Network Design Software Reviews and Downloads

AlertPingPro

This program verifies accessibility of your host computers by pinging IPs on your local area network or the Internet. Build a list of TCP/IP devices to verify their network connections.

CurrPorts

CurrPorts allows you to view a list of ports that are currently in use, and the program that is using it. You can close a selected connection and also terminate the process using it, and export all or selected items to a HTML or text report. Additional information includes the local port name, local/remote IP address, highlighted status changes and more.

VisualRoute

Visual Route is a graphical traceroute, ping and whois utility that traces IP addresses and domains to their origin and displays the results on a graphical world map. It can identify the physical location of the address down to the city level and provide owner and contact integration via integrated Whois lookup. VisualRoute also helps to analyze Internet connectivity problems, allowing you to detect and document the cause for poor internet connectivity, so you`ll know for sure whether the problem lies within your ISP or is related to other network problems. Additional features include browser integration, zoom enabled world map, program port testing and more.

LanFlow Net Diagrammer

LanFlow Net Diagrammer is a drawing tool for laying out, designing, and documenting a network, LAN, internet, or other communications system. Drop in components like computers, workstations, and servers and then connect them with lines and cables of all sorts. Choose your components from the built-in symbols, clip-art, and icons or add your own using any Windows metafile, bitmap, or JPEG (web) graphic. Use simple lines to connect your components or use dashes, curves, arrows or complex combinations for any type of line you like. You can enter explanatory text at any location. LanFlow contains extensive features such as full zoom, OLE connectivity for inserting charts in other documents, poster printing,connection points. Now supports adding over 35,000 symbols.

Path Analyzer Pro

Path Analyzer Pro delivers advanced network route-tracing with performance tests, DNS, whois, and network resolution to investigate network issues. By integrating all these powerful features into one simple graphical interface, Path Analyzer Pro has become a must-have tool for any network, systems, or security professional on Windows and Mac OS X. Up to 20 times faster than traditional traceroute Stunning report generation and export to impress your colleauges Easy-to-use graphical interface for Windows and MacOS X Vivid charts make network problems obvious Map-based location of IP addresses with zoom, pan, and details Charts and graphs take the guess-work out of performance testingLaw enforcement specific features including e-mail address tracing Automatic detection of filters, stateful firewalls, and other anomalies One-time or extended-duration testing for performance analysis Min, max, avg, and standard deviation measurements for each protocol Resolves autonomous system numbers (ASN) based on real-time routing

Paessler WMI Tester

Paessler WMI Tester enables you to test the accessibility of WMI counters on the network. You can choose to query memory, processes, local disks, processors, or run a custom SQL query. Standalone, no install needed.

Ideal Administration

Ideal Administration offers centralized administration for Windows NT/2000/2003 domains. It simplifies the administration of Windows NT/2000/2003 networks by integrating all functionalities needed to manage user accounts, servers and domains. The product allows remote control of your Windows NT/2000/XP/9x systems, including user password migration between NT/2000 domains, TSE & Exchange (5.5 & 2000) management, Active Directory management (OU, Windows 2000 groups, Windows 2000 user properties)and management of trusted relationships. It also allows to create or modify NT services/devices on several computers at once as well as transfer between servers, computers, groups, users, shares and printers. Additional features include database recording of user properties, groups and shared folders, daily recording of sessions and opened files, command line operation and more. Ideal Administration looks very similar to the Windows 2000 "Manage Computer" MSC and provides access to almost all administrative functions for the entire domain from a single, easy to use interface.

Cirrus Configuration Manager

Cirrus Configuration Manager is a network configuration and change management solution that automates device configuration management across multi-vendor network infrastructures. It supports automated network configuration changes and control of device configurations from a central console. Cirrus can also detect and alert on network configuration problems in real time, and roll back configuration changes on demand.

Engineers Toolset

The Engineer's Toolset is SolarWinds' flagship Toolset solution, including software applications ranging from configuration management, bandwidth and network performance monitoring to award-winning discovery and fault management tools. In addition to Cisco Router management tools the latest edition now includes a Netflow Analysis application. Download

Orion Netflow Traffic Analyzer

So youve sent half a dozen e-mails, pleading with employees to stop using the corporate network for bandwidth-hogging applications like streaming music and playing World of Warcraft, but no one seems to care. Youve been called out by upper management due to poor network performance more times than youve thought about attending Comic-Con. Now, what? Orion NetFlow Traffic Analyzer enables you to capture continuous streams of network traffic and convert those raw numbers into easy-to-interpret charts and tables that reveal exactly how the corporate network is being used, by whom and for what purpose enabling you to shut down the bandwidth hogs. NetFlow Traffic Analyzer helps you answer questions like: Which applications are consuming network bandwidth? Which users are generating the most traffic? Which IP addresses are my top talkers? Should I upgrade my WAN bandwidth? Why? What is the historical trend of bandwidth of my WAN and LAN links? When my network is running hot, what's going on?

NetFlow Configurator

Meet the newest free tool in the SolarWinds portfolio: NetFlow Configurator! NetFlow traffic analysis has become an increasingly important factor when it comes to managing your network and keeping an eye on bandwidth utilization. So we designed a free tool that makes it easier than ever before to get started with Cisco NetFlow! SolarWinds NetFlow Configurator is an easy-to-use tool for remotely and quickly configuring NetFlow v5 via SNMP on supported Cisco devices. NetFlow Configurator also facilitates setting up collectors for Cisco NetFlow data, specifying the ports on which the collectors are listening, and enabling monitoring of inbound and outbound (ingress/egress) traffic data per interface. NetFlow Configurator is just one of several SolarWinds applications that can aid you in performing NetFlow traffic analysis. Check out these other excellent NetFlow tools with FREE 30-day evaluations! SolarWinds NetFlow Real-time Tool, which is included in our award-winning Engineer's Toolset, is a real-time capture and analysis tool that stores up to one hour of Cisco NetFlow data on a single router interface. It displays interface inbound and outbound traffic separately for granular analysis and troubleshooting. Orion NetFlow Traffic Analyzer enables you to capture continuous streams of network traffic across multiple router interfaces and convert those raw numbers into easy-to-interpret charts and tables that reveal exactly how the corporate network is being used, by whom and for what purpose enabling you to shut down the bandwidth hogs.

HiliSoft SNMP MIB Browser

HiliSoft MIB Browser is a powerful and easy-to-use network management and anylysis tool. It loads the SNMP MIB files and parses them very quickly and then build 2 tree views for MIB nodes and MIB files(modules) respectively. Using the tree views users are easy to browse and edit values of SNMP agent's variable via SNMP v1, v2c or v3 communication. A built-in trap receiver can collect trap information from SNMP agents.

RogueScanner

An open source tool focused on device classification and detection of rogue devices. An open source tool focused on device classification and detection of rogue devices. An advanced tool for exploring networks, supporting various fingerprinting and scanning techniques for discovering devices and identifying their unique characteristics

VisualRoute 2007 Lite Edition

The graphical report shows the network route from your computer to your destination, identifies the network devices along the route and shows where any data loss or slow response occurs.

LanHelper

LanHelper is a network information scanner, that includes Wake-On-LAN and remote commands to control network machines. It can automatically enumerate your network and gather information including Shares, MAC address, online status, operating system and more. You are provided with options to access the machines , send network messages, reboot the machine, map network drives, exportto XML and more. The remote command execution can also be scheduled, which allows you to perform various administrative tasks automatically. It includes several pre-configured system commands, and you can also use normal command line execution. LanHelper does not require any client installations, however the $Admin share needs to be present and you must have proper access privileges to use the remote execution features.

OLFolders

OLFolders (formerly OutlookFolders) enables you to provide common access to all data in Outlook across a network, without the need for a MS Exchange server. You can create multiple users (up to 75) and set access privileges for each, on a per folder level. You can limit a user to specified folder and read-only access, while allowing another one full or restricted access to all or selected folders. OLFolders runs as a server/client application, where the server is installed on the machine that runs the shared Outlook, and others connect to it via a client program that integrates into Outlook. Data stored on the server Outlook appear as public folders on each client.

X-NetStat Professional

X-NetStat Professional is tool to monitor and analyze your Intenet or network connection. It can list all current connections along with the associated processes, used bandwidth and additional host information. It also integrates Whois lookup, traceroute and other networking utilities to further investigate a specific connection. You have the option to terminate a connection, and also mark it for future reference. In addition, you can use custom rules to notify you of specific connections, perform an action or terminate it automatically. Other features include remote access (in server mode), detailed logging, integrated port database andmore.

GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner

LANguard allows you to not only scan your network, but do it from a Hackers perspective. It will identify all machines on your network, their Netbios info, open ports, shares and much more. LANguard Network Scanner can also display installed hotfixes and scan for known security issues - providing you with a web link to more information if any are found. It includes a large database of common vulnerabilities, including CGI, FTP, registry exploits and more.

Kiwi CatTools

Kiwi CatTools is a utility for managing routers switches and other network devices. It provides automated configuration backups, password changing and scripted configuration commands.

LanBrowser

This LAN utility allows you to manage and report on multiple devices in one action. You can modify users, groups and services. It allows the monitoring of utilization, port scanning, connections, open files and eventlog searching. It can also send an e-mail notification when a threshold is exceeded. You can view detailed hardware properties using the WMI Browser, which can report on any WMI enabled device and return details about hardware and software on the devices on your network.

Shunra VE Desktop

Shunra VE Desktop is a network simulation software tool. It simulates a wide area network link, including latency, jitter, bandwidth and packet loss - enabling users to test applications under a variety of current and potential network conditions - directly from the desktop. With this insight, users can quickly find and fix program and network related performance problems before and after deployment in production.

PortMarshaller

PortMarshaller enables you to transparently forward TCP ports to a different machine and remote port. It offers a browser based interface with simple configuration options that let you specify the TCP port to redirect, as well as the destination IP and port. The interface also provides several basic session and historical statistics. PortMarshaller runs as a service, and can be optionally integrated with Microsoft IIS. The program lacks IP filtering for security, as well as support for UDP redirection.

EMCO Remote Deployment Kit

This suite allows you to install and uninstall applications silently and remotely. It can read all necessary information with a push of a button to build a

AdmWin

AdmWin is an advanced toolkit for Windows, Linux and Novell network Administrators, that provides you with a variety of essential administration tools. Among other, it allows to batch manage user accounts, AD-properties, terminal server accounts, passwords, directories, Exchange mailboxes, quotas, IIS web-shares and more. You can collect system information and event log records from all XP/2000/NT machines in the network, including reports on installed software, desktop content, currently open files and much more. In addition, you can manage remote machines via command prompt, move accounts between Windows, Linux and Novell directory servers, access the service manager and process manager as well as shut them down, send messages and more. The program includes detailed help and several tutorials.

ConceptDraw NetDiagrammer

ConceptDraw NetDiagrammer has been developed for professional computer network diagramming, LAN scanning and visualization, preparation of network documentation, office/building/home network planning. The software is intended for network administrators, IT directors, network designers and engineers, and for everyone who finds detailed network documentation, diagramming and schematics critical. The software includes large collections of task-specific shapes of network objects as well as templates, samples, and easy-to-use wizards.

Ideal Migration

Ideal Migration provides reliable migration to from NT to Windows 2000 (and vice versa) and manages your Windows 2000 domain consolidation. After an initial configuration, it automates most of the process and manages the transfer of all required objects including user account passwords, Terminal Server properties, file and directory permissions, printers etc. It supports selective migration, so you can choose which shares and user accounts should be migrated. Ideal Migration is capable of re-organizing an entire IT system.

3d Traceroute

3d Traceroute is a full blown three dimensional traceroute program that allows you to visually monitor internet connectivity. It offers an attractive and fast loading 3D interface as well as optional text results. The 3D graphs can be manipulated by rotation, zoom and several other options. You can also record and playback individual traces for detailed investigation. 3d Traceroute also offers statistical displays as well as keeping track of trace history. Additional support is offer for OpenGL interface. Very nice tool!

EMCO EventLog Audit Professional

This software is a utility for scanning, storing, and manipulating event log data on a LAN. It stores the event log data from all machines on a LAN to a powerful Microsoft SQL Server database where you can search for any details such as event ID, type, category, source, user SID, string from the event message, and time period, by applying your SQL queries.

GFI EventsManager

GFI EventsManager is a simple to use events management solution that boasts the most advanced event processing and filtering rules in the industry. GFI EventsManager delivers insight into all that is happening on the IT infrastructure and ensures maximum network uptime; acts as an early-warning system for all potential hardware and software failures, whilst monitoring and alerting on possible security breaches.

EMCO Network Management

This deployment tool installs, removes and configures applications on remote computers on a LAN.

Clarity

Clarity system integrates different services used by software developers and managers in one universal web-based solution. It helps to automate different everyday tasks in several areas of software development such as project management, issue/bug tracking, documentation and customer support. Clarity is built on Java technology so it can be installed on most operating systems and hardware platforms.

MSG

MSG is a utility for sending NetBIOS (Net Send) messages from a graphical interface. MSG gives you the ability to search your workgroup or domain for available computers, send to entire workgroups or domains, specify the "From" field of the message and more, all from within an easy to use interface. If you install the optional MSGProxyService component, you can also enjoy the same functionality on a network remote to you from the same interface.

AccountAudit

AccountAudit enables network administrators to examine the user account database of a Domain Controller in a Windows Domain. It can report on common security risks such as accounts without password, locked accounts, accounts with non-expiring passwords and other scenarios. AccountAudit also includes a Account Information Tool that allows you to review information for specific user accounts. The reports are generated in HTML format and includes Notes, Recommendations and Risk Ratings. The free version is limited to 50 user accounts.

Unbrowse SNMP

Unbrowse SNMP makes it painless to monitor and configure your SNMP enabled routers, switches, and servers. A unique spreadsheet like MIB walker allows you to view and modify MIB tables effortlessly. Unbrowse introduces a time saving concept called MyMibs. You can drag and dop frequently used MIB objects to create your own views.

Universal Traffic Manager

NetUP UTM (Universal Traffic Manager) is a professional billing system for Internet Service Providers. The core of the system, written in C++, is a smart and reliable accounting engine working directly with network equipment. It supports up to 100,000 users at a total speed of up to 3 Gbps. UTM allows you to operate a broad range of services: Leased Lines, Dial-Up and VPN, Hotspot, IP-Telephony, etc.

NetManage Centralized IP Address Manager

NetManage Centralized IP Address Manager, is web-based enterprise IP address management solution allowing administrators to take control of their IP network. Keep track of your IP address assignments with an easy to navigate interface. Organize by geographical location or by any format that will suit your needs. You now have the ability to easily create and assign subnets to a department or perhaps an office in another location. With its built-in Ip Subnet calculator, SNMP and ICMP tools, you can easily break down your subnets using CIDR(Classless Inter Domain Routing) blocks and determine network and broadcast addresses along with the total number of usable IP addresses.

KS-Soft MIB Browser

KS-Soft MIB Browser allows you to access SNMP devices and view a tree display of MIB variables with their associated values. You can easily load standard and proprietary MIB files, and also manipulate available data. KS-Soft MIB Browsersupports SNMP Get as well as Get Next requests.

MIB Browser

View the hierarchy of SNMP MIB variables in the form of a tree and view additional information about each node. Compile standard and proprietary MIB files, and view and manipulate data that is available in an SNMP agent. The software can perform SNMP Get and Get_Next requests, allowing you to check the propriety and current value of the counter on specific SNMP agent.

ExcelliPrint IPDS AFP

ExcelliPrint is an IPDS AFP printing solution allowing you to print IPDS to Non-IPDS printers. AFP (IPDS & AFPDS) and SCS to PDF, IPDS Print-to-file Archiving, Driver-independent Printing, Role-based Administration, IBM iSeries Device Management. ExcelliPrint allows you to print IPDS documents to your Windows-based printers instead of printing to special IPDS printers.

WMI Explorer

WMI is an acronym for Windows Management Instrumentation. WMI is the Microsoft's implementation of Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) - a new management technology that allows software to monitor and control managed resources throughout the network. Such managed resources include hard drives, file systems, settings of operating system, processes, services, shares, registry settings, networking components, event logs, users, groups, etc.

WinAgents MIB Browser

WinAgents MIB Browser enables you to inspect and configure devices that support the SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) protocol. The program allows you to read and modify the values of SNMP variables, as well as to monitor changes in these variables over time. It provides a convenient interface and a network discovery wizard, that can automatically scan for available SNMP devices on your LAN. Other features include an MIB editor with syntax highlighting, grouping of devices, user defined bookmarks as well as other conveniences that will be appreciated by professional users. WinAgents MIB Browser supports SNMP versions 1,2 and 3.

ServersCheck MIB Browser

ServersCheck MIB Browser enables to you manage SNMP devices. It allows you to load vendor specific MIB files for SNMP operations and supports GET, GETNEXT, SET and WALK commands for the SNMP v1/2/3 protocols. The program also integrates with the ServerCheck software for monitoring of selected OIDs.

TCP Port Toolkit

This software is a Winsock client program with data transmission, log and scripting features. You can use this program for implementing and debugging TCP/IP or UDP/IP based protocols. The TCP Port Toolkit can send and receive commands in textual and binary code if a successful connection to a server is established.

Zafari Mobile Standard

Manage your mobile workforce with Zafari Mobile. This program allows you to connect your laptop or tablet PC to any network, fixed or mobile, using any modem device over any operator using WiFi, DSL, GPRS, EDGE, HSCSD, HSDPA, UMTS and Dial. It supports the following modem devices: Sony Ericsson GC75, GC79, GC83, GC85, GC89, Option Wireless Globetrotter GPRS and GPRS/WLAN Combo, Option Fusion, LightSpeed GPRS and GPRS/WLAN Combo, Novatel U520/U530 UMTS, Sierra Wireless 710/750/775 Aircard, Centrino 2100, 2200 and 2915 PCI Chipset, and all Wi-Fi Alliance certified PC cards. Version 2.0.4.5 includes support for Microsoft VPN and Zafari M-Zone Portal.

BeTwin

This software enables two to five users to share the computing power of a single computer. It creates a virtual PC station for each user to simultaneously and independently operate in each station, similar to the user operating on the host PC. It makes use of the pre-emptive multitasking feature of the Windows operating system to fully utilize the unused processing power in processors and enables users to run the same or different applications simultaneously and independently to create and edit documents, and to share peripherals, for example, CD-ROM, printers and other hardware installed on the host PC.

RzKFlow

Collect and present (Cisco) NetFlow records sent from switches or routers with RzKFlow. The program aggregates the received records for a given interval of time and until midnight. The resulting communication matrices can be stored in well linked Web pages and CSV files. You can see how many frames and how many bytes are exchanged between the stations (IP addresses), the IP networks, the ports on the network and the autonomous systems (only available if the router uses BGP). You can use the software as a standalone program and process the daily saved CSV or HTML files directly. But it was also designed to work as a probe for the accounting and network monitoring software, RzK NetControl.

SilkWorm

Accelerate deployments, updates and even configuration changes with this program. Update all systems at once, shutdown all systems at once, keep logs of each step of the process and export logs to spreadsheet programs.

BreakPoint

This program brings a definitive understanding as to why you are unable to reach the Internet or any other network resource.

EMCO Remote Registry Exporter

Detect available machines on your network and add machines manually, via a range of IP addresses, and machines available on a domain or workgroup. Export registry keys from local or remote machines. Create command lines for you registry keys and process multiple machines parallel.

NetVoice Free

This program is intended for the organization of dialogue of users by voice and text messages on a local area network.

iAdmin Mobile 2004

This program allows server and network administrators the capability of managing their network infrastructure from their handheld Pocket PC, RIM Blackberry, Palm, or 3G Cell Phone. Its modular design allows the administrator to custom tailor the program to meet their needs.

Kaboodle

This software is a free, open-source LAN command-console for Windows. It can automatically detect your LAN population, help you take remote control of what it finds, and can be used to securely connect two LANs together across the Internet.

Alagus Print Admin Standard Edition

This software is a utility for monitoring and managing network printers. It handles titles, sizes, page counts, statistics and analysis. You can optimize network printers, protect confidential information and place restrictions on printing privileges.

SwitchInspector

This program assists you with the design, validation and auditing of your Local Area Network. It provides a way to inspect a Cisco LAN switch and report which network devices are connected to each switch port. Therefore it solves the problem of having to trace cables in order to see which port is a network device connected to. Furthermore it provides you detailed information of your Cisco LAN switches. You can export all SwitchInspector results in PDF, HTML and CSV (comma-delimited) formats.

MAC Change

Change your Media Access Control Address without rebooting your system. MAC Change is a network utility for Windows that allows you to spoof the MAC Address of your network card. It also includes a database that contains all the Organizational Unique Identifier. The search functions allows you to find out related information.

SwitchPro

This program lets you switch between network profiles with just one click. Save the complete network configuration without copying the values manually. The program offers support for unlimited network devices.

CertExams.com Network Simulator

This network simulator provides Cisco router console simulation, a Network Designer for designing virtual networks by using drag-and-drop. Flash cards are available while doing lab exercises. The Simulator allows you to configure router networks with 80 supported commands. After configuration, you can even ping the other routers for proper configuration verification. Several lab exercises are provided for candidates preparing for Cisco CCNA Intro, ICND and CCNA certifications.

SerialIP Server

This program operates as a Telnet server allowing the user to connect directly to a remote serial port using a TCP/IP connection. It is possible to connect to SerialIP Server using any available Telnet program and send text commands to remote serial equipment directly.

SerialIP Utilities

This software is a software based RS232 to TCP/IP converter. SerialIP Utilities allows any of the RS232 serial ports on your PC to interface directly to a TCP/IP network. SerialIP Utilities can transfer the data from COM ports of local computers to COM ports of remote computers using TCP/IP and save received data on a disk. Supports multiple users and password protection.

HuaWei Ma5100 Helper

This software facilitates broadband service sharing and makes broadband networks more cost-effective.