Ping Implementation in Python

[Mrown]

On Dec 20, 6:13 pm, "Chris Mellon" <arka... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 20, 2007 9:41 AM, Mrown <mathewbr... at fastmail.fm> 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.