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Paping is a computer network administration utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) network and to measure the time it takes to connect to a specified port. The name is a play on the word ping, another computer network administration utility.

Paping operates by attempting to connect to a Internet Protocol TCP/IP port on the target. In the process it measures the time taken for a connection to be established and records any connection failures. The results of the test are printed in form of a statistical summary of the connections made including the minimum, maximum, and the mean connection times.

Paping is cross-platform software, currently supporting Windows and Linux

Sample ping test
The following is a sample output of paping against en.wikipedia.org on TCP/IP port 80 (http) under Windows: C:\>paping -p 80 en.wikipedia.org -c 10 paping v1.5.000 - Copyright (c) 2010 Mike Lovell

Connecting to text.pmtpa.wikimedia.org [208.80.152.2] on TCP 80:

Connected to 208.80.152.2: time=46.80ms protocol=TCP port=80 Connected to 208.80.152.2: time=31.20ms protocol=TCP port=80 Connected to 208.80.152.2: time=31.20ms protocol=TCP port=80 Connected to 208.80.152.2: time=31.20ms protocol=TCP port=80 Connected to 208.80.152.2: time=31.20ms protocol=TCP port=80 Connected to 208.80.152.2: time=31.20ms protocol=TCP port=80 Connected to 208.80.152.2: time=31.20ms protocol=TCP port=80 Connected to 208.80.152.2: time=31.20ms protocol=TCP port=80 Connected to 208.80.152.2: time=31.20ms protocol=TCP port=80 Connected to 208.80.152.2: time=31.20ms protocol=TCP port=80

Connection statistics: Attempted = 10, Connected = 10, Failed = 0 (0.00%) Approximate connection times: Minimum = 31.20ms, Maximum = 46.80ms, Average = 32.76ms