doogej / netping

NetPing is a simple utility to ping any given address and show the output in a nice graph.

NetPing

NetPing is a simple utility to ping any given address and show the output in a nice graph.

It's a great way to monitor a connection or host and gives feedback in an intuitive user interface.

Screenshot:

User interface options:

Target: Obviously this is the target that you want to ping
TTL: This is the maximum TTL (Time-To-Live) for a packet
Timeout: This is the ping timeout in ms (milliseconds). Pings that take longer are considered timed out
Interval: This is the ping interval in ms (milliseconds)
Display: This is the amount of pings to display in the graph

Installing

Get the latest release here: https://github.com/DoogeJ/NetPing/releases.

Reporting bugs or feature requests

Please use the GitHub issue-system for bugs or feature requests: https://github.com/DoogeJ/NetPing/issues.

Development

This section is focussed on development of NetPing, in case you want to build your own version(s).

Environment

This application was written using Visual Studio 2015 and .NET Framework 4.5.2 on Windows 10 1511.
It will most likely build fine on different configurations, but might require some modifications.

Updating the version number

The version number is stored in two locations:

• In the projects assembly info file: 'NetPing\Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs'
• In the projects C# project file: 'NetPing\NetPing.csproj'
• In the installer setup.iss file (only used for the installer): 'Installer\setup.iss'

Building the installer

Note: This installer uses 3rd party components from innodependencyinstaller to automatically download and install the correct .NET framework if required. See 'Installer\innodependencyinstaller LICENSE.md' for the license of innodependencyinstaller.

NetPing uses the Inno Setup Compiler to generate an executable installer.
The installer project files are located in the 'Installer'-folder.

The scripts are based on Inno Setup 5.5.9 but will probably work with any recent version.

To build the installer:

• Make sure the project is compiled and there is a working executable named 'NetPing.exe' in the 'NetPing\bin\Release'-folder
• Open 'Installer\setup.iss' in the Inno Setup Compiler
• Hit Build -> Compile (Ctrl+F9)
• Done, the installer should be in the 'Installer\bin'-folder

netping's Issues

stopPing() never gets called because MessageBox.Show is blocking (modal)

when trying to ping an unknown host(in this case inbox.google.nl) the program gets stuck in an infinite error loop.

Latest release, running windows 10.

Feature request: Command line options

Some command line options that I'd love to add:

• Target(s with #2) (and additional options, as given in the GUI)
• Window location (X and Y)
• Window size (X and Y)
• Presentation mode (see #4)

With these options, a script can start multiple instances and position them on a screen for monitoring purposes.

Feature request: Ping multiple targets at once

Also see the work already being done by @Xaero on pull request #2.

The comment on that post highlights some issues on what should still be resolved.

Feature request: Presentation mode

With the command line options implemented, there should be a presentation mode that has no window decorations nor buttons and only shows a graph / target name.