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Ping Tool for Windows 10 / 11  |  09-Apr-2025

PingTool 4.3 - a Windows 11 ping tool

PingTool is a free graphical ping tool (GUI) for Windows 10 / Windows 11. It checks if remote devices answer via ping, is able to perform TCP port checks, network speedtests and can wake up computers via Wake-On-Lan. PingTool is able to scan the network for devices and send mail notifications.

A short overview:

  • Displays permanently the status of network devices (red/green) in a GUI

  • ICMP and TCP port check

  • Automatic status change logging

  • Checks if remote devices answer on particular TCP ports

  • Scans IP ranges with MAC addresses and vendors

  • Performs network speed tests on the LAN easily - results in Mbps

  • Ping intervall adustable from 1 second to 2 minutes

  • Wakes up computers with Wake-on-Lan (Magic Packet)

  • Saveable configurations (object lists)

  • Free ping tool - also for business use


PingTool with 12 objects. Switch-London is not responding. The ping intervall is adjustable.

The features

Show availability

  • Displays the response time of objects in a GUI in real time (red/green)
  • Acoustical signal (beep) on status change
  • Filter to display only interesting objects
  • Permanent status logging for later analysis in log
  • Adjustable ping interval from 1 second to 2 minutes

TCP port check

  • Check wether devices answer on particular TCP ports (TCP Ping)
  • Monitor multiple TCP ports simultaneously (red/green)
  • Displays response time of TCP port requests

Wake-on-Lan

  • Wake up computers with Magic Packet
  • Shutdown remote machines

Discovery

  • Scan IP address ranges, automatic adding of active devices
  • Mac address discovery with vendor resolution

Speedtest

  • Run adhoc LAN speed test in the internal network
  • Results displayed in Mbps (megabits per second)
  • Scheduled speed tests (e.g. every 5 minutes)
  • Stress tests

Mail notification

  • Notify admins via E-Mail if devices do not answer
  • Configurable threshold value

Dashboard

  • Dashboard for a good overview in difficult environments like data centers or network basement
  • Auto-scaling font and "always on top" function

Configurations

  • Configurations (lists of objects) can be saved and loaded
  • Repositories for central management of configurations in large environments
  • Configurations can be sent to a collegue

User-defined actions

  • Create own actions for the right-click menu, e.g. your own remote control software
  • Apply the actions to one or multiple objects

 


Short video

Please have a look at the short PingTool video on YouTube (9:00 minutes):

The video describes the features like pinging objects, TCP port check, logging, wake on lan and much more.


Download

You can download PingTool at the following locations:


For the german version please visit the german ping tool website. Read this article to learn how to find open TCP ports in Windows.

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