#! /usr/bin/env lua local M = require 'posix.sys.socket' if M.SOCK_RAW and M.SO_BINDTODEVICE then -- Open raw socket local fd, err = M.socket(M.AF_INET, M.SOCK_RAW, M.IPPROTO_ICMP) assert(fd, err) -- Optionally, bind to specific device local ok, err = M.setsockopt(fd, M.SOL_SOCKET, M.SO_BINDTODEVICE, 'wlan0') assert(ok, err) -- Create raw ICMP echo (ping) message local data = string.char(0x08, 0x00, 0x89, 0x98, 0x6e, 0x63, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00) -- Send message local ok, err = M.sendto(fd, data, {family=M.AF_INET, addr='8.8.8.8', port=0}) assert(ok, err) -- Read reply local data, sa = M.recvfrom(fd, 1024) assert(data, sa) if data then print('Received ICMP message from ' .. sa.addr) end end