Fping

Ping is one of the most useful network debugging tools available. The first ping program was written by Mike Muuss in December 1983 for use on Unix machines. Muuss named his program after the sonar sounds used for echolocation by submarines, although some say ping stands for "Packet InterNet Grouper". Ping sends a small packet of information containing an ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to a specified computer, which then sends an ECHO_REPLY packet in return. The ping program then evaluates this reply, and a report is shown. You can check several things with the ping program: can you reach another computer, how long does it take to bounce a packet off of another site (what is the distance), ... You can ping either a domain name, or an IP address. Functionality to show domain names when using IP addresses is supported. Even routing options are available, alas only 9 routes can be shown due to the structure of the IP header (RFC 792). Why did I write my own ping program? There are two main reasons: a) It wanted to know how the ping program worked. I found it really intriguing and was very curious and b) There was a need for a better ping program here at the lab where I work. Fping is licensed as freeware, full size of the download is 0.04 MB. You can download a free copy of Fping by following download link at Free Downloads section of this page. Fping is developed or distributed by Wouter Dhondt and is listed under network internet.

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Ping other computers on your network with this multifunctional tool.

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Publisher:

Wouter Dhondt

Cost:

Freeware

License Type:

Freeware

File Size:

0.04 MB

Release Date:

11/25/2002

Platforms: Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT 4.x, XP, Windows 2000

Keywords: ping ip pinger echo fast fping finger network internet connection address tcp trace tcp/ip route status

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