TJPing/TJPingPro FAQ


TJPing and TJPingPro, by Jim Dunne. Copyright © 1996-2008. All Rights Reserved.

Q. Resetting the Graphical User Interface (GUI). I am using TJPingPro 2.0 or TJPing 3.0, and they won't even start, or I need to reset the GUI and I can't find the option to do so.

A. Try resetting the GUI with the GUI Reset Utility . First, close TJPingPro or TJPing. Run the GUI Reset utility, select either TJPing or TJPingPro, and click the "Reset GUI" button. Then click the "OK" button. Then restart TJPing or TJPingPro...your GUI should be reset.

Q.  Accessibility. Are TJPing and TJPingPro compliant with Section 508?

A.   Yes. TJPing  and TJPingPro are compliant with Section 508. 

Q.  TJPing 2.0 crashes when trying to do Lookups under Windows XP SP2.

A.  This has been fixed for TJPing v. 3.  For TJPing 2.0, if you right click on the file tjping.exe in Windows Explorer, select the "Compatibility" tab, and choose Windows 95/Windows ME, and hit OK, the program should work w/o crashing.
 

Q: Are TJPingPro and TJPing Y2K compliant?

A: Yes!  TJPing and TJPingPro are not reliant on dates for any of their functionality, so they are not affected by the Y2K issue.

Q: Will TJPing or TJPingPro operate behind a proxy server or firewall?

A: Yes. However, your firewall must be set to allow ICMP traffic.

Q: How can I export my TJPingPro settings and host lists to another computer?

A: In TJPingPro 2.0 and TJPing 3.0, go to the "Other Options" tab.  Click the "Export Settings" buttons to create an export file. Click the "Import Settings" buttons to import those settings. For earlier versions of TJPingPro/TJPing, you'll need to export the Registry settings from the first computer and merge the settings into the Registry on the second computer.  See the TJPingPro Export page for more details.

Q: When I try to start TJPing, I get an 'Error starting program' error box saying : "The TJPING.EXE file is linked to missing export OLEAUT32.DLL:420."

A: Your Automation libraries, including oleaut32.dll, are too old. Download MSVBVM50.EXE from the Microsoft Server and run it to update your libraries. 

Q: I am not able to set the "Packet Data Size (bytes):" number in the "Set Options" dialog box - the field is grayed out.
 
A: The "Packet Data Size (bytes):" number is tied to the "Packet Data To Send:" data. You cannot change the packet size directly, it changes automatically as you enter or remove data from the "Packet Data To Send:" edit box.

Q: If my ICMP.DLL is not located in c:\windows\system (for instance, it's actually on d:\windows\system) TJPing gives me an error message about not finding ICMP.DLL. What can I do?

A: Put a copy of ICMP.DLL in the same directory that TJPing is in, usually x:\Program Files\TJPing, where "x" is the drive letter. You may not be able to copy ICMP.DLL while Windows is running. You can download a copy of it from the Top Jimmy Homepage into your TJPing directory, if you don't want to shut down Windows to do the ICMP.DLL copy.

Q: What is the "Don't Fragment" option. Why would I want to use it?

A: This option allows a user to specify that a packet be kept together and not fragmented. Some people want this option so they can tell the maximum packet size on a host they are pinging. However, if you specify this option, the total packet size must be below the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) set for your computer. For Win 95 this is usually 1500 bytes. If your packet size is larger than this, and you try to ping with the "Don't Fragment" option set, you will get an error message telling you to uncheck this option.


Note: With WinSock 1.1, if a lookup is done on a host, and then one is done on a host with multiple IP addresses (such as www.microsoft.com), and then a subsequent lookup is done on the first host again, the result will contain the correct information, but also extra, erroneous IP addresses. This is a problem with the way WinSock 1.1 buffers information, and is not a problem with TJPing. Everything works correctly with v. 2.2 of wsock32.dll.
-Jim (May 20, 1997)

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Updated March 18, 2011