Advanced IP Scanner
Nmap
Angry IP Scanner
Fing
Zenmap
Port Authority
Advanced Port Scanner
Dipiscan
SmokePing
PingPlotter
PingInfoView
Fping (open source)
Ping Meter Gadget
Multiping
Open Nettest
NetCrunch Tools
SmokePingSmokeping used to be one of my favourity tools when I was working as a SysAdmin long time ago. It's offers such a clever way of presenting the data, that it is super easy to identify any issues.
I still wonder why modern tools haven't adopted this ingenious technique.
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Nmap is very handy for doing deep scans, and I use it when I want to do a thorough scan of my network, but for when I want to do a simple ping scan to figure out what is active on the network and responding to pings, I have found Advanced IP Scanner to be very handy (advanced-ip-scanner.com). It will also do basic scans to tell you what if a device is running a web server (great for finding network connected... Source: over 2 years ago
I'd recommend setting up SmokePing or Vaping to get a better idea of latency and connectivity. Source: 10 months ago
Let me introduce you to a rather old, but still highly useful, tool for free. Takes a little leg work to get going, but pays off in style. https://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/. Source: 11 months ago
So I would run Smoke Ping (https://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/) for a while to get an idea of the loss. If it really is an external issue, you can try a VPN to hopefully pickup a different route. Source: 11 months ago
I personally like smokeping, https://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/ . Has lots of different probes so you can do more than just "ping if it is alive". Source: about 1 year ago
I previously made a post asking for some ping results for various people in the area. Thank you to everyone who replied. Some of the comments encouraged me to set up a more proper monitoring system for keeping track of latencies to various servers, and to consider more than just ICMP ping as said packets are likely deprioritized. I set up an instance of SmokePing and have it monitoring a number of services, as... Source: about 1 year ago
Nmap - Nmap Free Security Scanner, Port Scanner, & Network Exploration Tool. Download open source software for Linux, Windows, UNIX, FreeBSD, etc.
PingPlotter - PingPlotter is a troubleshooting tool that helps IT professionals and neophytes identify, diagnose, and resolve network issues.
Angry IP Scanner - Open-source and cross-platform network scanner designed to be fast and simple to use
PingInfoView - PingInfoView is a small utility that allows you to easily ping multiple host names and IP addresses, and watch the result in one table.
Fing - Discover which devices are connected to any Wi-Fi network, map devices, detect intruders, assess...
Fping (open source) - fping is a program to send ICMP echo probes to network hosts, similar to ping, but much better performing when pinging multiple hosts.