Network Pinger

Network Pinger is a software utility that provides users with a simple means of pinging a given IP address, scan ports, bring up Whois information about a website and view traceroute stats.

This app is portable and therefore, it is possible to bypass the setup process, and you should know that the Windows registry is not going to be changes in any way.

Moreover, you can take Network Pinger anywhere with you, by simply moving the program files to a USB thumb drive or other similar device.

This application enables you to perform multiple operations pertaining to the network. For example, it is possible to ping a user-input IP address or range, as well as view a graphical representation of the average response time in milliseconds, stats regarding the number of received, sent or lost data packets, and approximate round trip in milliseconds.

In addition to that, it is possible to trace route to an IP address and return information about the process, as well as scan particular ports in order to check if they are opened or not, as well as view information about the working ones.

With just a few clicks you can run a Whois query pertaining to a specific website, and find out details such as domain name, registrar, referral URL, name server, status and creation and expiration date. You can find out the IP address a domain name points at, as well as list WMI classes and start some queries.

Last but not least, you should know that regardless of the action you perform, it is possible to open the results in a pretty simple built-in text editor, and save them to a RTF or TXT document.

To sum up, Network Pinger is a handy tool for power and novice users that are interested in pinging an IP address or finding out more information about it, without hindering the computer’s performance or popping any errors. Nevertheless, you should know that the interface is not particularly appealing and might seem a bit cluttered, and the response time leaves a lot to be desired.