Solaris

#!/usr/bin/bash
if [ $# != 2 ] ; then echo "usage $0 'packetcount' hostlistfile" ; exit 0 ; fi
sleep=2 ; c=$1 # count for packets
while read -r host ; do
(sleep $sleep;ping -s $host 56 $c >/dev/null) &
pid=$! ; wait $pid
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
PL=$(i=1;while [ $i -le $c ] ; do sleep $sleep;ping -s $host 56 $c ;((i++));done)
echo "$PL"|nawk -F, -v c=$1 -v host=$host -v sleep=$sleep '/packets/{sub("% packet loss","",$3)}{t+=$3}
END{if(t>50*c) {system("opcmsg object=PING a=OS msg_grp=OpC severity=critical msg_text=\"PING BROKEN on "host"\"") 
print "ping problem in \""host"\" !!\nping loss \"%"t" of %"100*c"\" for at "c" packet tries in "sleep" seconds intervals\n"}
else {print "\""host"\" is alive with \"%"t" of %"100*c" loss rate\" at "c" packet tries in "sleep" seconds intervals\n"}}'
else echo -e "ping failed while sending 'echo_request(s)' to \"$host\"\n\
check!! host access (/network or firewall or route(ing) settings/) or \ncheck!! resolution (/hosts/dns/nsswitch)!!\n\
or \ncheck!! be sure host is power up or \ncheck!! is ping enabled in o.s or switch(s) or router(s)\n"
fi;done<$2

# ./pingtest.sh 50 hostlistfile.txt

# bash pingtest.sh 50 hostlistfile.txt

# time ping -s 192.168.56.112 56 4
PING 192.168.56.112: 56 data bytes
----192.168.56.112 PING Statistics----
4 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
real    0m13.069s
user    0m0.020s
sys     0m0.043s

# time ping -s 192.168.56.111 56 10
PING 192.168.56.111: 56 data bytes
64 bytes from solaris (192.168.56.111): icmp_seq=0. time=1.42 ms
64 bytes from solaris (192.168.56.111): icmp_seq=1. time=0.704 ms
64 bytes from solaris (192.168.56.111): icmp_seq=2. time=0.722 ms
........................
64 bytes from solaris (192.168.56.111): icmp_seq=9. time=0.795 ms
----192.168.56.111 PING Statistics----
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip (ms)  min/avg/max/stddev = 0.381/0.8182/1.42/0.260
real    0m9.092s
user    0m0.027s
sys     0m0.051s

# ./testping.sh 2 hostlist

#!/usr/bin/bash
## justdoit ## ping test on SunOS ##
if [ $# != 2 ] ; then echo "usage $0 'packetcount' hostlistfile" ; exit 0 ; fi
if [[ $(echo $1|grep [^0-9]) ]] ; then echo "first parameter '$1' is not digit!!";exit 1;fi
sleep=2 ; c=$1 ; control=4 ; # count for packets
while read -r host ; do
printf "%s" "testing access to $host ...? "
(sleep $sleep;ping -s $host 56 $control > /dev/null 2>&1) &
pid=$! ; wait $pid
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
printf "%s\n" "FAIL!! "
else
>tmppg
printf "%s\n" "SUCCESS "
## pinging try ##
printf "%s" "pinging try "
for((j=0;j<$c;j++)); do printf "%c" ".";sleep $sleep; ping -s $host 56 $control >>tmppg;done;
printf "%s\n" " OK"
nawk -F, -v c=$1 -v host=$host -v sleep=$sleep '/packets/{sub("% packet loss","",$3)}{t+=$3}
END{if(t>50*c) {system("opcmsg object=PING a=OS msg_grp=OpC severity=critical msg_text=\"PING BROKEN on "host"\"");
print "ping problem in \""host"\" !!\nping loss \"%"t" of %"100*c"\" for at "c" packet tries in "sleep" seconds intervals"}
else {print "\""host"\" is alive with \"%"t" of %"100*c" loss rate\" at "c" packet tries in "sleep" seconds intervals"}}' tmppg
fi;echo;done<"$2"