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:

• www.ping-tool.com

• Softpedia

• Heise (German version, switchable to english).

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