NetworkView Features
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Discover
TCP/IP nodes and routes using DNS, SNMP and Ports |
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Get MAC
addresses and NIC Manufacturer Names |
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Monitor
nodes and receive Alerts |
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Document
with printed Maps and Reports. |
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Control
and Secure with the MIB Browser and the Port Scanner. |
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Even with the SNMP and MAC
databases (28000 enterprises) , it can be run from a floppy disk,
or of course a USB memory stick!
Take it with you everywhere you go ! |
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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.
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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).
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Node 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.
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Node 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.
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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.
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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.
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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...?)
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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).
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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.
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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. |
Monitoring
Status
Simultaneous monitoring of several
networks with ICMP polling. Four states : UP (green), DOWN (red), UNKNOWN
(blue) and NOT MONITORED (white).
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Logs
Two history log views available for
monitoring :
- UP and DOWN events
- Copy of all alert emails.
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Autostart
Launch the monitoring process on your
network automatically at server boot.
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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.
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Sound
Be warned of UP and DOWN events with
chosen .wav files, or little built-in music and beeps.
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External
Utilities
Use any external utility (net send,
pager..) to send alerts. Two modes: an alert for each event or a network
summary.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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FAQ Q. I have
just registered NetworkView 2.0. I have received a registration code, but I
cannot enter it anywhere ! How can I enable the full product ?
A. NetworkView 2.0 and 1.4 use a new a license file, and the
registration code is valid only for version 1.0 to 1.3.5. The license file for
1.4 and 2.0 (networkview.key) is sent in a second email to all new
registered users. It contains a attached file named networkview.key. To enable
the full product, just save/copy this file to the directory where you installed
the product (normally c:\Program Files\NetworkView).
Q. I am already a registered user of a version between 1.0 and
1.4. What is the cost of the upgrade to 2.0?
A. The upgrade to 2.0 is free for all registered users of NetworkView
1.x. You need to ask for
the new license only if you are using 1.3.5 and
below.
Q. I want to use symbolic names with a proprietary MIB. NetworkView
only displays numbers with dots. How is possible to import my own MIBs ?
A. You need the Microsoft MIB compiler : MIBCC.EXE. It is available
in the Resource Kits for NT4 and W2000. With this tool, you can add any Mib text
file to a file named MIB.BIN, found in the %WINDIR%\SYSTEM32 directory. This is
the file that is read by the management API when it needs to use symbolic names
instead of numbers. You can add several files, but the order is important.
Consult Microsoft Technet or MSDN Library for more information.
Q. How do I upgrade to 2.0 ?
A. Just install the version 2.0 over 1.x. It will preserve your
current settings (in Preferences.db).
Q. The MAC address of my discovery machine is not detected. Why ?
A. This happens only on NT 4. Microsoft has provided only a partial
Iphelper library on this platform, and the function used for getting the local
address is not available (the library was introduced in Service Pack 4).
Q. We need a site license for x servers and x nodes.
What is the price for this configuration ?
A. NetworkView license is based on users of NetworkView, not on servers,
nodes or users of the network. A person with a valid license can use the product
on any server, workstation and on any network he chooses. If you have only 2
network managers that will be working with NetworkView in a network with 1000
nodes, you have to buy 2 licenses.
If NetworkView is installed on only one machine and used by 10 network
administrators, 10 licenses must be bought.
Q. Is it possible to modify the layout of the maps ?
A. More or less... You can add or modify nodes, add or modify routes,
change all colors and font in the chart, choose how the nodes are sorted, but
the position of each node cannot be changed individually.
When printing lists, you can suppress a column or modify its width by changing
the width in the view. Use print preview to see the result.
Q. When starting NetworkView, I get the error dialog : NetworkView.exe
- Unable to Locate DLL. The dynamic link library mgmtapi.dll could not be found
in the specified path ...
A. Please install the SNMP service. In NT4, it is installed from Control
Panel, Services. You will have to reboot and then reinstall the version
of service pack used on this system. On Windows 2000, SNMP can be installed
without rebooting from the Add/Remove Windows Components, Management and
Monitoring Tools option.
Q. Why are NT administrator rights necessary for discovery and
monitoring ?
A. Winsock Raw packet type is used for sending ICMP packets. Raw packet
type needs Administrator rights by design (true for both NT and UNIX).
Q. I have a few nodes that do not appear when discovering the network.
I am sure they are up and running ! What is wrong ?
A. Maybe you have a slow network. Try to increase the timeout or/and
specify more retries for ping in the Advanced dialog box. This can be also be
true for monitoring.
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