📡 Ping Monitor CLI

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Simple real-time network connectivity monitor written in Python.

Sends one ping per second to 8.8.8.8 and displays:

• Latency (ms)
• Packet timeout detection
• Running average
• Minimum latency
• Maximum latency
• Total successful pings
• Timestamp per request

Designed for quick terminal-based diagnostics on Windows, Linux, or WSL.

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✨ Features

• Cross-platform (Windows / Linux)

• Clean terminal UI

• ANSI colored output

• Automatic timeout detection

• Rolling statistics:

  • AVG
  • MIN
  • MAX
  • Packet count

• 1-second interval monitoring

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🖥️ Example Output

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🧠 How It Works

• Uses subprocess.run() to execute the system ping command.

• Automatically selects:

  • -n 1 -w 10000 on Windows
  • -c 1 -W 10 on Linux

• Extracts latency using regex:

  time=8.32 ms
  

• Maintains live statistics in memory.

Think of it like a mini network heartbeat monitor running in your terminal.

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📦 Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• System ping command available in PATH

No external dependencies required.

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🚀 Usage

Clone (git clone https://github.com/URDev4ever/Ping-Monitor.git) or download the script, then:

python ping_monitor.py

or cd Ping-Monitor first if cloned

Stop with:

CTRL + C

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🔧 Customization

If you want to change the target:

command = ["ping", "-c", "1", "-W", "10", "8.8.8.8"]

Replace 8.8.8.8 with:

• Your router (e.g. 192.168.0.1)
• Cloudflare (1.1.1.1)
• A specific host you want to monitor

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📊 Metrics Explained

Metric	Meaning
ms	Current ping latency
AVG	Average latency since start
MIN	Lowest recorded latency
MAX	Highest recorded latency
Count	Successful ping responses

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🛠 Use Cases

• Monitoring unstable Wi-Fi
• Checking packet drops
• Measuring latency fluctuations
• Debugging WSL networking
• Lightweight alternative to tools like mtr

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⚠️ Notes

• This tool was ONLY tested on Kali Linux (WSL), if there are any bugs with other distributions please let me know.
• This does not calculate packet loss percentage.
• It depends on the system’s ping binary.
• ANSI colors may not display correctly in some older Windows terminals.

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