Check an open port with nping

Updated at

2024.3.2

Created at

2023.4.18

The ping command is not specify the port number. In macOS, specify it with nmap.

Installation

Install nmap with Homebrew.

terminal
$ brew install nmap

Error

It sometimes occurs the following error while installing.

terminal
Error: The `brew link` step did not complete successfully
The formula built, but is not symlinked into /usr/local
Could not symlink share/man/de/man1/nmap.1
/usr/local/share/man/de/man1 is not writable.

You can try again using:
  brew link nmap
==> Summary
🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/nmap/7.93: 826 files, 26.5MB
==> Running `brew cleanup nmap`...
Disable this behaviour by setting HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP.
Hide these hints with HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS (see `man brew`).

It has not been executed because it has not been authorized.

terminal
$ sudo chown -R <username> /usr/local/share/man/de
$ brew list nmap

Usage

The following is an example of successful communication with the port.

terminal
$ nping rpc.uni.junonetwork.io -p 443

Starting Nping 0.7.93 ( https://nmap.org/nping ) at 2023-04-17 14:58 JST
libnsock mksock_bind_addr(): Bind to 0.0.0.0:0 failed (IOD #1): Invalid argument (22)
SENT (0.2020s) Starting TCP Handshake > rpc.uni.junonetwork.io:443 (135.125.180.36:443)
RCVD (0.4679s) Handshake with rpc.uni.junonetwork.io:443 (135.125.180.36:443) completed
libnsock mksock_bind_addr(): Bind to 0.0.0.0:0 failed (IOD #2): Invalid argument (22)
SENT (1.2042s) Starting TCP Handshake > rpc.uni.junonetwork.io:443 (135.125.180.36:443)
RCVD (1.4695s) Handshake with rpc.uni.junonetwork.io:443 (135.125.180.36:443) completed
libnsock mksock_bind_addr(): Bind to 0.0.0.0:0 failed (IOD #3): Invalid argument (22)
SENT (2.2062s) Starting TCP Handshake > rpc.uni.junonetwork.io:443 (135.125.180.36:443)
RCVD (2.5282s) Handshake with rpc.uni.junonetwork.io:443 (135.125.180.36:443) completed
libnsock mksock_bind_addr(): Bind to 0.0.0.0:0 failed (IOD #4): Invalid argument (22)
SENT (3.2079s) Starting TCP Handshake > rpc.uni.junonetwork.io:443 (135.125.180.36:443)
RCVD (3.4740s) Handshake with rpc.uni.junonetwork.io:443 (135.125.180.36:443) completed
libnsock mksock_bind_addr(): Bind to 0.0.0.0:0 failed (IOD #5): Invalid argument (22)
SENT (4.2078s) Starting TCP Handshake > rpc.uni.junonetwork.io:443 (135.125.180.36:443)
RCVD (4.4617s) Handshake with rpc.uni.junonetwork.io:443 (135.125.180.36:443) completed

Max rtt: 322.059ms | Min rtt: 253.965ms | Avg rtt: 274.761ms
TCP connection attempts: 5 | Successful connections: 5 | Failed: 0 (0.00%)
Nping done: 1 IP address pinged in 4.46 seconds

If the port is not available, the communication fails as follows.

terminal
$ nping rpc.uni.junonetwork.io -p 26657

Starting Nping 0.7.93 ( https://nmap.org/nping ) at 2023-04-17 14:59 JST
libnsock mksock_bind_addr(): Bind to 0.0.0.0:0 failed (IOD #1): Invalid argument (22)
SENT (0.0036s) Starting TCP Handshake > rpc.uni.junonetwork.io:26657 (135.125.180.36:26657)
libnsock mksock_bind_addr(): Bind to 0.0.0.0:0 failed (IOD #2): Invalid argument (22)
SENT (1.0054s) Starting TCP Handshake > rpc.uni.junonetwork.io:26657 (135.125.180.36:26657)
libnsock mksock_bind_addr(): Bind to 0.0.0.0:0 failed (IOD #3): Invalid argument (22)
SENT (2.0065s) Starting TCP Handshake > rpc.uni.junonetwork.io:26657 (135.125.180.36:26657)
libnsock mksock_bind_addr(): Bind to 0.0.0.0:0 failed (IOD #4): Invalid argument (22)
SENT (3.0082s) Starting TCP Handshake > rpc.uni.junonetwork.io:26657 (135.125.180.36:26657)
libnsock mksock_bind_addr(): Bind to 0.0.0.0:0 failed (IOD #5): Invalid argument (22)
SENT (4.0099s) Starting TCP Handshake > rpc.uni.junonetwork.io:26657 (135.125.180.36:26657)

Max rtt: N/A | Min rtt: N/A | Avg rtt: N/A
TCP connection attempts: 5 | Successful connections: 0 | Failed: 5 (100.00%)
Nping done: 1 IP address pinged in 5.01 seconds

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