How to set the socket type and the protocol of a socket using create_connection?

[Chris Angelico]

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Hans Mulder <hansmu at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Why are you trying to reimplement ping?
>
> All OS'es I am aware of come with a working ping implementation.

For some definition of "working", at least. I've never managed to get
MS Windows to ping broadcast, for instance.

A Google search for 'python ping' comes up with a few good answers,
though. You may want to have a look at some of them; if nothing else,
you'll get confirmation that what you're doing corresponds to what
someone else has done (which isn't proof you're doing the right thing,
but it does suggest it).

ChrisA