send ICMP ping packet

Questions / Help
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1

Hi!
I’m learning Elixir and as a pet project I’d like to ping (ICMP) several IP (V4) addresses.
¿can you point me on the right direction to do this?

Thanks in advance :wink:

2

The BEAM hasn’t something like that built in, but perhaps you can use :gen_icmp.

It requires raw sockets though.

3

¿Can I use RAW sockets in elixir? ICMP protocol is very simple, I could try to write it.
Thanks.

4

You can’t directly, but there is :procket, which gives you access to raw sockets through NIFs.