Ping Sweep
Easily scan your IP range by performing a fast ICMP sweep
Jumpstart ping scanning by pinpointing available IP addresses within a specific range
Ping scanning is a quick and efficient way to tackle network discovery in a large enterprise, which can be made easier with the flexible ping sweep features in SolarWinds® Engineer’s Toolset™ (ETS).
Learn which IP addresses are in use and which ones are currently free by pinging multiple devices and IP addresses at the same time. This information is essential for network monitoring, troubleshooting, and resource provisioning. You can also allocate resources more effectively by knowing which IP addresses in a specific range are active and inactive.
Drill down on IP addresses with a granular ping sweeper to help identify DNS names
The ping sweep tool in ETS can help you create a comprehensive network directory. While executing an ICMP sweep, ETS can also look up the DNS name for each IP address. You can use this information to add more detail to your list of IP addresses, making it easier to stay organized even as your network grows or changes.
Easily export results from a ping scan or ping sweep for more efficient troubleshooting and reporting
Once you’ve executed a ping sweep, you’ll need an easy and efficient way to share your analysis with your IT team. With the ETS ping sweep tool, results and calculations can be exported in many different formats, including CSV, TXT, XLS, and HTML page.
When it comes to preparing for audits, having the ability to provide reporting in various formats can help you more easily demonstrate compliance in whatever format an auditor prefers.
Enhance ping monitoring best practices with an intelligent ping sweeper
ETS is designed to be more than a first-class ping scanner. This intelligent ping sweeper can also help network administrators monitor and analyze pings as well. You can graph ping sweep results using intuitive bar, column, ribbon, step, or area graphs in addition to more easily visualizing response time problems to better troubleshoot performance issues. SolarWinds ETS can also help speed up ping sweeping with the ability to create custom profiles to automatically monitor a specific set of devices.
Access over 60 must-have network management tools, including multiple ping sweep tools
You may need more than an enterprise-grade ping sweeper to comprehensively manage and monitor your networks.
Engineer’s Toolset’s suite of over 60 products includes five top ping tools and seven top IP address management tools built to help ensure you have the solutions you need. All tools are accessible by a unified web console, and five of the most popular network management tools — Response Time Monitor, Open Port Scanner, CPU Monitor, Memory Monitor, and TraceRoute — are available online.
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Do you find yourself asking…
Ping is a signal used to see if a device connected to a network is reachable or measure how long it takes a networked device to respond to a request. The actual ping is a packet of 32 to 56 bytes containing an “echo” request for the host to respond to if it is online, available, and performing network operations at speed.
Ping is predominantly used to keep track of device availability and network latency, but this simple and effective technique has many different use cases:
- Discovery: Ping can be used as a network discovery tool. Since virtually all devices will respond to a ping if they’re connected to the network, you can ping a range of devices or IP addresses to quickly and easily find all available devices within the range.
- Monitoring: If you’re running a ping with a “run until stopped” option, failed pings will let you know there’s something wrong with your system.
- Troubleshooting: A simple ping can tell you valuable information. For example, if a ping is successful by name and IP address but the device takes a long time to respond, you now know there might be a network speed or congestion issue. If a ping fails altogether, you can ping surrounding parts of the network to see if the issue is isolated or widespread.
Ping is a signal used to see if a device connected to a network is reachable or measure how long it takes a networked device to respond to a request. The actual ping is a packet of 32 to 56 bytes containing an “echo” request for the host to respond to if it is online, available, and performing network operations at speed.
Ping is predominantly used to keep track of device availability and network latency, but this simple and effective technique has many different use cases:
- Discovery: Ping can be used as a network discovery tool. Since virtually all devices will respond to a ping if they’re connected to the network, you can ping a range of devices or IP addresses to quickly and easily find all available devices within the range.
- Monitoring: If you’re running a ping with a “run until stopped” option, failed pings will let you know there’s something wrong with your system.
- Troubleshooting: A simple ping can tell you valuable information. For example, if a ping is successful by name and IP address but the device takes a long time to respond, you now know there might be a network speed or congestion issue. If a ping fails altogether, you can ping surrounding parts of the network to see if the issue is isolated or widespread.
Perform quality ping sweeps faster than ever with a ping sweep tool
Engineer's Toolset
Automatically discover network devices as well as map network topology.
Track device availability, memory utilization, CPU load, interface statistics, and performance & latency of network paths.
Quickly troubleshoot your network with enhanced ping capabilities and packet route tracing.