Ping

With the Ping tool, you can quickly check the connection to a host. It sends ICMP packets to the host and allows you to check response times and the number of lost packets.

To start monitoring a host

1.	Select Ping tool on the navigation bar.

2.	Enter host DNS name or IP address in address bar.

3.	Click Ping button or press Enter.

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Information provided

On the main chart you can see response times for the last 5 minutes. If you want to see the exact values of response time in milliseconds, take a look at the grid in the sidebar.

There is also general information available in the Information section on the sidebar: number of packets sent/lost and minimum/average/maximum response time in milliseconds.

Options

You may change monitoring frequency and timeout value. Just enter the desired values in the Options section on the sidebar.

Export

To export the image file with PING chart:

1.	Right click the chart and select Export.

2.	Enter the file name and select the file format: bmp, emf or wmf. Save the file.

Note

•	Ping stores response information values for the last 5 minutes. Thus the main chart and the grid represent the last 5 minutes. To monitor a host for a longer time, use NetWatch.

•	On the right side of the address bar, you can see the name and IP address of the host currently being checked. You can copy the name or IP of the host to clipboard. Just right click the host name and select Copy IP Address or Copy DNS Name from the popup menu.

•	You can easily open the address in any other netTools utility by selecting one of the options: Add to NetWatch, Trace, Lookup, Link usage from the pop-up menu.

•	Next to the device name, the geographic location (country) of the remote IP address is presented.