Ping & Net

Ulf Dittmer

About this app

(For an explanation of the GPS permission, see below.)

Displays lots of network information and diagnostics: Ping a server (via ICMP over IPv4 or IPv6 and TCP), DNS lookup (with geographical lookup of IP addresses), reverse DNS lookup, WHOIS queries, inspecting HTTP response headers, trace routes (also with IP address geo lookup), check whether a range of ports is open, scan a host for SSL versions and ciphers, perform Path MTU discovery, look up the location of hosts, check whether it's reachable from the public internet, and determine the risk associated with an IP Address. It also shows details of the current network setup and connection of the device, including netstat information. "Wake on LAN" functionality for waking up machines. The optional "NetSentry" monitors network interfaces and warns when usage limits are about to be breached.

Includes a home screen widget for long-running pings, and a Wake-on-LAN widget for waking a specific host.

Recently used hosts, IP addresses and DNS servers are remembered for auto-completion.

The results can be copied (via long-click on the output text), sent via email or stored in a file as text or PDF. A history of the results of recent operations is kept (swipe left and right to switch between tabs).

Numerous options (like using an alternative name server, Ping TTL, showing ping times for each traceroute step, Broadcast Ping, using HTTPS, setting the HTTP port number, selection of DNS record types to query, etc.) are available.

Contains no ads.

Please join the Google Group "Ping & Net" where I support this app, especially if you're having problems.

WHY THE GPS PERMISSION? First off, GPS is only accessed if the "Show Location" checkbox is set in the Ping Options dialog. This checkbox is turned off by default, so unless you explicitly set it, you don't need to worry about your location ever being tracked. Tracking location is useful for measuring ping times during long-running pings across large areas, like a factory or a university campus. Once a long-running ping with location is done, a Google Earth file (.dmz) is created that shows the ping times along with the geo location of each ping. Most people will never need this option, so you don't have to worry. And even if you do use it, location data is stored on the device, it is not sent or uploaded anywhere (the exception being if you attach the Google Earth file to an outgoing email - in which case you're in charge of where the email is sent to). So all the negative comments you may see in the Play Store are unfounded.

Ratings and reviews

Very handy for a lot of disparate uses: For example, diagnose issues with legitimate sites or local stations, or investigate possible illegitimate sites/URLs/addresses. I would have needed to download some of these tools individually, but this app has them all in one package. Switching from one tool to another is easy, the current query site or address is retained so you can click another tool for further investigation. Easy to recall previous lookup terms (history) to try different queries.

this app is one of the best network investigation tools on the app store. not only is it thoroughly comprehensive, this UI is simple and easy to navigate. I think my favorite feature is the retention of research from previous sessions. I am constantly multitasking and often get interrupted while doing research. It's nice to have such a robust app that lets you pick up where you left off and does not clear your previous data and/or halt an operation in progress if you leave the app. Thanks!

great app and does what it claims. and no ads! thank you. cannot even think of a second place app to compare.

What’s new

Fixed an issue where the top and bottom of the user interface were cut off on Android 15 and 16.

Fixed dark theme visibility for various dropdown menus.

Fixed an app crash that affected some operations.