public Method

Ping.pingecho(host, timeout=5, service="echo")

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Return true if we can open a connection to the hostname or IP address host on port service (which defaults to the "echo" port) waiting up to timeout seconds.

Example: 

require 'ping'

Ping.pingecho "google.com", 10, 80

Source Code

# File ping.rb, line 44
def pingecho(host, timeout=5, service="echo")
  begin
    timeout(timeout) do
      s = TCPSocket.new(host, service)
      s.close
    end
  rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED
    return true
  rescue Timeout::Error, StandardError
    return false
  end
  return true
end
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