| Features
of Version 2.0 |
| Discovery
|
| Addresses
Scan |
Three
types of discovery : single address, range of addresses, full
subnet. Checkboxes to use DNS, SNMP and/or TCP Ports. Customizable
retries and timeouts. ICMP not required to discover behind firewalls.
Maps can also be updated using either DNS name or IP address
as the permanent identifier. Detailed discovery log. |
| MAC
Addresses |
If you
are using NetworkView on a LAN, it will get all MAC addresses
from your local ARP table, then will retrieve the NIC manufacturer
by comparing the OUI (Organizationally Unique Identifier) with
the information in its database (more than 5000 records). |
| Nodes
types |
Each network
node is classified as one of the built-in type and icon: Server,
Workstation, Unix station, Router, Printer, ... There are currently
19 types available. A type can be associated with each entry
in the OID and MAC Addresses Databases.
|
| Nodes
editing |
Manual
addition of nodes : you can add one or x nodes manually, and
edit them as you like. Routes can also be added manually on
devices in case you do not have the correct community name.
Almost unlimited text can be entered as a note for each node. |
| SNMP |
A complete
database containing more than 5000 enterprise and device sysObjectIDs.
Fully editable, with add, delete or modify capabilities. Import
from text files (.csv delimited format) if you have your own
lists. An internal hard coded list of the most frequent devices
found in networks. |
| Route
discovery |
A graphic box is displayed for each node acting as a router,
showing the addresses of the connected networks. You can add
any text next to the IP information (building, city, country..)
to describe the destination.
|
| Port
analysis |
NetworkView
analyses five standard ports (FTP, TELNET, SMTP, HTTP, POP3)
to try to get information about the nodes. You can specify three
additional custom ports that could be meaningful to you (IMAP4
143, HTTPS 443, Quote 17...?) |
| Port
scan |
NetworkView has two full TCP port scanners: one for discovery
time and another available as a "right click" contextual
tool. You can specify any range of ports (For example: 20-25,
80, 110, 199-125). |
| Sorting |
In each view, nodes can be sorted by TCP/IP address, MAC Address,
DNS name, sysObjectID, Type, Enterprise/Device, sysName, or
real time monitoring status. Use the Find button to locate nodes
in the map by name or IP address. |
| Monitoring |
| Status |
Simultaneous monitoring of several networks with ICMP polling.
Four states : UP (green), DOWN (red), UNKNOWN (blue) and NOT
MONITORED (white). |
| Logs |
Two history log views available for monitoring :
- UP and DOWN events
- Copy of all alert emails. |
| Autostart |
Launch the monitoring process on your network automatically
at server boot. |
| Alerts |
| SMTP |
You can choose to send SMTP emails to one or several addresses
when nodes become unreachable. You also choose how many emails
you want to receive (between 1 and infinite) and get a final
email when the nodes come up again. The emails contains 3 category:
Node just DOWN, ALREADY DOWN and UP AGAIN. |
| Sound |
Be warned
of UP and DOWN events with chosen .wav files, or little built-in
music and beeps. |
| External
Utilities |
Use any
external utility (net send, pager..) to send alerts. Two modes:
an alert for each event or a network summary. |
| MIB
Browser |
| Mib
Browser |
A Mib Browser
lets you get/set any value from your MIB2 or proprietary MIBs.
You can export the result to the clipboard or a text file. Ten
favorite OIDs can be saved for future use. Symbolic names are
supported. |
| Miscellaneous |
| Preferences |
A lot
of parameters can be customized: general discovery behavior,
network and color options, size and number of the nodes in the
map, email and sound alerts, color or BW printing, custom ports,
custom contextual menus and many other. |
| Reports
|
Four types
of reports available : a list of nodes with notes texts, a list
of collected SNMP information, a list of addresses and routes
on each device and a list of TCP Ports information. Print and
print preview with column customization available. |
| Export
map as |
EMF You
can save a complete map as a EMF (Enhanced MetaFile). This is
a vectorial type file that will allow you to modify the sizes,
colors and shapes of every items with an external graphic application
(Designer, Paint Shop Pro, Visio). |
| Custom
menus |
You can
customize the menus for each node by adding 3 of your favorite
applications, and pass them the IP address or DNS name of the
current node. For example, VNC, Telnet on port 25, external
Telnet application. |
| Printing
|
Full print
and print preview capabilities for views and reports, producing
high quality network color maps in seconds ! Choose the number
of nodes you want on a single sheet : between 10 and 300. |
| User
interface |
Multiple
Document Interface let you view and/or monitor several networks
at the same time. Each view is simply a container that can hold
any node form any subnet. For example a node 192.168.10.1 can
be in the same view as 10.1.1.1 |
| Requirements |
| Operating
System |
Windows
XP, Windows NT 4.0 Server or Workstation, Windows 2000 Professional,
Server or Advanced Server, Windows ME, 98 (Windows 95 not supported).
On NT/2000/XP, you must have administrator rights to use discovery
and monitoring. SNMP management API is not provided on Win98
and ME. |
| Floppy
usage |
The program,
including the complete SNMP and MAC addresses databases, can
be used from a floppy. You even get enough space to store information
for a few hundred nodes. |
| Code
and Database |
Standalone
multi-threaded 32 bits C++ program. No external DLLs. Complete
fast database code included. No external DAO, OLE DB, ADO, ODBC
(or else...) needed. |
