How to ping in Python?

[Chris Miles]

You could also try the ping module that the Eddie monitoring tool has 
been using successfully, cross-platform, for many years.

http://dev.eddie-tool.net/trac/browser/eddie/trunk/lib/common/Directives/pinger.py

Cheers,
Chris

Nico Grubert wrote:
> I could not find any "ping" Class or Handler in python (2.3.5) to ping a 
> machine.
> I just need to "ping" a machine to see if its answering. What's the best 
> way to do it?

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