Ronja Twibright Labs

Ronjaping

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What is Ronjaping

It's a modified version of old-style ping which allows -c flag (send next packet immediately after reception of the previous one) and calculates SNR at the end.

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Requirements

  • Linux operating system (I don't know if it runs also on BSD etc.)
  • Ability to compile C programs

Download

ronjaping.tgz

Gallery[17c1]

Compilation

  • Unpack the package
  • Enter the created directory
  • make
  • su
  • cp ping /bin/ronjaping
  • chmod a+rxs /bin/ronjaping

Useful flags

Do not use the -f ping for packetloss measurement.

  • -c flag for the ping to send as quickly as possible without impairing accuracy
  • -l to set payload length
  • -l 1472 to get maximum Ethernet frame length without fragmentation.
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