A simple combination of the watch and ping utilities that allows me to monitor my unstable internet connection. watchping is similar to running watch ping -c 1 <destination> except that the ping statistics actually update after every interval.
Usage
watchping [options] <destination>
Options:
<destination> dns name or ip address
-a use audible ping
-A use adaptive ping
-B sticky source address
-D print timestamps
-d use SO_DEBUG socket option
-f flood ping
-h print help and exit
-H turn off header
-I <interface> either interface name or address
-i <interval> seconds between sending each packet
-L suppress loopback of multicast packets
-l <preload> send <preload> number of packages while waiting replies
-m <mark> tag the packets going out
-M <pmtud opt> define mtu discovery, can be one of <do|dont|want>
-n no dns name resolution
-O report outstanding replies
-p <pattern> contents of padding byte
-P attempt run command in precise intervals
-q quiet output
-Q <tclass> use quality of service <tclass> bits
-s <size> use <size> as number of data bytes to be sent
-S <size> use <size> as SO_SNDBUF socket option value
-t <ttl> define time to live
-U print user-to-user latency
-v verbose output
-V print version and exit
-w <deadline> reply wait <deadline> in seconds
-W <timeout> time to wait for response
IPv4 options:
-4 use IPv4
-b allow pinging broadcast
-R record route
-T <timestamp> define timestamp, can be one of <tsonly|tsandaddr|tsprespec>
IPv6 options:
-6 use IPv6
-F <flowlabel> define flow label, default is random
-N <nodeinfo opt> use icmp6 node info query, try <help> as argument
- libresolv
- libncursesw
git clone https://github.com/jbwong05/watchping.git
cd watchping
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
The CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE variable can also be set to Debug using -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug if a debug version is required.
git clone https://github.com/jbwong05/watchping.git
cd watchping
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
sudo make install
By default the install path is set to /usr/local/bin. This can be changed by setting the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX using -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<dir> if another directory is preferred.
sudo make uninstall
Most of the watch code was adapted from the procps repository. Most of the ping code was adapted from the iputils repository.