This tool is a great alternative to Windows Ping.exe file. Not only does it work with ICMP, it works with Internet Explorer type protocols (such as HTTP, HTTPS and FTP). On the ICMP Protocol (which is the protocol Windows Ping uses) allows you to specify the data that will be echoed back from the host If you don’t specify a the data string it will use the date time, packet index number and process id as the default data. This is option -d.
The default data will look like something like this if its being sniffed:
12/19/2017 4:39:28 PM#1 5676.
Where blue is the date and time red is the packet number and purple is the process id. And to end packet to make it more readable I put a period at the end of it.
To see what available command line options are type in pingex.exe /? At the command prompt where you unzipped it to.
Here are some few examples here
Pingex.exe 8.8.8.8 -d “Hi Google DNS”
The command above pings google dns(8.8.8.8) with the data bytes set to “Hi Google DNS’
Pingex.exe http://www.pontaic90.org/ -n 5 –url
The command above does an HTTP ping with 5 request, don’t forget to put in –url in the command line otherwise you will have problems.
You can press Control+C at anytime to abort the ping tool and see the results. As well as viewing them without ending the ping by pressing Control+Break
Also checkout the Internet resetter option in it that can reboot any router or modem when the internet goes down see SerialResetter.bat and SerialResetter_Schematic.pdf file. Requires a circuit to be built and working with mains voltage.
Features of version 1.0.0.1 are offline batch file and random website URL Pingprogram pingex;
{$RESOURCE PINGEX32.RES}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
uses
SysUtils,
math,
httpapp,
windows,
winsock,
mmsystem,
Classes,
urlmon,
shellapi,
ICMP in '..\delphi\ICMP.PAS';
const MAX_URLBUFFER=64*1024;
VAR MyICMP:TICMP;
count,successcount,trigger,i,irto:integer;
reply:PIcmpEchoReply;
LastPong:tdatetime;
errres,sitesres:TResourceStream;
icmperr:tstringlist;
t,tmax,bread,bmax,timerid:dword;
tmin:dword=$FFFFFFFF;
bmin:dword=$ffffffff;
hstat:hresult;
scomport,sh,s:string;
sites:tstringlist;
htimer,hf,hcom:thandle;
urlfile,oldtitle:array[0..max_path]of char;
PMask:pchar;
ipoptions:TIPOptionInformation;
urlbuff:array of ansichar;
data:array of byte;
totalt,totalb:extended;
a,b,c,d:byte;
function GetStatCode:string;
begin
result:='Unknown: '+Inttostr(reply.status);
if icmperr.IndexOf(inttostr(reply.status))=-1 then exit;
result := icmperr[icmperr.indexof(inttostr(reply.status))-1];
if reply.Status=0 then inc(Successcount);
if not comparemem(@myicmp.data[1],reply.data,length(myicmp.data)) then
result:=result+' INVALID DATA';
end;
function GetSize(fs:dword):String;
begin
result:=inttostr(fs)+' bytes';
if fs>1023 then result:=formatfloat('0.00',fs/1024)+' kilobytes';
if fs>(1024*1024)-1then result:=formatfloat('0.00',fs/(1024*1024))+' megabytes';
if fs=$FFFFFFFFthen result:='Size Error';
end;
function PingTime(tx:dword):string;
begin
if tx>999 then result:=formatdatetime('hh:mm:ss',tx*encodetime(0,0,0,1))else
result:=inttostr(tx)+'ms';
end;
function Divide(n,d:extended):Extended;
begin
result:=0;
if d>0then result:=n/d;
end;
function TimerThread(Dummy:pointer):dword;stdcall;
var contitle:array[0..255]of char;
label loop;
begin
loop:
setconsoletitle(strfmt(contitle,
'PingEx - %u Success, Packet Count %u, Packet Success: %f%s Last Pong: %s',[
successcount,count-1,Divide(successcount,count-1)*100,'%',DateTimeToStr(
lastpong)]));
sleep(100);
goto loop;
end;
function CtrlPing(typ:dword):bool;stdcall;
begin
result:=true;
writeln('Ping Details:');
writeln('Packets: Sent=',count-1,' Recevied=',successcount,' Lost=',(count-1)-
successcount);
if pos(' -url',lowercase(getcommandline))>0 then
writeln('Min. data: ',GetSize(bmin),' Max. data: ',getsize(bmax),' Ave. data: ',
getsize(trunc(divide(totalb,count-1))));
writeln('Min. Time: '+pingtime(tmin),' Max. Time: ',pingtime(tmax),' Ave. Time: ',
pingtime(Trunc(divide(totalt,count-1))));
writeln('Success rate:',trunc(100*divide(successcount,count-1)),'%');
writeln('Last Pong: ',datetimetostr(lastpong));
if typ<>CTRL_BREAK_EVENT then begin
setconsoletitle(oldtitle);
if scomport<>''then closehandle(hcom);
errres.Free;
icmperr.Free;
myicmp.Destroy;
if count-1>0 then
exitprocess(trunc(100*(successcount/(count-1))))else Exitprocess(0);
end;
end;
function GetDataSizeP:integer;
var i:integer;
begin
result:=0;
for i:=2 to paramcount do
if stricomp(pchar(paramstr(i)),'-l')=0then
result:=strtointdef(paramstr(i+1),32);
setlength(data,result);
for i:=0 to length(data)-2 do
data[i]:=(i mod 255)+1;
end;
function CheckPattern(const pattern:string;len:integer):boolean;
var i:integer;
begin
result:=false;
if(len<>length(pattern))then exit;
result:=true;
for i:=1to length(pattern)do result:=result and((i mod 16)=strtointdef('$'+
pattern[i],16));
end;
function GeneratePattern(len:integer):string;
var i:integer;
begin
result:='';
for i:=1to len do result:=result+inttohex(i mod 16,1);
end;
function GetDataString:string;
var i:integer;
begin
result:=datetimetostr(now)+'#'+inttostr(count)+' '+inttostr(getcurrentprocessid)+'.';
if strpos(getcommandline,' -url')<>nil then result:=generatepattern(getdatasizep);
for i:=1 to paramcount do begin
if stricomp('-d',pchar(paramstr(i)))=0then result:=paramstr(i+1);
if(stricomp('-dhex',pchar(paramstr(i)))=0) then result:=generatepattern(strtointdef(paramstr(i+1),32));
end;
if result='' then begin
writeln('Err:data parameter needs a string');
exitprocess(0);
end;
if getdatasizep>0 then result:=strpas(@Data[0]);
end;
function GetPacketCount:integer;
var i:integer;
begin
result:=-1;
for i:= 2 to paramcount do
if stricomp('-n',pchar(paramstr(i)))=0then result:=strtointdef(paramstr(i+1),4);
end;
Function GetDelay:dword;
var i:integer;
begin
result:=1000;
for i:=2 to paramcount do
if stricomp('-de',pchar(paramstr(i)))=0then result:=strtointdef(paramstr(i+1),
result);
end;
function GetTimeout:integer;
var i:integer;
begin
result:= myicmp.TimeOut;
for i:=2 to paramcount do
if stricomp('-w',pchar(paramstr(i)))=0then result:=strtointdef(paramstr(i+1),
result);
end;
function GetTOS:Integer;
var i:integer;
begin
result := myicmp.IPOptions.TOS;
for i:=2to paramcount do
if stricomp('-v',pchar(paramstr(i)))=0then result:=Strtointdef(paramstr(i+1),
result);
end;
function GetTTL:Integer;
var i:integer;
begin
result := myicmp.IPOptions.TTL;
for i:=2to paramcount do
if stricomp('-i',pchar(paramstr(i)))=0then result:=Strtointdef(paramstr(i+1),
result);
end;
function GetHTMLTitle:string;
begin
result :=copy(strpas(@urlbuff[0]),pos('<title>',lowercase(pchar(@urlbuff[0])))+
length('<title>'),pos('</title>',lowercase(pchar(@urlbuff[0])))-pos('<title>',
lowercase(pchar(@urlbuff[0])))-Length('</title'));
end;
function GetURLError:string;
begin
result:='Unknown Error';
if hstat=urlmon.INET_E_INVALID_URL then result:='Invalid URL';
if hstat=urlmon.INET_E_NO_SESSION then result:='No session';
if hstat=urlmon.INET_E_CANNOT_CONNECT then result:='Cannot Connect';
if hstat=urlmon.INET_E_RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND then result:='Resource Not Found';
if hstat=urlmon.INET_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND then result:='Object not found';
if hstat=urlmon.INET_E_DATA_NOT_AVAILABLE then result :='Data not available';
if hstat=urlmon.INET_E_DOWNLOAD_FAILURE then result := 'Download Failed';
if hstat=urlmon.INET_E_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED then result:='Login required';
if hstat=urlmon.INET_E_NO_VALID_MEDIA then result:='No valid media';
if hstat=urlmon.INET_E_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT then result:='Connection timedout';
if hstat=urlmon.INET_E_INVALID_REQUEST then result:='Invalid request';
if hstat=urlmon.INET_E_UNKNOWN_PROTOCOL then result:='Unsupported protocol';
end;
function ProcessPingExServer(html:PChar):boolean;
var data:tstringlist;
begin
result:=(paramstr(1)='');
if not result then Result:=((paramstr(1)[1]='-')and(stricomp(pchar(paramstr(1)),
'-urlr')<>0))or(strpos(getcommandline,' -ht')<>nil);
if not result then begin result:=true;exit;end;
if strpos(html,'<!-- PingEx_Server -->')=nil then result:=false;
data:=tstringlist.Create;
data.Text:=strpas(html);
if length(data.values['hex'])<>getdatasizep then begin result:=false;exit;end;
for i:=1to getdatasizep do result:=result and((i mod 16)=strtointdef('$'+
data.values['hex'][i],16));
end;
function HTMLValidate(const html:pchar):boolean;
var i:integer;
begin
result:=true;
for i:=2to paramcount do if stricomp(PChar(paramstr(i)),'-k')=0then
result:=result and (StrPos(html,pchar(paramstr(i+1)))=nil);
end;
function GetTrigger:integer;
var i:integer;
begin
result:=-1;
for i:=2 to paramcount do
if stricomp(PChar(paramstr(i)),'-tl')=0then result:=strtointdef(paramstr(i+1),5);
end;
function PlayWave(xwave:byte):bool;
const aWaves:array[0..2]of pchar=('PONG','OFFLINE','ONLINE');
begin
result:=false;
if strpos(getcommandline,' -nosound')<>nil then exit;
result:=playsound(awaves[xwave],hinstance,snd_resource or snd_sync);
end;
function InternetActup:boolean;
var hoffline:thandle;
dwwrite:dword;
a:atom;
cmdline:String;
comb:char;
batcmd,ab:array[0..255]of char;
statepath:array[0..max_path]of char;
txsuccess:bool;
i:integer;
begin
cmdline:=lowercase(getcommandline);
result := false;
inc(trigger);
if(trigger<gettrigger)or(gettrigger=-1)then exit;
trigger:=0;
result:=(scomport<>'');
txsuccess:=true;
for i:=2to paramcount do
if stricomp(pchar(paramstr(i)),'-bat')=0then result:=true;
if not result then exit;
writeln('Resetting internet connection. Please wait for ',irto div 60000,' minutes');
if pos(' -bat',cmdline)=0 then begin
comb:='1';
if pos(' -tx',cmdline)>0then txsuccess:=txsuccess and writefile(hcom,comb,1,
dwwrite,nil)else begin
//escapecommfunction(hcom,setdtr);
escapecommfunction(hcom,SETRTS);end;if not txsuccess then writeln('ComTXFail1:',
syserrormessage(getlasterror));
sleep(10000);
if pos(' -tx',cmdline)=0then
escapecommfunction(hcom,clrrts);
sleep(irto);
comb:='0';
if pos(' -tx',cmdline)>0then txsuccess:=txsuccess and writefile(hcom,comb,1,
dwwrite,nil)else escapecommfunction(hcom,clrdtr);if not txsuccess then
writeln('ComTXFail0:',syserrormessage(getlasterror));
end else begin
a:=globaladdatom(PChar('PingEx_OFFLINEBAT_'+floattostr(now)));
shellexecute(0,nil,'offline.bat',strfmt(batcmd,'%d %d',[a,trigger]),nil,
sw_hide);
writeln('Waiting for batch file to complete...');
while GlobalGetAtomName(a,ab,256)>0do sleep(2500);
end;
playwave(2);
writeln('Now rechecking...');
end;
function GetFileSize2(hf:thandle):DWord;
begin
result:= getfilesize(hf,nil);
if result=$FFFFFFFF then result:=0;
end;
function CharCount(const s:string;c:char):integer;
var i:integer;
begin
result:=0;
for i:=1to length(s)do if s[i]=c then inc(result);
end;
function FormatIP(var a,b,c,d:byte;size:integer;Host:string):String;
begin
result:=stringreplace(host,'@','%d',[rfReplaceAll]);
case size of
0:asm nop end;
1:begin if d=255then d:=0;D:=d+1;result:=format(result,[d]);end;
2:begin if c=255then begin c:=0;d:=d+1;end;if d=255then begin d:=0;c:=c+1;end;
d:=d+1;result:=format(result,[c,d]);end;
3:begin if b=255then b:=0;if c=255then begin c:=0;b:=b+1;end;
if d=255then begin d:=0;c:=c+1;end;d:=d+1;result:=format(result,[b,c,d]);end;
4:begin if a=255then a:=0;if b=255then begin b:=0;a:=a+1;end;if c=255then begin
c:=0;b:=b+1;end;if d=255then begin d:=0;c:=c+1;end;d:=d+1;result:=format(result,
[a,b,c,d]);end;
else begin writeln('Only up to 4 @ symbols allowed');exitprocess(
ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER);end;
end;
end;
label PingLoop,URLLoop,lookup;
begin
getconsoletitle(oldtitle,max_path+1);
if stricomp('/resume',pchar(paramstr(1)))=0then exitprocess(globaldeleteatom(
strtoint(paramstr(2))));
if paramstr(1)='/?' then begin
writeln('Usage: ',extractfilename(paramstr(0)),' [address] [options]');
writeln('Options:');
writeln('-n count Number of packets to send');
writeln('-d "data" Data string to send in the echo request,by default is the system time,packet number and process id');
writeln('-w timeout timeout in milliseconds.');
writeln('-i TTL Time To Live');
writeln('-v TOS Type Of Service');
writeln('-de delay Specifies the delay time between each request.');
writeln('-url Use URL instead of ICMP [address] is the URL');
writeln('-urlr Use random website URLs in the built-in database.');
writeln('-k "word" HTML Error Keywords,used to tell if the URL request was successful, you can put more than one of this option in one command');
writeln('-l [size] Size of data buffer');
writeln('-ir232 comport [timeout] Starts the internet resetter which toggles a relay to restart a misbehaving router/modem, [timeout] is in minutes');
writeln('-tl [count] Number of failed attemps before resetting the internet router/modem. Default is 5. This must be used with -ir232');
writeln('-bat Run offline.bat file hiddenly when if went offline');
writeln('-tx Transmitt ACSII 1s and 0s through the internet resetter serial port for using Arduino');
writeln('-nosound Disable alert sounds.');
writeln('-dhex [size] Use a hexadecimal loop pattern. This will make the data string start from ASCII Number 1 to ASCII Letter F and then ASCII Number 0 then looping back around to make a string the specified size. This overrides the -d option.');
writeln('-ht Uses PingEx HTTP Server url');
writeln;
writeln('Supported URL Protocols: HTTP,HTTPS,FTP');
writeln('You can put @ symbols in the address for ip address range example 127.0.0.@ will replace it with number between 1-255');
exitprocess(0);
end;
htimer:=createthread(nil,0,@timerthread,nil,0,timerid);
sitesres:=TResourceStream.Create(hinstance,'WEBSITES','TXT');
scomport:='';
for i:=2to paramcount do if stricomp('-ir232',pchar(paramstr(i)))=0then begin
scomport:='\\.\'+paramstr(i+1);
irto:=strtointdef(paramstr(i+2),5)*60000;
end;
if scomport<>''then begin
hcom:=createfile(pchar(scomport),generic_read or generic_write,0,nil,
open_existing,file_attribute_normal,0);
if hcom=invalid_handle_value then writeln('OpenCom:',syserrormessage(getlasterror));
end;
SetConsoleCtrlHandler(@ctrlping,true);
sites:=tstringlist.create;
sites.LoadFromStream(sitesres);sitesres.Free;
randomize;
icmperr:=tstringlist.Create;
errres:=tresourcestream.Create(hinstance,'ICMPERR','TXT');
icmperr.LoadFromStream(errres);
myicmp:=ticmp.create(nil);
ipoptions.OptionsSize:=myicmp.IPOptions.OptionsSize;
ipoptions.OptionsData:=myicmp.IPOptions.OptionsData;
IPOptions.TTL:=getttl;
iPOptions.TOS:=gettos;
myicmp.IPOptions:=ipoptions;
myicmp.TimeOut := gettimeout;
count:=1;
if (pos(' -url',lowercase(getcommandline))>0)or(paramcount=0)or(strpos(
getcommandline,' -ht')<>nil)then begin
if pos(' -urlr',lowercase(getcommandline))=0then begin
if paramcount<>0 then
writeln('Pinging ',paramstr(1),'...')else
writeln('Pinging http://172.86.120.127/test.asp...');
end else writeln('Pinging random URLs...');
a:=0;b:=0;c:=0;d:=0;
urlloop:
t:=gettickcount;
s:=paramstr(1);
if(paramcount=0)or(stricomp('-urlspeed',pchar(paramstr(1)))=0)then s:=
'http://172.86.120.127/test.asp';
s:=formatip(a,b,c,d,charcount(paramstr(1),'@'),s);
if pos(' -urlr',lowercase(getcommandline))>0then begin s:='http://'+sites[random(
sites.count)]+'/';write(copy(s,length('http://')+1,length(s)));end;
if pos('ftp:',lowercase(s))=0then
if strscan(pchar(s),'?')=nil then s:=s+'?'else s:=s+'&';
if pos('ftp:',lowercase(s))=0 then
s:=format(
'%sping.count=%d&ping.success=%d&ping.pid=%d&ping.size=%d',[s,count,successcount,
getcurrentprocessid,getdatasizep]);
if strscan(getcommandline,'@')<>nil then begin sh:=copy(s,pos('://',s)+3,length(s));
delete(sh,pos('?',sh),length(sh));write(sh,#32);end;
hstat:=URLDownloadToCacheFile(nil,pchar(s),urlfile,max_path,0,nil);
if (hstat=s_ok) then
begin
lastpong:=now;
hf:=createfile(urlfile,generic_read,0,nil,open_Existing,file_attribute_normal,0);
setlength(urlbuff,getfilesize(hf,nil)+1);
readfile(hf,urlbuff[0],length(urlbuff)-1,bread,nil);
trigger:=0;
if not htmlvalidate(@urlbuff[0]) then
write('KWFound: ');
if processpingexserver(@urlbuff[0])then
writeln(datetimetostr(now),'#',count,' Title:',gethtmltitle,' - Got ',getsize(
getfilesize(hf,nil)),' in ',pingtime(gettickcount-t))else begin
writeln(datetimetostr(now),'#',count,'Failed:',gethtmltitle,' - Got ',getsize(
getfilesize(hf,nil)),' in ',pingtime(gettickcount-t));dec(count);playwave(1);end;
bmin:=min(GetFilesize2(hf),bmin);
bmax:=max(getfilesize2(hf),bmax);
totalb:=totalb+getfilesize2(hf);
closehandle(hf);
deletefile(urlfile);
if htmlvalidate(@urlbuff[0]) then begin PlayWave(0); inc(successcount);end;
end else begin playwave(1);
Writeln(datetimetostr(now),'#',count,' URL Error:',inttohex(hstat,0),#32,
geturlerror);
internetactup;
end;
totalt:=totalt+(gettickcount-t);
tmin:=min(tmin,gettickcount-t);
tmax:=max(tmax,gettickcount-t);
inc(count);
sleep(getdelay);
if getpacketcount=count-1 then ctrlping(ctrl_close_event);
goto urlloop;
end;
lookup:if strscan(getcommandline,'@')=nil then begin
myicmp.HostName:=paramstr(1);
if not myicmp.LookupAddress then begin
writeln(datetimetostr(now),' Failed to lookup ',myicmp.hostname);
sleep(2500);
playwave(1);
goto lookup;
end;end;
writeln('Pinging ',myicmp.hostname,'[',myicmp.hostip,']...');
a:=0;b:=0;c:=0;d:=0;
PingLoop:if strscan(getcommandline,'@')<>nil then begin
myicmp.HostName:=formatip(a,b,c,d,charcount(paramstr(1),'@'),myicmp.HostName);
write(myicmp.hostname,#32);
end;
t:=gettickcount;
myicmp.Data:=GetDataString;
reply:=myicmp.ping;
if reply=nil then begin
writeln(Datetimetostr(now),'#',count,' - No response');
playwave(0);
internetactup;
end else begin lastpong:=now;
writeln(datetimetostr(now),'#',count,#32,inet_ntoa(in_addr(reply.address)),' - ',
getstatcode,' Time:',pingtime(gettickcount-t),' TTL:',reply.options.ttl);
trigger:=0;
end;
totalt:=totalt+(gettickcount-t);
tmin:=min(tmin,gettickcount-t);
tmax:=max(tmax,gettickcount-t);
inc(count);
sleep(getdelay);
if getpacketcount=count-1 then ctrlping(ctrl_close_event);
goto pingloop;
end.
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