Free IP Scanner

Free IP Scanner is a utility that aims to make life a bit easier for network administrators by offering some useful features to get information about the connected computers. The details include MAC addresses, NetBIOS information and even open ports.

Even if the interface seems somewhat outdated, it is certainly uncomplicated and provides quick access to all the functions. Everything is well organized and the lack of visual effects and fancy-looking menus is an advantage weighing in the favor of practicality.

You can define an IP range to scan and customize the process a little bit by mentioning the IP scan maximum threads, the IP scan and port scan timeout values. Plus, you can choose to scan only a given port or multiple ones, it all depends on your needs.

The good thing is that Free IP Scanner displays some useful information once the scan ends, but the bad side is that it doesn't supply other tools to connect to the scanned computers. For example, some network admins might want to open computers, either in Explorer, with Telnet, via FTP or straight from the web browser.

An important fact is that Free IP Scanner doesn't get too heavy on hardware resources when scanning the computer, but it could slow down older machines. Even if it offers advanced functions, using the application is quite a straightforward job.

Free IP Scanner is surely worth a try thanks to its ease of use. The feature pack it brings to the table may be not wholly sufficient for power users and network administrators but, nonetheless, it can offer vital information in a short time.