MultiPing Grapher, Multiping.exe
Version 1.3.0; June 2006
Software by Carsten Schmidt

If you like this software, please consider donating. Follow the link:
http://software.ccschmidt.de/appreciation.html
You will find a link to my Amazon wishlist and to my Paypal account.

Please report bugs and feature requests to:
Carsten@CCSchmidt.de


How does it work and what does it do?
MPG is a further development of Perfping with the ability to graph 
up to 10 different ICMP results. See
http://software.ccschmidt.de/#perfping

Start the program, use File|Open host file to open a text file with a 
list of maximum of 10 IP addresses.
You can also start the program with a host list as starting parameter.
E.g. Multiping.exe hosts.txt

Using predefined host lists, MPG will give you a fast way of checking
multiple connections immediately when you suspect trouble. Comparison
of the different results will give you an indication of where to look 
first. 
You may also adjust ping interval and ICMP payload (size of the data 
portion of the ICMP packet) to fit your needs. Use the trackbar to 
change the values or enter the value in the edit field.

The format of the host file is ten lines of text, each line with one
host and its description, separated by a ';'.
See below for an example provided with the program:

www.spain.info;Spain test
www.cisco.com;Cisco test
www.heise.de;German test
www.abc.es;ABC test
www.t-com.de;Telekom test
www.cctv.com;China test
www.southafrica.net;SA test
www.norwaypost.no;Norway test
www.australia.com;Down under test
127.0.0.1;Your's truly



Comments:
- Thanks to François Piette for the internet component suite, Angus 
  Robertson for the threaded version of Ping and Marius Ebel for 
  the graph component.


Version history
1.3.0; June 2006
- graphs were exchanged from JBKTrend component to RAG graphs by 
  Marius Ebel
- added image export function to the graphs
- error handling implemented: "destination unreachable" replies are 
  now added as 0 ms replies and not with the reply time of the 
  router

1.2.0; March 2006
- improved GUI, better labeling of graphs
- added saving of new host list with hostnames and descriptions
- added option to show only 4 graphs

1.1.3 December 2005
- various improvments
- more options saved to and retrieved from registry
- added feature requests
-- added writing of log file
-- different number of graphs shown
-- log view was widenend

1.1.1 October 2005
- added feature request
-- interval and payload as edit fields
- added About window


1.1.0 September 2005
- average of the last 100 pings shown
- when started with a host list file as parameter, polling is started
  automatically
- timer and payload values are written to registry  


1.0 September 2005
first release