Release date: Aug. 12, 1997
PingGraph is a multi-threaded graphical TCP/IP network monitoring and diagnostic tool for Windows 95 and NT. PingGraph can graph response time within your Local Area Network (LAN). It can keep an eye on the response time of your favorite Internet multi-player game servers. It can even monitor your Internet Service Provider (ISP) to make sure you are getting the advertised connection quality and stability for which you are paying.
PingGraph works over all TCP/IP networks, whether hard wired or dial-up to show you the response time between your system and any other system on the Internet. The freely distributable unregistered software is fully functional, with the exception of storing only a limited number of favorite sites, and only allowing one copy to run at a time on a given system.
The latest version of PingGraph and of this document may be found on the Infix Technologies home page.
Features for PingGraph version 1.0.2 (August 12, 1997):
Features for PingGraph version 1.0.1 (August 8, 1997):
Features for PingGraph version 1.0.0 (August 1, 1997) unregistered version:
Additional features of PingGraph version 1.0.0 (August 1, 1997) when registered:
PingGraph licenses may be ordered several different ways. You can select one of the following links to order and purchase your licenses on-line. Your registration code(s) will be delivered via email within approximately two working days. Multiple links have been made available to you due to the whims of the ever changing and sometimes overloaded Internet.
Pricing for all registration methods
| Single License | $29 each |
| 2-5 Computers | $24 each |
| 6-20 Computers | $19 each |
| 21+ Computers | $14 each |
A registration code enables additional features within PingGraph, making it more useful and flexible.
If you use or are associated with a registration service which is not on the list, please contact us via email to discuss adding your site to our list of registration methods.
Look at these and other archive sites for the latest version of PingGraph and other Windows shareware programs.
If you would like your site added to this list of PingGraph sites, or if you would like your site presented differently, please contact Infix Technologies via email.
In no particular order...
A detailed description of what shareware is and how it works is found at the home page of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP).
Ping responses are measured in milliseconds, so a value of 1000 represents one second.
PingGraph considers anything over two seconds (2000 on the graph) to be a timeout, and will not display larger values. Timeouts leave an empty column on the chart instead of the normal dark or light vertical line.
If you are using a modem, you probably won't see anything below 150 to 175, with 200 being fairly ordinary. Local Area Network (LAN) users can see values all the way down to single digit numbers. Ping times will occasionally spike to much larger numbers, or even time out occasionally even on normal and properly functioning networks, but should return almost immediately to the normal small numbers.
This indicates either a very slow network (lag time over two seconds) or a dead connection.
Because it would be terribly rude to anyone along the path between you and the destination. Networks are busy enough without being saturated with huge streams of ICMP packets.
You need to configure your TCP/IP to not use DUN by default, or get used to clicking the cancel box.
Pay for a registration ID and enter it in the text box shown in the "About" dialog box.
Configure the firewall to allow ping packets (port 7) to travel through the firewall and it should work. Your system administrator should know how to do this.
PingGraph will accept a site name as a command line option. Create a link to PingGraph by dragging it onto the desktop. You should see a little square with an arrow attached to your pointer as you drag it to the desktop. After dropping the link on the desktop, click on it once with the right mouse button and select "Properties" from the menu. Select the "Shortcut" tab, and add a space and an Internet site name at the end of the "Target" field. Select the "Okay" button and you're done. Double clicking on the icon will now launch PingGraph to track the site you specified. You can still get to the configuration menu to change sites any time once it is running.
So we could easily direct you to updates, registration services and additional information. Since PingGraph is a network based application, odds are extremely high you already have a TCP/IP network and an HTML browser installed, or can get one set up with minimal fuss.
Send some email to us at infix@xmission.com or use the form below and we'll look at your enhancement requests and ideas. We'll let you know if it looks like a good fit.
PingGraph stores its information in the registry. Don't monkey directly with the registry unless you are VERY sure of what you are doing. Support questions starting with "I just altered the registry and..." will be answered with "Don't do that." Sufficiently broken registries may require you to reinstall windows.
It does that when the ID has been entered incorrectly. Be sure that you type it exactly as shown. Check zeros and ones very carefully to make sure they are not the letters 'o' and 'l'. Upper and lower case must also be matched exactly.
Windows will search several places for sound files before giving up, so it's usually safe to just use the file name with no path. If the specified sound can't be found, Windows plays the default sound. If you have problems, use the browse button to verify the exact location of the sound. If you want to play no sound at all, simply leave the alarm sound field empty in the configuration screen.
How much disk space do you have? The list may have a limit of 32767 entries, but this has not been verified for fairly obvious reasons. You may want to delete unused entries from time to time if the list becomes too long.
It is stored from most recently used at the top of the list (the default selection) to the least recently used on the bottom of the list.
Please let us know if you have any questions, enhancement requests, or ideas for other related products. Is there something which always puts a technology burr under your saddle when you're trying to get your work done? Let us know!
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