Version 1.3.0

New to PowerPing Version 1.3.0

(Changes since v1.2.0)

New arguments:

• Symbols (/sym) - Render pings response times using ASCII characters
• Size (/s) - Set the size of the ICMP packet (in bytes)
• Version (/v) - Shows PowerPing version
• Beep (/b) - Sound beep on timeout (1) or reply (0)
• Whois (/whois) - Perform a whois lookup on an address
• Dont fragment header (/df) - Set 'Don't Fragment' flag in IP header
• RequestBuffer (/rb) - Set size of ICMP request buffer
• Random (/rng) - Fills packet data with random strings
• Limit (/l) - Limit output to just replies (1), requests (2) or summary (3)
• No Timeout (/nt) - Won't display timeout messages
• Quiet (/q) - No output (only applies to normal ping command)
• Reverse lookup (/res) - Perform reverse lookup on the entered address
• Inputted address (/ia) - Displays the address as it was originally entered
• Checksum (/chk) - Display checksum of returned packet

Tweaks:

• Added operation start time and average reply time to end results
• Reworked /scan and /flood UI
• Reworded and redefined packet sub names and colours schemes

Under the hood:

• Big improvements to packet recieve logic (@jdpurcell)
• Better handling of error packets (@jdpurcell)
• Added sessionID and sequence numbers to packets for better identification of packets (@jdpurcell)
• Results overflow checks
• Cleaned up comments
• Normal pings and Flood commands will now start in a new thread to improve responsiveness
• Complete refactor of display code
• Switched from using freegeoip to ipstack for ip location info

Fixes

• Fixed ping time defaulting to 0.1ms (@jdpurcell)
• Fixed delay using Control C to exit PowerPing (@jdpurcell)
• Fixed IP location service not working
• Fixed round trip time not correctly displaying in graph mode
  And many more...

Special thanks to @jdpurcell for contributing some key fixes and improvements that have plagued PowerPing since it's inital release