network tests

Crude monitor for the internet for interruptions

What?

network_quality.py, network_test.sh, network_test.py, ping_test.py

A very basic network test that either crawls a website sends a ping, does a dns lookup or establishes a connection, every second.

network_quality.py

Based on Apples networkQuality utility, plots the data
network_quality.py
Usage:

usage: network_quality.py [-h] [-d DATA_POINTS] [--log LOG_FILE]

ping_test.py: Continuous network ping test

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -d DATA_POINTS, --data-points DATA_POINTS
                        how many data points to plot, default 500
  --log LOG_FILE        output log

network_test.sh

Based on wget --spider, streams the output of messages

Usage:

network_test.sh <site>

network_test.py

Uses python sock to establish a connection

network_test.py
Usage:

usage: network_test.py [-h] [-d DATA_POINTS] [-H HOST PORT TIMEOUT] [--log LOG_FILE]

netwrok_test.py: Continuous network test

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -d DATA_POINTS, --data-points DATA_POINTS
                        how many data points
  -H HOST PORT TIMEOUT, --host HOST PORT TIMEOUT
                        custom hosts
  --log LOG_FILE        output log

ping_test.py

Pings servers or makes dns queries

ping_test.py
Usage:

usage: ping_test.py [-h] [-r REGION] [-R RELIABILITY | -T TOP_DNS] [-d DATA_POINTS] [-t DEFAULT_TIMEOUT] [--filter-long FILTER_LONG] [--filter-failures] [-H HOSTs) [HOST(s ...]] [--dns-lookup | --ping] [--log LOG_FILE]

ping_test.py: Continuous network ping test

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -r REGION, --region REGION
                        country/region, ex ca, us, ie
  -R RELIABILITY, --reliability RELIABILITY
                        reliability rating of x or higher 0.000-1.000
  -T TOP_DNS, --top TOP_DNS
                        top x for reliability
  -d DATA_POINTS, --data-points DATA_POINTS
                        how many data points to plot
  -t DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, --timeout DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
                        timeout length, default: 0.95
  --filter-long FILTER_LONG
                        don't reuse servers with pings greater than x
  --filter-failures     don't reuse servers that failed
  -H HOST(s) [HOST(s) ...], --host HOST(s) [HOST(s) ...]
                        custom hosts
  --dns-lookup          dns lookup, for the test
  --ping                ping, for the test
  --log LOG_FILE        output log

Why?

I was having some issues ona computer and didn't know if it was network related or computer related\
So I crudely wrote these test to see if I could see the brief packet drops or a computer next to it
And why not publish it, if someone wants a crude test or clean it up and use it

FYI, it was the computer, I think...

Improvements?

Everything. This was put together fast and could use lots of cleanup and improvement

State?

Some bugs, but it served the purpose. It runs but there is no attempt to filter issues.

New

1.0

dns lookups
icmp pings
socket connections
wget site crawler

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