whl-ip-tools 0.1.1

IP protocol analysis toolkit — send, capture, and analyze network packets

whl-ip-tools

IP protocol analysis toolkit — send, capture, and analyze network packets.

Installation

pip install whl-ip-tools

Or install from source:

pip install -e .

Usage

send — Send binary data via UDP/TCP

# UDP client, send once
whl-ip-tools send -u 192.168.1.100:9090 -f frame.bin

# UDP client, 128-byte chunks, loop forever
whl-ip-tools send -u 192.168.1.100:9090 -f frame.bin --chunk 128 --loop

# TCP server, loop forever
whl-ip-tools send -t 0.0.0.0:9090 -f frame.bin --server --loop

# Send exactly 10 rounds with 0.1s interval
whl-ip-tools send -u 192.168.1.100:9090 -f frame.bin -n 10 -i 0.1

view — Interactive TUI packet viewer

dump — Dump received packets to a file

# UDP server, write to file
whl-ip-tools dump -u 0.0.0.0:9090 -o dump.bin --server

# TCP server
whl-ip-tools dump -t 0.0.0.0:9090 -o dump.bin --server

# UDP client (sends trigger byte, then receives)
whl-ip-tools dump -u 192.168.1.100:9090 -o dump.bin

# TCP client, append mode
whl-ip-tools dump -t 192.168.1.100:9090 -o dump.bin -a

view — Interactive TUI packet viewer

# UDP server, hex mode
whl-ip-tools view -u 0.0.0.0:9090 --server

# TCP server with Kaitai Struct parser
whl-ip-tools view -t 0.0.0.0:9090 --server --kaitai ip_packet.py

# TCP client, force hex display
whl-ip-tools view -t 192.168.1.100:9090 --hex

# Multiple Kaitai parsers (tried in order)
whl-ip-tools view -u 0.0.0.0:9090 --server -k frame_a.py -k frame_b.py

Keybindings

Key	Action
j/k	Move down/up
h/l	Collapse/expand tree node
g/G	Jump to top/bottom
Ctrl-U/Ctrl-D	Page up/down
Tab	Switch between list and detail pane
Space/Enter	Select row / toggle tree node
s	Switch display mode (hex ↔ kaitai)
c	Clear all packets
q	Quit

License

Apache License 2.0