CryPing

More often than not, a common issue that you are likely to experience with your network is that it is running too slow. A slow network does not only make the use of certain applications – such as VoIP tools for instance – impossible to use, but you may also get false network failure notifications due to the time it takes to get the packets from the source to the destination.

CryPing is a tiny tool that can help you find out whether the network is to blame for the failure or you should be inquiring about other problems on your system.

Even though the program can be run via Command Line or PowerShell, you should know that it provides all the available commands when run, so you can get started from here. The main functionality of the app is to help you test the connection between your computer and another device, that can be a remote computer for which you need to specify the DNS and IP address.

In addition to testing the connectivity, the app can also be used for testing individual ports and hence, figure out why you cannot connect to your FTP, POP3 or SMTP services, for example. Moreover, since the idea is to ping IP addresses, you can also employ it to check whether a web server is up.

It is worth mentioning that the tool allows you to configure an audible alert when the connection fails, an option that can come in handy when testing an application that could be the culprit of your current problem.

CryPing is a handy tool that can provide you with a lot of useful information about the connectivity of the network and ports on your system. Once you learn the results, you can either dismiss the network as the issue or proceed to troubleshooting.