The omping tool is a pure UDP client and server wrapped in a small binary. Perfectly suited for verifying multicast connectivity on your local network.
Compared to traditional ping omping does not use ICMP. It is based on RFC draft http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-mboned-ssmping-08 and can thus test many different aspects of a setup:
“In addition to checking reception of multicast (SSM or ASM), the protocol can provide related information such as multicast tree setup time, the number of hops the packets have traveled, as well as packet delay and loss.”
Features:
- Similar user experience as classic ping tool
- Ping multiple hosts at once
- Any-source and Source-specific Multicast
Installation
In RedHat/Fedora
Omping is available as an .rpm package in Fedora. Use yum for installation:
$ yum install omping
In Debian/Ubuntu
Not yet available in Debian or Ubuntu, but a .deb package can be built using the sources (below):
$ make package
There are also unsigned packages available from ftp://troglobit.com for adventurous users.
From Source
For stable version, download the latest official release from Fedora: https://fedorahosted.org/releases/o/m/omping/omping-0.0.4.tar.gz
For latest git, use
$ git clone git://git.fedorahosted.org/git/omping.git
$ cd omping
$ make
Mailing List
The omping mailing list should be used for all communication relating to Open Multicast Ping. Please send mail to the mailing list instead of developers directly. This allows more then one person to respond to information requests and allows everyone to see the solution to a possible problem.
- Subscribe mailing list
- Send mail to mailing list: omping@…
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Origin & References
This project was initially developed by Jan Friesse for Red Hat. The GitHub hosting at https://github.com/troglobit/omping/ is mainly for packaging to Debian/Ubuntu.
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