Essential NetTools is a set of network tools for diagnosing networks and monitoring your computer's network connections.
NetStat: displays the list of your computer's network connection, information on open TCP and UDP port, IP addres, and connection states. The program can map open ports to the owning application.NBScan: a powerful and fast NetBIOS scanner. This tool features parallel scanning, which allows checking a class C network in less than one minute.PortScan: an advanced TCP port scanner that allows you to scan your network for active ports. This tool features both conventional (full connect) and stealth (half-open) scanning modes.Shares: monitors and logs external connections to your computer's shared resource, lists local share, as well as allows to connect to remote resources that gives Windows 98/Me users NT user-level connectivity.SysFiles: a convenient editor for the system files: service, protocol, network, host, and lmhosts.NetAudit (NetBIOS Auditing Tool): allows you to perform security checks on your network and/or individual computers offering the NetBIOS file sharing service.RawSocket: provides you with the ability to establish low-level TCP and UDP connections to troubleshoot and test different networking services.TraceRoute and Ping: these familiar utilities featuring customizable options and a convenient results presentation.NSLookup: allows you to convert IP addresses to hostnames and perform advanced DNS queries.ProcMon: displays the list of running processes. With this tool, you can identify hidden application, kill running processe, manage your PC's resources more effectively.SNMPAudit: an SNMP device scanner that can discover SNMP devices in the selected network segment and receive customizable data from each of the devices.
Other features include report generation in various formats; a System Summary window.
Changes in this version:
New tool for working with wireless networks * Windows 7 support * Updated IP allocation map * Other improvements