Ping Thingy 2.3 Welcome to the most powerful Windows95/NT ping client on the planet. Ping Thingy has just about every feature available. Packet Sizes, Intervals between sends, Timeouts (ttl) and Hops are all configurable. Ping Thingy can now also be started with command line arguments. Output can be saved and or printed for later use. The interface reports everything that's going on and shows all configuration details as well. A lite lookup tool is also included. What the Hell is Ping Thingy for? Ping Thingy is a network diagnostic tool that verifies connectivity to a particular host on the network. Ping Thingy sends ICMP Echo requests in the form of a configurable data packet to a remote host, and displays the results for each Echo reply". In essence, Ping Thingy asks, "Hello host, are you there?", and waits for a response. Ping is one of the first and most important tools used for tracking down and diagnosing network problems. Start by ping your own computer to see that you are indeed contected to the network, this can be done by pinging 127.0.0.1 or localhost. If this succeeds try pinging your service providers web server or another computer on your lan. Using this technique you should be able to locate any problems with your own network and even pin point problems on networks outside of your control. A must for any serious surfer or network administrator! If you should happen to find a bug then please let me know at zippy@indigo.ie. If you would like to get some enhancements then also let me know. Support for this product is minimal... I'll see what I can do. Keep and eye on my web site (http://indigo.ie/~zippy/index.html) for further updates ... I'm currently adding more features and ehancements! Please sent me an email telling me that your using the software.. Cheers, Jonathan zippy@indigo.ie http://indigo.ie/~zippy/index.html DISCLAIMER --------------- Ping Thingy IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, Jonathan Hill FURTHER DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. THE ENTIRE RISK ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE PRODUCT AND DOCUMENTATION REMAINS WITH YOU. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL Jonathan Hill BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR OTHER DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, OR OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS) ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE PRODUCT, EVEN IF Jonathan Hill HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOU MAY NOT REVERSE ENGINEER, DECOMPILE OR DISASSEMBLE Ping Thingy. The freeware version of Ping Thingy may and should be distributed to other users and BBS:s and web sites. So please distribute Ping Thingy. Ping Thingy may be included on a Shareware/What ever CD-ROM, but I must receive one copy of the CD-ROM - please. And please ask first for the newest version. Vendors may not charge more than the price of the media used to store Ping Thingy and must clearly show that this is a Freeware product.