What is Pinkie?

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Pinkie is a suite of network troubleshooting tools packaged in an intuitive, easy to use user interface using the One Window, One App architecture. The primary objective of Pinkie is to reduce the desktop clutter so a Network Administrator doesn't have to have 5 or 10 windows opened at the same time which takes up valuable screen real estate; thus making it much easier to navigate around the screen and troubleshoot network issues more effectively. The secondary objective of Pinkie is to reduce the number of applications that a Network Administrator must install, maintain and update on his or her computer to be able to do their job. Pinkie accomplishes both of these objectives and … [ Read more... ]

Using Ping Feature More Effectively!

May 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Ping is one of the features of Pinkie that I use extensively as a network admin.  In this blog, I'll show you how to take advantage of all the extra enhancements that come with Pinkie which you don't have in the Command Window. Ping Multiple Hosts: Press F1 to bring up the Add Host Address dialog. Enter hosts/IP addresses which can be separated by space, comma, semi-colon, tab or a line feed. Reduce/Increase # of Rows Displayed For Ping Results: By default, Pinkie … [ Read more... ]

A Fresh New Look

May 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

I've decided to switch to Wordpress and use it as the CMS platform to manage the website. By doing this, I can leverage the CMS to maintain and update the website, giving me more time to focus on the development of Pinkie itself. The primary reason for this decision basically boils down to time & resource management. For the last six months or so, I've been pretty busy and haven't been able to keep up with all the work that I have in the pipeline for Pinkie. As the … [ Read more... ]

Download Pinkie v2.15

May 13, 2012 By 4 Comments

Pinkie v2.15 is the current release as of May 2012. The older versions are no longer supported and have been removed. v2.15 is available in both 32 and 64 bit. Please select the appropriate version for your operating system. Pinkie 32 bit Pinkie 64 bit … [ Read more... ]

Pinkie v2.15

May 13, 2012 By 2 Comments

Pinkie has been through over three years of continuous development and improvements. The current version is v2.15. This is the latest and greatest as of May 2012. Below are the changes/bug fixes that have been implemented in this version. Added IPv6 support for Ping, DNS, Traceroute, Subnet Calculator & PortScanner Added Bulk DNS lookup Added input validation for IPv4 & IPv6 Added option to use Enter key as new line Added option to edit host … [ Read more... ]

Pinkie v1.85

May 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Pinkie v1.85 was the next major and stable release. It didn't get another update for about a year and a half later. Added keyboard shortcuts Added support for 64 bit computers Added implementation of RFC 1350 (TFTP Protocol) Added implementation of RFC 1783 (Block Size Negotiation) Added implementation of RFC 1784 (Timeout & Transfer Size Negotiations) Added logging options to include timestamp, packet sequence number and file extention Added icon to … [ Read more... ]

Pinkie v1.25

May 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Pinkie v1.17 was followed by v1.25 a short few weeks later. Miscellaneous UI fixes Bug fix for Ping when Stop All Hosts is clicked Bug fixes for PingSweep Bug fixes for DNS lookup when addresses are not resolved & hosts are deleted Copy IP address when it is clicked on in PingSweep tab Optimized PingSweep procedures Encrypted application settings … [ Read more... ]

Pinkie v1.17

May 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

This was Pinkie's second public release. Introducing the PortScanner for the first time. Bug fixes for PingSweep and Subnet Calculator UI Bug fixes for status bar Bug fix for PingSweep threading Bug fix for copy ping stats to clipboard Migrated application settings to XML file Added saved settings for Traceroute, Subnet Calculator, PingSweep and PortScanner Added option to show/hide binary information for Subnet Calculator Added option to copy host name … [ Read more... ]

Pinkie v1.08

May 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

This was the first public release for Pinkie: Bug fixes for ping & traceroute Bug fix for reverse DNS lookup Added option start/stop pinging all hosts Added ability to copy to clipboard for ping, traceroute & DNS Added logging option for ping Added logging option for traceroute Added menu bar Added status bar Added features to save & restore window size, location & other options Added Subnet Calculator Added Ping Sweep … [ Read more... ]