Usage: NAME tcping - simulate "ping" over tcp by establishing a connection to network hosts. Measures the time for your system to [SYN], receive the target's [SYN][ACK] and send [ACK]. Note that the travel time for the last ACK is not included - only the time it takes to be put on the wire a tthe sending end. SYNOPSIS tcping [-tdsvf46] [-i interval] [-n times] [-w interval] [-b n] [-r times][-j depth] [--tee filename] [-f] destination [port] DESCRIPTION tcping measures the time it takes to perform a TCP 3-way handshake (SYN, SYN/ACK, ACK) between itself and a remote host. The travel time of the outgoing final ACK is not included, only the (minimal) amount of time it has taken to drop it on the wire at the near end. This allows the travel time of the (SYN, SYN/ACK) to approximate the travel time of the ICMP (request, response) equivalent. OPTIONS -4 Prefer using IPv4 -6 Prefer using IPv6 -t ping continuously until stopped via control-c -n count send _ count_ pings and then stop. Default 4. -i interval Wait _ interval_ seconds between pings. Default 1. Decimals permitted. -w interval Wait _ interval_ seconds for a response. Default 2. Decimals permitted. -d include date and time on every output line -f Force sending at least one byte in addition to making the connection. -g count Give up after _ count_ failed pings. -b type Enable audible beeps. '-b 1' will beep "on down". If a host was up, but now its not, beep. '-b 2' will beep "on up". If a host was down, but now its up, beep. '-b 3' will beep "on change". If a host was one way, but now its the other, beep. '-b 4' will beep "always". -c only show output on a changed state -r count Every _ count_ pings, we will perform a new DNS lookup for the host in case it changed. -s Exit immediately upon a success. -v Print version and exit. -j Calculate jitter. Jitter is defined as the difference between the last response time and the historical average. -js depth Calculate jitter, as with -j but with an optional _ depth_ argument specified. If _ depth_ is specified tcping will use the prior _ depth_ values to calculate a rolling average. --tee _ filename_ Duplicate output to the _ filename_ specified. Windows can still not be depended upon to have a useful command line environment. Don't tease me, *nix guys. --append When using --tee, append to rather than overwrite the output file. --file Treat the "destination" option as a filename. That file becomes a source of destinations, looped through on a line by line basis. Some options don't work in this mode and statistics will not be kept. destination A DNS name, an IP address, or (in "http" mode) a URL. Do not specify the protocol ("http://") in "http" mode. Also do not specify server port via ":port" syntax. For instance: "tcping http://www.elifulkerson.com:8080/index.html " would fail Use the style: "tcping www.elifulkerson.com/index.html 8080" instead. port A numeric TCP port, 1-65535. If not specified, defaults to 80. --header include a header with the command line arguments and timestamp. Header is implied if using --tee. HTTP MODE OPTIONS -h Use "http" mode. In http mode we will attempt to GET the specified document and return additional values including the document's size, http response code, kbit/s. -u In "http" mode, include the target URL on each output line. --post Use POST instead of GET in http mode. --head Use HEAD instead of GET in http mode. --get Shorthand to invoke "http" mode for consistency's sake. --proxy-server _ proxyserver_ Connect to _ proxyserver_ to request the url rather than the server indicated in the url itself. --proxy-port _ port_ Specify the numeric TCP port of the proxy server. Defaults to 3128. --proxy-credentials username:password Specify a username:password pair which is sent as a 'Proxy-Authorization: Basic' header. RETURN VALUE tcping returns 0 if all pings are successful, 1 if zero pings are successful and 2 for mixed outcome. BUGS/REQUESTS Please report bugs and feature requests to the author via contact information on http://www.elifulkerson.com AVAILABILITY tcping is available at http://www.elifulkerson.com/projects/tcping.php