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Send IP Ping from mbed

Topic last updated 02 Jul 2010, by Barry Shonbeck. 2 replies
Barry Shonbeck
21 Jun 2010

Hi,

I'm new to internet related issues and need to send a "ping" from the mbed to test whether another device is attached to the mbed's ethernet port.  Can anyone point me to sample code that would lead me through the ethernet connection, transmission and reception of the ping message?

Thanks in advance,

Barry

Alex Louden
02 Jul 2010

Hi Barry

Have you had any luck? I'm trying to do something similar, but not getting anywhere.

Cheers,

Alex

Barry Shonbeck
02 Jul 2010

Hi Alex,

No, I never heard back from anybody.  I did find the EthSpam project in the Cookbook which sends and receives ARP packets so I adapted that to my needs.  I have that working although I still have flaky "link" issues which for now I'll assume are on my end. 

Good luck,

Barry