use strict; use threads; use Thread::Queue; use Net::Ping; my $ThreadCount = 12; my @Threads; my $ServerQueue = Thread::Queue->new; my $ResultQ = Thread::Queue->new; my @Servers; push @Servers, qq(4.2.2.$_) for (1..254); foreach my $Item (@Servers) { $ServerQueue->enqueue($Item); } for (1..$ThreadCount) { my $Thread = threads->new(\&Process, $ServerQueue); push (@Threads, $Thread); } foreach my $Thread (@Threads) { $Thread->join(); } print "\n--results---\n"; while (my $target = $ResultQ->dequeue_nb){ print " $target\n"; } ##################################### sub Process { my $ServerQueue = shift; my $pingobj = Net::Ping->new("icmp",5,100); while (my $Server = $ServerQueue->dequeue_nb()) { if ($pingobj->ping($Server)) { #ping was good $ResultQ->enqueue ($Server); threads->yield(); } else { #ping was bad } } }