The Ping GUI application was developed to be a computer network tool used to test whether a particular host is reachable across an IP network; it is also used to self test the network interface card of the computer, or as a speed test.
It works by sending ICMP “echo request” packets to the target host and listening for ICMP “echo response” replies. Ping measures the round-trip time and records any packet loss, and prints when finished a statistical summary of the echo response packets received, the minimum, mean, max and the standard deviation of the round trip time.
Requirements:
· Main Memory (RAM):
· At least a minimum of 32 MB RAM should be available on your system.
· Hard Drive Space:
· 1 MB for the program files plus some additional space for backup files (minimal).
