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From: einhorn@hydra.unm.edu (E Drew Einhorn ADV.SCI.Inc)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: need enhanced ping
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Date: 23 Aug 90 23:02:07 GMT
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To support debugging I would like to obtain an enhanced version of
ping.  If one is not available I would like to try writing one.  I
would prefer starting from a working vanilla version of ping.  Is the
source available for anonymous ftp?

Desired features include:

	1)  Turning on the record route option in the IP header of the
	ICMP echo request packet.

	2)  Decoding the route recorded in the ICMP echo reply
	generated by the request.  Use pointer queries to obtain the
	name of networks/machines/gateways from nameserver(s).  Will
	try gethostbyaddr() first, my FM collection is not consistent
	about whether gethostbyaddr() talks to nameservers(s) or only
	examines /etc/hosts.

	3) Collect statistics by measuring round trip time to first
	IP address on route, 2nd address on route, ...

Thanks

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