ChickenPing v.9 Copyright, R.M., 1999


  1. The purpose of the program.

ChickenPing is a Microsoft Windows based Network Tool 
that can be used for gathering information about your 
computer and remote computers on the Internet or on your local Lan. 

From the ChickenPing Tabs you can select to find:

Local Info 
Your local IP. 
Your local host name. 

DNS 
Reverse lookup of a remote host to it's IP address. 
Reverse lookup of a remote IP to it's host name. 

Ping 
You can ping a host 
or Ping an IP 

Whois 
You can connect to the Internic or another whois server 
and check the status of a Domain Name. 

You can check for a persons E-Mail information on a local 
or remote whois server. 

ChickenPing Requires:
Microsoft Windows Operating System.
TCP/IP Winsock stack 
ChickenPing has been tested on Systems 
running Windows 95 through NT4. 



  2. Istallation.

To install ChickenPing extract the chknpng1.zip file into 
a new directory then run the setup.exe 

If you have downloaded the smaller size package (under 1mb) you will need 
to install the Visual Basic 6 runtime files. These files can be obtained 
at many large archive sites. If you have problems you can ask the site 
where you initially downloaded ChickenPing as to where they keep their 
Visual Basic 6 runtime files.

The Larger package includes all the files needed including the 
Visual Basic 6 runtime files.

chknpng1.zip = no Visual Basic runtime files - VB6 runtimes must be installed.

ChickenPing.exe or ChickenPing.zip = Full install with Visual Basic runtime files. 

ChickenPing.exe = Self Extracting Zip file 


Simtel should have the Visual Basic 6 runtime files located at:
simvb6-5.zip 1.4M VB6 Runtime Modules (Simtel). Self-installing 24-Jun-99 
ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/dll/simvb6-5.zip




  3. Program Status
ChickenPing is Freeware but Copyrighted. 

Disclaimer of Warrantee: 
This software and accompanying files are provided without 
Warrantees as to Performance or Merchantability. 

This application is free for you to use with the following 
conditions and exceptions. If you can not or do not agree to 
all of these terms you are not allowed to use, distribute or 
possess this application in any way or form. If your location 
or Country and Government would give you additional rights 
that would override these restrictions you are NOT allowed 
to have or use this program.

 First instead of money I ask that you find a farm in your 
area and visit a chicken and feed them some corn if you can. 
If you can't for some reason then, and in addition to the 
first part for those who can find a farm, you are requested 
at your next chance to make a choice of a chicken for a meal 
that you choose another entre. Preferably a slice of Pizza 
or a veggie-burger. I am lucky enough to have a small farm near 
my home where they don't eat the animals they raise instead 
they take care of them and allow people to come see them and 
enjoy them. Heh, Chickens really are nice little animals. 



  4. Distribution status.

Provided that you notify the author by e-mail and obtain a reply and 
release you are hereby licensed to make as many copies of this 
software and documentation as you wish as long as you give exact 
copies of the original without charge and distribute the software 
and documentation in it's original unmodified form.  

You are specifically prohibited from charging, or requesting donations, 
for any such copies, however made and from distributing the software 
and/or documentation with other products (commercial or otherwise) 
without prior written permission.

This software may not be used, distributed to or by, 
or possessed by any person or immediate family member of any person 
that is directly employed by or receives more then 30% of their 
annual income from a Government source of any Nation or State 
within the confines of the Earth. This includes restrictions on 
any organization including but not limited to Military Contractors 
and their affiliate companies, Educational Institutions both Public 
and Private of all grade levels with the exception of schools that 
provide services to the physically and mentally handicapped. 
Drafted Veterans or any person forced into military duty are 
fully exempt, enlisted are not exempt.

Additionally this product may not be used by any person that 
Uses Netscape products or is employed by Netscape unless they 
have also tried the latest current version of 
Microsoft Internet Explorer at the time of acquisition of  
ChickenPing. You don't  have to give up Netscape you just 
have to try Internet Explorer.



5. You may contact the author in the event of questions or problems.
by sending e-mail to:  chickenping@chickentech.virtualave.net      
However as said above ChickenPing is Freeware, no support is 
available and you use ChickenPing at your own risk.




6. Decompiling and Alteration Restrictions

No Person, Organization or Company will be given the 
right to reverse engineer, decompile or alter this 
program and/or the files that are distributed with this 
program. Source Code for this application is not available 
for distribution and is not allowed in any form.

This software was made with Microsoft programming applications 
and for that reason could include distributed software in 
the form of Visual Basic or other dlls and code that is 
and remains the property of Microsoft. Any other copyright 
issues should be directed to the author of the program. 




7. You may think these restrictions are a little strange, 
well your probably right but when it comes to the time 
in our worlds history that Governments have taken such 
control over our money and lives it's time to at least 
say out loud that this is not what life should be about.
I fully believe that this will never change and I also 
believe that no one will care about the restrictions I 
have requested to be placed on this program.


Anyway if you read all of this single click on the 
chicken in the About Tab  :o) 

 