PingTool

PingTool pretty much spells its purpose from the start. It's an application dedicated to analyzing ping values, checking response times for selected IP addresses, and checking their availability.

The developer has included some extra features that derive from its main ping-related purpose. Don't waste your time with other programs, if simplicity and efficiency are what you're looking for when checking IP addresses.

While this is a simple tool in terms of what it has to offer, its looks haven't been neglected. On the contrary, it seems that while it does not include any bells and whistles in its structure, all options are intuitively and neatly placed in various drop-down menus. Buttons could have used a bit more labeling, although it is pretty clear what they do.

The first thing you'll want to do is check one or more IP addresses for their response time. Go ahead and select a range of IPs if you don't recall exactly what you're looking for. The application will proceed to identify any available addresses in that certain range, coloring with green IP strings that have responded to the program's request.

The program allows the user, once an IP address has been selected, to use Wake-On-LAN commands for opening a certain machine from a distance, or to execute RDP, HTTP, and Putty on selected objects. You can remove the ping monitor if its purpose is no longer clear. The ability to execute commands such as traceroute or ping through CMD is totally supported.

PingTool might look like one of those simple IP-address response time programs, while it is in fact a more evolved rendition of the concept, with included extra features that might become useful in plenty of scenarios. Just make sure you've got an IP address to start your analysis from.