PINGWIZ is a command-line tool to ping devices with an IPv4 address. This utility was written to replace the command PING.EXE currently found in the MS Windows Operating System. This utility offers an extra output feature that will be of benefit to anyone who has used PING before and needed to know the time and date associated with each ping reply. PINGWIZ displays the time and date on each line of a ping request to show the end user the exact time and date the ping responded and whether it was successful or not. This is perfect for tracing exactly when dropouts occur on a network when a continual ping trace is activated. This utility is FREEWARE and was written by Warren Simondson of Ctrl-Alt-Del IT Consultancy, Australia. www.ctrl-alt-del.com.au Thankyou to the WINDOWS SDK available from http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads Usage: PINGWIZ target_name [/w:seconds] [/n:count ] [/b:bytes] [/t] [/?] target_name Hostname or IP address of remote host. /w:seconds Timeout in seconds to wait for each reply. /n:count Number of echo requests to send. /b:bytes Number of Bytes to send. /t Ping the specified host until stopped. To see statistics and continue - type Control-C; To stop - type Control-C.. /? Displays this help information. PINGWIZ with no parameters will display this help information. E.G. PINGWIZ 192.168.0.1 This command will ping the device with IP Address 192.168.0.1 E.G. PINGWIZ MYSERVER /t This command will PING MYSERVER until CTRL-C is pressed. EXAMPLE OUTPUT: PINGWIZ 10.0.0.3 Pinging 10.0.0.3 [10.0.0.3] with 32 bytes of data. 04/09/08 00:52:49 Reply from 10.0.0.3: bytes = 32, time = 3ms, TTL = 128 04/09/08 00:52:50 Reply from 10.0.0.3: bytes = 32, time = 3ms, TTL = 128 04/09/08 00:52:51 Reply from 10.0.0.3: bytes = 32, time = 3ms, TTL = 128 04/09/08 00:52:52 Reply from 10.0.0.3: bytes = 32, time = 3ms, TTL = 128 NB. The date format is :: For WINDOWS 8 and above, PINGWIZ must be run in an administrative command prompt. IN NO EVENT WILL CTRL-ALT-DEL IT CONSULTANCY BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS PRODUCT.