to be viewed later.
- Ability to control the ping frequency and total number.
- Export to PNG.
- Interactive inspection (zooming) of the resulting charts (using the Matplotlib viewer).
Requirements
- Python 2.6 (makes use of the Multiprocessing module).
- Matplotlib
- Linux (tested on Fedora. Ping-exp relies on parsing ping’s output so it almost certainly won’t work on Windows – maybe other Unices)
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Hi Dan,
I get the following error when running the script, first I had to add 3 Targets as I get an error when only using 2.
I am using Ubuntu
Linux 2me-desktop 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
./pingexp.py -t ITWeb,www.itweb.co.za,0 -t Google,www.google.com,0 -t Yahoo,www.yahoo.com,0 -i .2 -c 5 -o results.png
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pytz/__init__.py:32: UserWarning: Module multiprocessing was already imported from /usr/lib/python2.6/multiprocessing/__init__.pyc, but /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6 is being added to sys.path
from pkg_resources import resource_stream
Got results for ITWeb
Got results for Google
Got results for Yahoo
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “./pingexp.py”, line 505, in
graph(results, line_graph=line_graph, image_file=f)
File “./pingexp.py”, line 338, in graph
canvas.print_png(image_file)
File “/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py”, line 358, in print_png
FigureCanvasAgg.draw(self)
File “/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py”, line 314, in draw
self.figure.draw(self.renderer)
File “/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/artist.py”, line 46, in draw_wrapper
draw(artist, renderer, *kl)
File “/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/figure.py”, line 774, in draw
for a in self.axes: a.draw(renderer)
File “/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/artist.py”, line 46, in draw_wrapper
draw(artist, renderer, *kl)
File “/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/axes.py”, line 1721, in draw
a.draw(renderer)
File “/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/artist.py”, line 46, in draw_wrapper
draw(artist, renderer, *kl)
File “/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/patches.py”, line 298, in draw
gc.set_foreground(self._edgecolor)
File “/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/backend_bases.py”, line 628, in set_foreground
self._rgb = colors.colorConverter.to_rgba(fg)
File “/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/matplotlib/colors.py”, line 352, in to_rgba
raise ValueError(‘to_rgba: Invalid rgba arg “%s”\n%s’ % (str(arg), exc))
ValueError: to_rgba: Invalid rgba arg “['#3194e0', '#49db50', '#e03131']”
invalid literal for float(): #3194e0
Hello Jacques,
I can’t reproduce your error with two or three destinations. What version of Matplotlib and Python do you have?
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Hello,
I work for a company that makes a commercial traffic shaper. I am finding your tool an excellent way to experiment and plot different configurations. Thanks for the wonderful tool!
Great. Glad to hear it’s useful.