SmokePing

Spec sheet

Purpose

SmokePing measures, stores, and displays network latency, latency distribution, and packet loss.Read 9 Oct 2026 · oss.oetiker.ch

Support

The project directs users with questions to its SmokePing users mailing list, where the maintainer says he participates occasionally.Read 9 Oct 2026 · oss.oetiker.ch

License

SmokePing is free software under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or any later version.Read 9 Oct 2026 · oss.oetiker.ch

Alarms

Its alarm system can trigger on configurable latency patterns.Read 9 Oct 2026 · oss.oetiker.ch

Current download listing

The official download area lists SmokePing 2.9.0, dated February 19, 2025, as a source tarball.Read 9 Oct 2026 · oss.oetiker.ch

Data detail

Each measurement sends several test packets and displays round-trip-time variation and packet loss alongside the median.Read 9 Oct 2026 · oss.oetiker.ch

Deployment requirements

The installation guide lists Unix, Perl, RRDtool, and FPing as prerequisites, and the web interface requires a web server that can run CGI scripts.Read 9 Oct 2026 · oss.oetiker.ch

Distributed monitoring

A master/slave deployment can measure targets from multiple sources in parallel.Read 9 Oct 2026 · oss.oetiker.ch

Extensibility

SmokePing supports plug-in probes, alarms, and charting functions.Read 9 Oct 2026 · oss.oetiker.ch

Graph navigation

The web interface supports interactive graph zooming and chart mode for highlighting interesting graphs.Read 9 Oct 2026 · oss.oetiker.ch

Long-term graphs

It uses RRDtool for long-term data storage and graph generation.Read 9 Oct 2026 · oss.oetiker.ch

Probe examples

Documented probes include DNS, LDAP, SSH, HTTP, HTTPS, and TCP ping probes.Read 9 Oct 2026 · oss.oetiker.ch

Probes

Its probes range from simple ping to web requests and custom protocols.Read 9 Oct 2026 · oss.oetiker.ch

Security note

The CGI documentation warns that exposing ARGV to the web server can be a security vulnerability and recommends using the wrapper script.Read 9 Oct 2026 · oss.oetiker.ch

Plans and prices

Every SmokePing plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Internet Performance Monitoring Software#21 of 307.5
• Network Monitoring#39 of 557.3
• Network Testing Software#25 of 337.4