PingDeck: Network Tools

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About this app

PingDeck finds out what's wrong with your network and tells you in plain words. One tap checks your router, DNS, the internet and Wi-Fi; 11 tools and a device scan give you the detail when you want it.

DIAGNOSE MY NETWORK
• Checks the connection, your router, DNS, the internet, the Wi-Fi signal and the Wi-Fi channels, step by step.
• A verdict in plain words: what is wrong and what to try, such as moving closer to the router, a quieter channel or a faster DNS server.
• Expert mode shows the numbers and tables behind every finding.
• An optional speed test, off until you turn it on in Settings.

TOOLS
• Wi-Fi analyzer: Nearby networks and channel crowding
• Signal meter: Live signal strength while you move
• Wi-Fi details: Band, speed, addresses and DNS
• Ping: Latency and packet loss
• Traceroute: Every router on the way
• Port scan: Open TCP ports on a host
• DNS lookup: Records and resolver speed
• HTTP & TLS: Website reachability and certificate
• WHOIS: Who registered a domain or address
• Subnet calculator: Ranges, masks and hosts
• Wake-on-LAN: Wake a computer on your network
Scan only devices you own or have permission to test.

DEVICES
• Find the devices on your Wi-Fi or Ethernet network. The router and this phone are marked; names come from what devices announce (mDNS) or from reverse DNS.
• Sleeping devices, firewalls, guest networks and private MAC addresses can hide devices, so this list may not be complete.

HONEST RESULTS
• Every latency says how it was measured: ICMP ping, or TCP latency where ping is blocked or not available. A TCP time is never passed off as a ping.
• WHOIS uses RDAP: IANA's directory names the registry, and the registry itself answers.
• What Android does not report is shown as hidden or unknown, never made up.

ALSO
• Diagnoses, device and Wi-Fi scans, tests and lookups are saved in History on this phone, with a filter for each kind.
• This version shows your latest 10 results; older ones stay on the phone.
• Light and dark themes, 18 languages, and list and detail side by side on tablets.

Premium features are coming soon. We're preparing additional features for a future update. Stay tuned!
You can choose to watch one ad to export one result as a PDF or text report, or to scan up to 1,024 ports once (otherwise up to 100 per scan).

PRIVACY AND ADS
No account, no sign-in and no cloud. Your results stay on this phone.
A permission is asked only when a tool needs it: location for Wi-Fi scans, because Android shows nearby networks and your network's name only to apps with location access. PingDeck never stores or sends your location.
PingDeck contacts outside services only when you use a feature that needs them: Cloudflare (1.1.1.1), Google (8.8.8.8, connectivitycheck.gstatic.com), Quad9 (9.9.9.9), IANA's RDAP directory and the registry it names, and speed.cloudflare.com for the optional speed test. The About screen lists them.
PingDeck is free and shows Google AdMob banner ads only on the dashboard, the tool list, History, the subnet calculator and finished results, never while a scan or test is running. The only full-screen ad is a rewarded ad you choose to watch. Where the law requires it, you are asked for consent first, and you can change your choice in Settings.

Made by Mobile Castle.

What’s new

First release of PingDeck: diagnose your network in plain words, 11 network tools, a scan of the devices on your network, and a history kept on your phone.