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maximilliano
maximilliano

Reputation: 163

C capture ICMP packet

I need to test code which deals with ICMP packets, but there is no activity at all. So i thought is there any system function to trigger tsome activity, for instance to make port 80 work you usually do system("wget 'webaddress'");. Is there anything similar to that for ICMP? thanks beforehand

Upvotes: 1

Views: 299

Answers (1)

Phil Miller
Phil Miller

Reputation: 38118

The ping command would get you close. Modern implementations often default to a random UDP port, but the documentation on your system (e.g. man ping) should tell you the option to pass to tell it to use ICMP instead.

Upvotes: 1

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