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Downloads:

2,778

Downloads of v 2.2.0:

5

Last Update:

17 Jul 2025

Published Date:

17 Jul 2025

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Gizmoware

Tags:

Bping

(Ready for review)

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2.2.0 | Updated: 17 Jul 2025

Downloads:

2,778

Downloads of v 2.2.0:

5

Published:

17 Jul 2025

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Gizmoware

Bping 2.2.0

(Ready for review)

Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by Gizmoware. The inclusion of Gizmoware trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify Gizmoware goods or services and not for commercial purposes.

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chtof (maintainer) on 17 Jul 2025 00:23:47 +00:00:

User 'chtof' (maintainer) submitted package.

chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 17 Jul 2025 00:58:06 +00:00:

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chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 17 Jul 2025 01:41:58 +00:00:

bping has passed automated package testing (verification). The next step in the process is package scanning.
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chocolatey-ops (reviewer) on 17 Jul 2025 01:52:59 +00:00:

bping has passed automated virus scanning.

Description

Bping (pronounced beeping) is a Windows ping alternative that beeps whenever it gets replies. I spend a lot of time diving under desks fiddling with network cables and got tired of looking up at the monitor to see how my pings were doing, and thus bping was born.

Has a bunch of enhancements over the regular ping.exe:

  • Beeps! (but you already knew that). The default sound is from Space Invaders, or you can specify a wav file to play, or use the system speaker. By default it beeps when it gets a response, but it can also beep only when it doesn't.

  • Can function as an internet connection tester. Just run bping with no commandline arguments and it'll keep testing your internet connection. This is by far my favorite usage for it.

  • Can scan an entire network and tell you at a glance what IP addresses are available and which are taken. See the screenshot below to see what this looks like. My second favorite usage for Bping.

  • Note that it doesn't replace the regular ping.exe, just type bping instead of ping whenever you want to use bping.

A note for Windows 7/8/10 users: for myseterious reasons Microsoft requires admin rights for access to the networking stack in Win 7/8/10, so you'll need to set Bping to run as admin. You can make that change permanent by right-clicking it and choosing Properties -> Compatibility, then check run

screenshot


tools\chocolateyinstall.ps1
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop';
$toolsDir   = "$(Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition)"

$packageArgs = @{
  packageName   = $env:ChocolateyPackageName
  unzipLocation = $toolsDir
  file         =  'bping.exe'

  url           = 'https://gizmoware.net/bping/bping.zip'
  checksum      = '266b391e2166f3059f17f7ed0499e64377bba1c8afd0a7f9ab7a11a03781940c'
  checksumType  = 'sha256'
}

Install-ChocolateyZipPackage @packageArgs

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Add to Builder Version Downloads Last Updated Status
Bping 2.2.0 5 Thursday, July 17, 2025 Ready
Bping 2.0 383 Saturday, April 6, 2019 Approved

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