Description

A simple Ruby interface to the 'ping' command

Prerequisites

* Ruby 1.8.0 or later
* The win32/open3 package is required for Win32 systems.

Installation

Manual Installation

ruby test.rb (optional)
ruby install.rb

Gem Installation

ruby net-ping.gemspec
gem install net-ping-<version>.gem

Notes

Please read the documentation.  Especially pay attention to the docs
pertaining to ECONNREFUSED with regards to TCP pings.

Also note the documentation regarding down hosts.