OmniPing Help

Welcome to OmniPing Professional!

Contents:

How to use OmniPing
What is this thing for, anyway?
System requirements
Licensing, registration, and upgrades

1. How to use OmniPing

Tabs and Overview:

OmniPing uses a friendly and intuitive "Tabbed" user interface. Following is a list of the tabs and their general purpose:

Ping - The main tab. Controls pinging, allows the user to save a result set (run) to the database.
Options - Enables the user to set default timeout, packet size, and other options, if desired.
Database - Allows access to the OmniPing Database. Saved runs, reporting, scheduling unattended OmniPing runs.
About - General information, local computer network info, contacting Manatee Software.

Pinging:

When OmniPing opens, simply enter the range of IP addresses that you would like to check, or use the default 1-254, and click on the "Ping" button. OmniPing will then begin pinging the range of IP addresses specified. IP addresses that return pings will be listed in the box on the Ping tab, along with round trip times. The default timeout is 3000 milliseconds. The timeout, as well as the data packet size, can be changed in the Options tab.

Note - OmniPing uses "Blocking Calls," which, while making the process more reliable, make user interruption once the pinging has begun slow on some systems. If this response is slow on your system, note that clicking the Cancel button once will stop OmniPing eventually.

Reports:

OmniPing provides a formatted report that can be run against saved OmniPing runs in the database. The report will compare all IP addresses in the saved runs to generate a list of used and free IP addresses.

In the report, used IP addresses are those that have returned a ping at least once in any number of saved runs. Free IP addresses are those that have never returned a ping.

To preview a report:

Click on the Database tab
Select the saved run from the drop down box
Click the Print Report button

To restart tracking a run from scratch, simply delete the run in the Database tab, and start saving runs again.

Scheduling:

OmniPing allows the scheduling of unattended runs. During a scheduled run, all user input (warnings, errors) that may appear are bypassed. Please verify the result set after a scheduled run to make sure that it is valid. The next scheduled run is always displayed in the bottom right corner of the OmniPing window.
Note - OmniPing must be running - open and ready - for a scheduled run to start at the scheduled time.

To create a new schedule:

Click on the Database tab.
Select the saved run for which a scheduled run is desired.
Click the Add Schedule button.

The Schedule window will appear. Note the IP address for the run at the top.

Select the month and year from the drop down boxes. This will set the calendar for the proper days of the month.
Click the day on the calendar.
Enter the time, in 24hr format, in the box at the bottom.
Click OK.

To Delete a schedule:

Click on the Database tab.
Select the schedule to be deleted in the Schedule list box.
Click the Delete Sched. button.

Note - if, when OmniPing is launched, an outdated schedule exists, the schedule will be deleted.

2. What is this thing for, anyway?

OmniPing was developed for network administrators and engineers for the purpose of network analysis and, in particular, IP address tracking, recovery, and assignment.

OmniPing can be used to verify which machines are running on a network, to find unused IP addresses from machines that are no longer around, or to help in organization and planning of network restructuring.

3. Requirements

Software and Operating System:

OmniPing is a 32 bit application, and has been tested in Windows 95 and NT 4. The proprietary TCP/IP stack that comes with these operating systems is required.

Note: Win95 users may have to upgrade to WinSock 2 in order to use OmniPing. (If you do, OmniPing will tell you.) This upgrade is free from Microsoft at http://www.microsoft.com, or from various places on the web. If you have trouble finding it, drop us a note, and we will point you to it. Windows NT 4.x users need not be concerned with this.

Hardware:

Any Intel based machine that will run Windows 95 or NT 4.x should run OmniPing without any problem. A Network card or Dial Up network connection is required in order to Ping.

4. License and Registration:

You are hereby licensed to use this software on a single computer for an indefinite amount of time. This software may not be copied except for archival purposes.

For upgrades, volume licensing, or academic licensing information, contact Manatee Software at:

Web - http://www.manasoft.com

E-Mail -
Sales - sales@manasoft.com
Support - support@manasoft.com
General information - tom@manasoft.com

Street Address:
Manatee Software
1780 East Ridge Road
Rochester, New York 14622

Warranty:

THIS SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. Because of the various hardware and software environments into which OmniPing may be installed, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED.

The user assumes the entire risk of using the program. ANY LIABILITY OF THE MANUFACTURER WILL BE LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO PRODUCT REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF PURCHASE PRICE.