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scan-network is a simple IP range scanner.

Whats new?
In 2.0 version there is no required root privigiles in Linux.
There is still avaible 1.0 version for windows whih is using sockets.

Version 2.1:
+ Added option to scan from file and STDIN
+ Supports python threads (+ to speed)


Notice for 1.0 version: Root privigiles are needed to run scanner (for IMCP echo ping), im working on scanner which will not need root 
privigiles

webnull@webnull-gentoo-desktop ~/Praca/python/scan-network $ ./scan-network.py --help
scan-network v.2.1 for GNU/Linux. A simple local network scanner.
Usage: scan-network [long GNU option] [option] from [option] to

 --from (-f) range of ip adresses to start, default is 1
 --to (-t) range of ip adresses where to end, default is 254
 --ip (-i) mask of adresses to scan, for example 192.168.1, default 192.168.1.*
 --delay (-d) delay between pings, default is 0 second
 --load-file (-l) scan ip adresses listed in file
 --stdin (-s) grab list of ip adresses from stdin
 --help this screen

Example of usage:
 scan-network -f 100 -t 254 -i 192.168.1.* # scan range from 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.254
 scan-network.py -l examples/example-ip-list # scan ip adresses from file
 cat examples/example-ip-list | scan-network -s # scan from stdin
 echo "192.168.1.100,192.168.1.101,192.168.1.102,192.168.1.103,192.168.1.104,192.168.1.107,192.168.1.108" | scan-network -s # scan from stdin

webnull-gentoo-desktop scan-network # ./scan-network.py --from=100 --to=110 --ip 192.168.1
Adresses to scan: 10
Ping 192.168.1.{100 to 110}
Delay: 1
192.168.1.100 responds in 0.0013279914856
192.168.1.101 not responding, offline
192.168.1.102 responds in 0.000174999237061
192.168.1.103 not responding, offline
192.168.1.104 not responding, offline
192.168.1.105 not responding, offline
192.168.1.106 not responding, offline
192.168.1.107 not responding, offline
192.168.1.108 not responding, offline
192.168.1.109 not responding, offline
192.168.1.110 not responding, offline

Changelog:
14.08.2011 (v.2.3) <webnull.www@gmail.com>:
    * Moved from os.popen4 to subprocess.getoutput
    + Added support for Python 3
    + Handling exceptions from threads to notify user that he have not sufficient permissions

30.07.2011 (v.2.2):
    * Changed Python version from python2.7 to python

29.07.2011 (v.2.1):
    + Added changelog and versioning informations