Comments on: Network utilities (e.g. ping, ftp, telnet, …) in MobileTerminal on iPhone

By: Techbart

Techbart — Sun, 16 May 2010 12:44:41 +0000

I too am having issues using traceroute. I have installed inetutils and network-cmds from Cydia. However, any attempt to run a traceroute from Mobile Terminal results in several fails depending on user. For standard mobile user both with and without su, I see:

“traceroute: icmp socket: Operation not premitted”

If I try traceroute with root account, I see the following message:

“traceroute: ifaddrlist: SIOCGIFADDR: pdp_ip0: Can’t assign requested address”

My guess is that mobile terminal is defaulting to using the iPhone’s cell comms interface and ignoring wireless connectivity. Not a problem for most people I know, but as I don’t have network coverage (bills got on top of me), without an unlock I’m stuck behind wifi. Even so, it would be nice to have traceroute either automatically pick up an active connection, or allow the user to switch between interfaces. Er, just a guess here though:p

By: art

art — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:48:37 +0000

Thank u very much for the info.

By: buangsampah

buangsampah — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:25:30 +0000

Thank you guys for the info.
Now, it works after applying (installing) the inetutils (download from cydia).
Now, I can “ping” (no nee to reboot the iphone).
But, I can NOT use the “traceroute” command. It say “icmp socket: Operation Not Permitted”. Do I need to set permission or anything?
Thx.
Buang

By: Selder

Selder — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:06:29 +0000

I stand corrected, it is indeed “inetutils” :)

By: trevorlc

trevorlc — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:41:17 +0000

That does not have ping in it. Install a package from Cydia called Inetutils which has the coomand for ftp, inetd, ping, rlogin, telnet, tftp

By: Selder

Selder — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:35:25 +0000

Did you reboot your iPhone?

By: buangsampah

buangsampah — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:27:52 +0000

how do you link the network-cmds with mobile terminal. cause I have downloaded both and when I tried to ping, mobile terminal told me that the ping command is not available. thx. Buang