Net::Ping kind of sucks - see all the posts on this site about it.

I would suggest using the system ping command and parse the results. Something like (on my slack box): 
 
my @res = `ping -c 3 $ip`;
 if (pop @res =~ /(\d+\.\d+)\/(\d+\.\d+)\/(\d+\.\d+))
{
my @sorted = sort ($1,$2,$3);
print pop @sorted
}

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Update: just for kicks, here's the above golfed down a bit :-) 
print(((sort(((`ping -c3 $ip`)[-1])=~/(\d+\.\d+)\/(\d+\.\d+)\/(\d+\.\d
++)/))[-1])
)

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Also - regarding your question re: multiple OS's. That's the problem with non-modular code. Anyways, what I would suggest is that you set the command you will run earlier in the script depending on the os (ie $ping = "command" if $^O =~ /Solaris/ etc..

In reply to Re: Ping and Tracert by the_slycer
in thread Ping and Tracert by qball

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