Dear All,

Since one cannot write the ping command in java because real ping requires ICMP
support, and performs a very basic test that there is an IP protocol stake "awake" at the
requested address and this is not supported by java. this code is not a "ping" in the classic sense, it's a test to see whether or not the "daytime" service is running at the requested host, which for many hosts will not be true.

IM HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE CODE , I CANNOT PING SUCCESSFUL.

IF I CALL PING MY IP ADDRESS, I GET :
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: no further information

IF I CALL IT ON ANY OTHER (VALIDATE ) IP : I GET : TIMED OUT

CAN ANY BODY TELL ME WHY ? PLEASE?

I APPRECIATE ANY HELP.

THANKS IN ADVANCE :)

here is the code

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.nio.*;
import java.nio.channels.*;
import java.nio.charset.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.regex.*;


public class Ping {

    // The default daytime port
    static int DAYTIME_PORT =13;

    // The port we'll actually use
    static int port = DAYTIME_PORT;


    // Representation of a ping target
    // 
    static class Target {

	InetSocketAddress address;
	SocketChannel channel;
	Exception failure;
	long connectStart;
	long connectFinish = 0;
	boolean shown = false;

	Target(String host) {
	    try {
		address = new InetSocketAddress(InetAddress.getByName(host),
						port);
	    } catch (IOException x) {
		failure = x;
	    }
	}

	void show() {
	    String result;
	    if (connectFinish != 0)
		result = Long.toString(connectFinish - connectStart) + "ms";
	    else if (failure != null)
		result = failure.toString();
	    else
		result = "Timed out";
	    System.out.println(address + " : " + result);
	    shown = true;
	}

    }


    // Thread for printing targets as they're heard from
    //
    static class Printer
	extends Thread
    {
	LinkedList pending = new LinkedList();

	Printer() {
	    setName("Printer");
	    setDaemon(true);
	}

	void add(Target t) {
	    synchronized (pending) {
		pending.add(t);
		pending.notify();
	    }
	}

	public void run() {
	    try {
		for (;;) {
		    Target t = null;
		    synchronized (pending) {
			while (pending.size() == 0)
			    pending.wait();
			t = (Target)pending.removeFirst();
		    }
		    t.show();
		}
	    } catch (InterruptedException x) {
		return;
	    }
	}

    }


    // Thread for connecting to all targets in parallel via a single selector
    // 
    static class Connector
	extends Thread
    {
	Selector sel;
	Printer printer;

	// List of pending targets.  We use this list because if we try to
	// register a channel with the selector while the connector thread is
	// blocked in the selector then we will block.
	//
	LinkedList pending = new LinkedList();

	Connector(Printer pr) throws IOException {
	    printer = pr;
	    sel = Selector.open();
	    setName("Connector");
	}

	// Initiate a connection sequence to the given target and add the
	// target to the pending-target list
	//
	void add(Target t) {
	    SocketChannel sc = null;
	    try {

		// Open the channel, set it to non-blocking, initiate connect
		sc = SocketChannel.open();
		sc.configureBlocking(false);

		boolean connected = sc.connect(t.address);

		// Record the time we started
		t.channel = sc;
		t.connectStart = System.currentTimeMillis();

		if (connected) {
		    t.connectFinish = t.connectStart;
		    sc.close();
		    printer.add(t);
		} else {
		    // Add the new channel to the pending list
		    synchronized (pending) {
		        pending.add(t);
		    }

		    // Nudge the selector so that it will process the pending list
		    sel.wakeup();
		}
	    } catch (IOException x) {
		if (sc != null) {
		    try {
			sc.close();
		    } catch (IOException xx) { }
		}
		t.failure = x;
		printer.add(t);
	    }
	}

	// Process any targets in the pending list
	//
	void processPendingTargets() throws IOException {
	    synchronized (pending) {
		while (pending.size() > 0) {
		    Target t = (Target)pending.removeFirst();
		    try {

			// Register the channel with the selector, indicating
			// interest in connection completion and attaching the
			// target object so that we can get the target back
			// after the key is added to the selector's
			// selected-key set
			t.channel.register(sel, SelectionKey.OP_CONNECT, t);

		    } catch (IOException x) {

			// Something went wrong, so close the channel and
			// record the failure
			t.channel.close();
			t.failure = x;
			printer.add(t);

		    }

		}
	    }
	}

	// Process keys that have become selected
	//
	void processSelectedKeys() throws IOException {
	    for (Iterator i = sel.selectedKeys().iterator(); i.hasNext();) {

		// Retrieve the next key and remove it from the set
		SelectionKey sk = (SelectionKey)i.next();
		i.remove();

		// Retrieve the target and the channel
		Target t = (Target)sk.attachment();
		SocketChannel sc = (SocketChannel)sk.channel();

		// Attempt to complete the connection sequence
		try {
		    if (sc.finishConnect()) {
			sk.cancel();
			t.connectFinish = System.currentTimeMillis();
			sc.close();
			printer.add(t);
		    }
		} catch (IOException x) {
		    sc.close();
		    t.failure = x;
		    printer.add(t);
		}
	    }
	}

	volatile boolean shutdown = false;

	// Invoked by the main thread when it's time to shut down
	//
	void shutdown() {
	    shutdown = true;
	    sel.wakeup();
	}

	// Connector loop
	//
	public void run() {
	    for (;;) {
		try {
		    int n = sel.select();
		    if (n > 0)
			processSelectedKeys();
		    processPendingTargets();
		    if (shutdown) {
			sel.close();
			return;
		    }
		} catch (IOException x) {
		    x.printStackTrace();
		}
	    }
	}

    }


    public static void main(String[] args)
	throws InterruptedException, IOException
    {
	if (args.length < 1) {
	    System.err.println("Usage: java Ping [port] host...");
	    return;
	}
	int firstArg = 0;

	// If the first argument is a string of digits then we take that
	// to be the port number to use
	if (Pattern.matches("[0-9]+", args[0])) {
	    port = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
	    firstArg = 1;
	}

	// Create the threads and start them up
	Printer printer = new Printer();
	printer.start();
	Connector connector = new Connector(printer);
	connector.start();

	// Create the targets and add them to the connector
	LinkedList targets = new LinkedList();
	for (int i = firstArg; i < args.length; i++) {
	    Target t = new Target(args[i]);
	    targets.add(t);
	    connector.add(t);
	}

	// Wait for everything to finish
	Thread.sleep(2000);
	connector.shutdown();
	connector.join();

	// Print status of targets that have not yet been shown
	for (Iterator i = targets.iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
	    Target t = (Target)i.next();
	    if (!t.shown)
		t.show();
	}

    }

}

Please Guys, I Really Need Your Help !

Is there a firewall blocking connections from your program? Or perhaps the port is closed

dear phaelax,

no , the firewall is turned off and i used different port numbers like 80 and 5001...but still got the same results !!

any ideas :( !?

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