PingMonitor

Ping Monitor is a tiny networking tool that can send the ping command to any computer in your local network to test the connectivity strength between the two machines. It comes in handy if you plan on hosting a LAN party, for example.

The entire application's wrapped in a single .exe file that can be dropped in a preferred directory on the disk or copied to a removable storage unit, in order to seamlessly run Ping Monitor on any machine.

Just remember to have .NET Framework installed, otherwise it won't launch. Thus, the program is not entirely portable. On the other hand, it doesn't change your registry settings or create files on the HDD without permission.

A standard .NET Framework form takes the role of the GUI, which doesn't have particularly appealing graphical elements. However, it reveals all options put at your disposal and gives you an overview.

In order to ping a host, all you have to do is enter its IP address, set the checkup frequency (milliseconds), and click a button to start sending commands. The PC is continuously pinged until halted by you. There is no break option implemented.

Once results start showing up in the main window, you can check out the IP address, date and time, IP status, roundtrip time, TTL (Time To Live) and buffer size of each sent ping.

Plus, you can instruct the utility to prevent fragmentation. This information can be exported comma-separated CSV files by indicating the output directory and file name.

It worked smoothly in our tests, without hanging, crashing or displaying errors. System resources consumption was minimal while ping results were quickly returned. Thanks to its approachable options, Ping Monitor can be easily used.