The Ping Master

The Ping Master is an advanced software utility which supplies you with a Windows service that automatically and periodically sends ping requests to given network addresses, in order to check the connectivity status between your local computer and remote ones.

The installation procedure doesn't take long, and you load the main configuration panel to tinker with app preferences.

It's possible to set the test interval and timeout (in seconds), number of retry attempts before failure, and whether or not to retry on network exception. Plus, you can specify success and failure commands, as well as edit their parameters.

The Ping Master lets you add as many IP addresses as you want to the list by entering them one entry at a time. Any entry can be lated removed from the list. Unfortunately, the app doesn't implement an option that would allow you to load a text document containing numerous addresses, in order to speed up the whole process.

Once all settings are saved, it is necessary to restart the ping service to apply them. Program activity is automatically recorded to a log file that you can inspect anytime to find out whether or not The Ping Master was successful in reaching each indicated IP address, in addition to the date and time stamps.

The tool didn't put a strain on the overall performance of the workstation in our tests, since it required low CPU and RAM to function normally. CPU and RAM usage was low, so it didn't hog system resources.

Taking into account its straightforward and intuitive options, The Ping Master should come in handy to a lot of users looking to regularly ping a range of hosts using an automated tool in the form of a Windows service.