A set of useful tools for diagnising network problems and monitoring connections

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 connections, information on open TCP and UDP ports, IP address, 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 resources, lists local shares, 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: services, protocol, networks, hosts, 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 applications, kill running processes, 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.