Ping

[parth_scores]

Hi,

I just wanted to know if there is a good PING tool which runs on windows platform. Plus give me controll over its options.

[tampabay420]

i'm not sure what you mean?
for *nix there is hPing...
i dunno much about any windows tools?
there is the "ping" command:

Usage: ping [-t] [-a] [-n count] [-l size] [-f] [-i TTL] [-v TOS]

            [-r count] [-s count] [[-j host-list] | [-k host-list]]

            [-w timeout] destination-list



Options:

    -t             Ping the specified host until stopped.

                   To see statistics and continue - type Control-Break;

                   To stop - type Control-C.

    -a             Resolve addresses to hostnames.

    -n count       Number of echo requests to send.

    -l size        Send buffer size.

    -f             Set Don't Fragment flag in packet.

    -i TTL         Time To Live.

    -v TOS         Type Of Service.

    -r count       Record route for count hops.

    -s count       Timestamp for count hops.

    -j host-list   Loose source route along host-list.

    -k host-list   Strict source route along host-list.

    -w timeout     Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply.

[sickyourIT]

isn't pinging from DOS just about as good as it gets?

[parth_scores]

Guys i ment a tool which helps me ping huge metworks at a time

[tampabay420]

nmap (www.nmap.org) does a ping sweep...
is that what you want?

[chefer]

I don't use Windows, however I believe that this : http://www.ipswitch.com/products/WS_Ping/ ; may be along the lines of what you are looking for. It would seem that this is a pretty comprehensive suite of utilities.
There are some decent web based utilities as well. I don't know that any of them give you control of the switches you could pass to the command, but the tools work. Check out :
http://nitrous.digex.net/
http://codeflux.com/tools.html
http://www.visualware.com/visualroute/index.html

I'm sure that a good google search will turn up more if you're interested..

Regards,
Chefer

[instronics]

The normal ping command does alot. It has a lot of parameters and options. rtfm on the ping that is on your computer.

Cheers.

[Shrekkie]

First of all, i hope the network scan is for local use... but heh... I'll leave the ethics up to you...

There's a simple but good scanner, I use from time to time.....

http://www.angryziber.com/ipscan/ , you can dld it , or open it from the weppage

The range has to be following though..... like 172.16.100.1 - 172.16.100.255....

Hope this is what ya mean ,

[netart4u]

I've tried all the ping scanners mentioned, and NMap is by far the most complete.

[dotperfect]

hey,
currently i am designing a custom built ping utility in C/C++
as soon as i finish it i will post it on the site.
till then,
cheers.