[krtrivdi]

Dear All

I want to know that is it possible using pys60 to ping any IP address from the mobile phone?

kiran

[krtrivdi]

Hi

After searching somwhat i found a link http://www.python.org/~jeremy/python.html where there is one example to ping but i m not sure how to include ICMP package in terms of import. The code is available for ICMP too, can i install it using library module to run the ping.py file?

BR

Kiran

[jethro.fn]

After investigating the link you gave and trying to get the ping program to to work, it seems that generating ICMP messages (which ping uses) is not possible. This is due to the fact that the socket module does not allow creating raw sockets (type socket.SOCK_RAW).

Another thing to consider is that operators are free to block any traffic they can get away with. ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets used by ping are an excellent candidate for dropping...

[krtrivdi]

Thanks jethro

Cant we make any small networking utility for checking details about network, i mean testing a connection etc. Can we test the speed of our GPRS using python? can we test a webserver is up or not? can we tracert any IP?

Thanks

Kiran

[jethro.fn]

Originally Posted by krtrivdi

Cant we make any small networking utility for checking details about network, i mean testing a connection etc. Can we test the speed of our GPRS using python? can we test a webserver is up or not? can we tracert any IP?

• Testing a connection: Possible. Both TCP and UDP connections originating from the phone are available to PyS60 programs. Receiving a connection is probably not possible, due to network/operator restrictions.
• GPRS speed test: Possible, if there is a suitable server at the other end to serve dummy traffic.
• Testing if a webserver is up: Possible. Just open a TCP connection to an open port (80, by default).
• Traceroute: Not possible. requires raw sockets.