ping

Custom Ping Implementation

A custom implementation of the ping utility in C, allowing users to test network connectivity and measure round-trip time to a target host.

Features

• ICMP echo request/reply
• Round-trip time measurement
• Packet loss statistics
• Customizable packet size
• Timeout handling

Building

To build the project:

make

This will create an executable named ping.

Usage

./ping [target_host]

Example:

./ping google.com

Cleanup

To clean up build artifacts:

make clean

Implementation Details

The implementation includes:

• ICMP packet creation and parsing
• Socket programming for raw sockets
• Time measurement
• Statistics calculation
• Error handling

Note

This program requires root/administrator privileges to run due to the use of raw sockets for ICMP packets.