AccordingtotheintroductionofUlfDittmer,Ping&NetisaToolsappontheAndroidplatform.Thereiscurrentlya3.5.4versionreleasedonMar04,2020,youcanseethedetailsbelow.
(ForanexplanationoftheGPSpermission,seebelow.)
Displaysnetworkinformationanddiagnostics:Pingaserver(viaICMPoverIPv4orIPv6andTCP),DNSlookup(withgeographicallookupofIPaddresses),reverseDNSlookup,WHOISqueries,inspectingHTTPresponseheaders,traceroutes(alsowithIPaddressgeolookup),checkwhetherarangeofportsisopen,scanahostforSSLversionsandciphers,andlookupthelocationofhostsandwhetherit'sreachablefromthepublicinternet.Italsoshowsdetailsofthecurrentnetworksetupandconnectionofthedevice,includingnetstatinformation."WakeonLAN"functionalityforwakingupmachines.Optional"NetSentry"monitorsnetworkinterfacesandwarnsofbreachingusagelimits.
Includesahomescreenwidgetforlong-runningpings.
Recentlyusedhosts,IPaddressesandDNSserversarerememberedforauto-completion.
Theresultscanbecopied(vialong-clickontheoutputtext),sentviaemailorstoredinafileastextorPDF.Ahistoryoftheresultsofrecentoperationsiskept(swipeleftandrighttoswitchbetweentabs).
Numerousoptions(likeusinganalternativenameserver,PingTTL,showingpingtimesforeachtraceroutestep,BroadcastPing,usingHTTPS,settingtheHTTPportnumber,selectionofDNSrecordtypestoquery,etc.)areavailablethroughalong-clickonthe"Go"button.
Containsnoads.
PleasejointheGooglecommunity"Ping&DNS"whereIsupportthisapp,especiallyifyou'rehavingproblems.
WHYTHEGPSPERMISSION?Firstoff,GPSisonlyaccessedifthe"ShowLocation"checkboxissetinthePingOptionsdialog.Thischeckboxisturnedoffbydefault,sounlessyouexplicitlysetit,youdon'tneedtoworryaboutyourlocationeverbeingtracked.Trackinglocationisusefulformeasuringpingtimesduringlong-runningpingsacrosslargeareas,likeafactoryorauniversitycampus.Oncealong-runningpingwithlocationisdone,aGoogleEarthfile(.dmz)iscreatedthatshowsthepingtimesalongwiththegeolocationofeachping.Mostpeoplewillneverneedthisoption,soyoudon'thavetoworry.Andevenifyoudouseit,locationdataisstoredonthedevice,itisnotsentoruploadedanywhere(theexceptionbeingifyouattachtheGoogleEarthfiletoanoutgoingemail-inwhichcaseyou'reinchargeofwheretheemailissentto).SoallthenegativecommentsyoumayseeinthePlayStoreareunfounded.