A collection of utilities for networking and Internet connections.
Essential NetTools is a free collection of network and system utilities for performing various tasks on a network or over the Internet. The program name suits its purpose and functionality.
The user interface of Essential NetTools is easy-to-understand with a list of available tools in the left-hand panel with the actual tool functionality and settings appearing in the right. Some of the tools availble are NetStat, ProcMon, Ping, PortScan, HostAlive and EmailVerify. Several other tools are also included.
Several of the tools included with Essential NetTools are rather simple functions while others are more geared towards advanced users. Each of the tools displays statistics which are updated at an interval which is customizable.
The tools on offer are all of pretty good quality and can be very useful for diagnosing issues, testing network speeds and troubleshooting issues having to do with networking and Internet.
Features of Essential NetTools
- Bandwidth Monitor: Monitor network traffic in real-time.
- DNS Lookup: Resolve hostnames to IP addresses.
- NetStat: View network connections and protocol statistics.
- Network Information: Display network configuration information.
- Network Scanner: Discover active hosts, open ports and services.
- Network Security Tools: Scan for security vulnerabilities.
- Network Tools: Access a suite of network tools from one interface.
- Network Troubleshooting: Troubleshoot network issues quickly and easily.
- Ping: Test the reachability of a host.
- Port Scanner: Scan for open ports on a host.
- SNMP Scanner: Retrieve information from SNMP-enabled devices.
- Share Scanner: Discover shared resources on a network.
- Traceroute: Trace the route of packets to a destination host.
- Wake-on-LAN: Remotely power on computers.
- Whois: Look up domain and IP address information.
Compatibility and License
Essential NetTools is provided under a freeware license on Windows from network software with no restrictions on usage. Download and installation of this PC software is free and 5.0 is the latest version last time we checked.
What version of Windows can Essential NetTools run on?
Essential NetTools can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit downloads.
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