In previous articles we’ve built some useful servers. But this time let’s take a look at one of the most powerful network troubleshooting tools ever written: the mighty “ping” command. You may have ...

To monitor the number of existing ad-hoc clients on a wireless LAN, to identify devices that have set their own fixed addresses in the DHCP range or to take inventory of the devices currently ...

It's often useful to gain a quick measure of a network's "real-world" performance. Pinging is a technique in which you send a predetermined amount of data to a specific IP address on your own network ...