Hello members, I just released a new node that I was working on for maybe a bit too long, but finally, it is here.
This package contains two nodes:
icmp listen
This node is used for listening for ICMP packages on the device. So if for example, we ping the device that is running node-red as shown:
We can see the resulting output in the node-red from the 'ICMP listen' node:
Payload (or msg.icmp.message) output can be configured in the node settings:
NOTE!
When pinging the localhost (or the external device IP e.g 192.168.1.110) where 'icmp listen' is running you will get two identical results from the node...
I will try to explain it in several steps, as I couldn`t find any information about this(imagine it like sending an SMS to the same phone, you will have two same messages, one that is sent and another one that is received):
- We send the ICMP packet, and we are waiting for the response packet. (icmp listen captures the sent packet).
- The response packet is sent back (icmp listen captures the response packet).
If anyone knows any name for this term I would really love to hear it 
icmp send
This node is used for sending the ICMP package. The msg.payload (old .topic) can contain a string you want to send, while msg.address can contain an IP address or a domain name
The output is similar as of the listen node :
There is more work on this node that will be done, but I wanted to hear some community thoughts on work done so far.
So I would be really grateful on hearing your opinions on the nodes itself, my code and etc.
In the meantime, I will add develop other functions to mine other (CO*ID-19) node.
