PowerPing - Advanced Windows Ping

Small improved command line ICMP ping program lovingly inspired by windows and linux, written in C#.

Downloads

Stable versions can be downloaded [here]

Nightly dev builds can be found [here] (x86)

Features

Basic ping functionality
Coloured output
Display options
ICMP packet customisation
Scanning
Flooding
ICMP packet capture (/listen)
IP location lookup
Whois lookup
Graphing

Future features:

Usage:

 PowerPing [--?] | [--ex] | [--li] | [--whoami] | [--whois] | [--loc] | [--fl] | [--sc] |
           [--g] | [--cg] | [--t] [--4] [--rng] [--df] [--rb number] [--b number] 
           [--c number] [--w number] [-i number] [--in number] [--pt number] [--pc number]
           [--m "message"] [--s number] [--ti timing] [--sh] [--dm] [--ts] [--nc] [--input] [--sym] [--r]
           [--nt] [--q] [--res] [--ia] [--l number] [dp number] [--chk] target_name | target_address

Arguments:

Ping Options:
    --infinite   [--t]            Ping the target until stopped (Ctrl-C to stop)
    --ipv4       [--4]            Force using IPv4
    --random     [--rng]          Generates random ICMP message
    --dontfrag   [--df]           Set 'Don't Fragment' flag
    --buffer     [--rb]  number   Sets recieve buffer size (default is 5096)
    --beep       [--b]   number   Beep on timeout (1) or on reply (2)
    --count      [--c]   number   Number of pings to send
    --timeout    [--w]   number   Time to wait for reply (in milliseconds)
    --ttl        [--i]   number   Time To Live for packet
    --interval   [--in]  number   Interval between each ping (in milliseconds)
    --type       [--pt]  number   Use custom ICMP type
    --code       [--pc]  number   Use custom ICMP code value
    --size       [--s]   number   Set size of packet (overwrites packet message)
    --message    [--m]   message  Ping packet message
    --timing     [--ti]  timing   Timing levels:
                                        0 - Paranoid    4 - Nimble
                                        1 - Sneaky      5 - Speedy
                                        2 - Quiet       6 - Insane
                                        3 - Polite      7 - Random

Display Options:
    --shorthand  [--sh]           Show less detailed replies
    --displaymsg [--dm]           Display ICMP message contents
    --timestamp  [--ts]           Display timestamp
    --nocolor    [--nc]           No colour
    --input                       Require user input
    --symbols    [--sym]          Renders replies and timeouts as ASCII symbols
    --request    [--r]            Show request packets
    --notimeouts [--nt]           Don't display timeout messages
    --quiet      [--q]            No output, only shows summary upon completion or exit
    --resolve    [--res]          Resolve hostname of address from DNS
    --inputaddr  [--ia]           Show input address instead of revolved one
    --checksum   [--chk]           Display checksum of packet
    --limit      [--l]   number   Limits output to just replies (0) or requests (1)
    --decimals   [--dp]  number   Num of decimal places to use (0 to 3)

Features:
    --scan       [--sc]  address  Network scanning, specify range "127.0.0.1-55"
    --listen     [--li]  address  Listen for ICMP packets
    --flood      [--fl]  address  Send high volume of pings to address
    --graph      [--g]   address  Graph view
    --compact    [--cg]  address  Compact graph view
    --location   [--loc] address  Location info for an address
    --whois              address  Whois lookup for an address
    --whoami                      Location info for current host

Others:
    --help       [--?]            Displays this help message
    --version    [--v]            Shows version and build information
    --examples   [--ex]           Shows example usage

Examples:

 powerping 8.8.8.8                    -     Send ping to google DNS with default values (3000ms timeout, 5 pings)
 powerping github.com --w 500 --t     -     Send pings indefinitely to github.com with a 500ms timeout
 
 powerping 127.0.0.1 --m Meow         -     Send ping with packet message "Meow" to loopback address
 powerping 127.0.0.1 --pt 3 --pc 2    -     Send ping with ICMP type 3 (dest unreachable) and code 2
 
 powerping 8.8.8.8 /c 5 -w 500 --sh   -     Different argument switches (/, - or --) can be used in any combination
 powerping google.com /ti Paranoid    -     Sends using the 'Paranoid' timing option
 powerping google.com /ti 1           -     Same as above

Screenshots

More screenshots

License

MIT License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Note:

Requires Elevated Rights (Admininstrator) to Run

jdpurcell/PowerPing