--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/comparison/check_ping.sh	Thu Apr 21 14:57:45 2011 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+#
+#    Copyright 2005-2006 Intel Corporation
+# 
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+#
+
+
+
+OTHERHOST=$1
+
+    
+COUNT=4
+PACKET_SIZE=50;
+INTERVAL=0.2
+TIMEOUT=3
+RETRY=5
+rm -f /tmp/ping.$OTHERHOST
+
+
+starttime=`date +%s`
+ps -eo cmd > /tmp/$starttime
+#CHeck if already running, if yes then exitcat
+num=`grep check_ping /tmp/$starttime | wc -l` 
+echo $num
+if [ $num -gt 1 ]; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+while [ 1 ]
+do
+    timenow=`date +%s`
+    let incr=$timenow-$starttime
+    ping -q -w $TIMEOUT -i $INTERVAL -c $COUNT -s $PACKET_SIZE $OTHERHOST 2>/dev/null >/dev/null 
+    ret=$?
+    if [ "$ret" == "0" ]; then
+        echo $incr UP " At:$timenow :Retry after $RETRY seconds to $OTHERHOST"  
+    else
+        echo $incr DOWN " At:$timenow :Retry after $RETRY seconds to $OTHERHOST"
+    fi
+    sleep $RETRY 
+done
+