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Softpedia Editor's Review for Advanced IP Scanner
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Free, fast and easy-to-use IP scanner
Written by Olivian Puha on December 1st, 2011
Getting information about the computers on a Local Area Network (LAN) in a few seconds and managing the remote workstations is usually a job for specialists. Nonetheless, with a program like Advanced IP Scanner details like IP and MAC address are no longer a secret, even for the novice user.
Similar in some ways to a point-and-shoot camera, this software can find PCs and show you their available resources with a simple push of a button. A nice bonus is the price tag attached to this tool that reads zero dollars, so without having to pay any money you'll get a quick and powerful network scanning utility.
The application installs fairly fast so you'll be able to get acquainted with the user-friendly interface in a couple of moments. As soon as you press the 'Scan' button, the results will start to pour in, allowing you to view in real time the progress of this task.
Besides retrieving the status, name, IP and MAC address for all the computers on a LAN, Advanced IP Scanner comes with a decent set of functions designed to help you remotely manage the PCs. These including sending 'Wake-On-LAN' or 'Shut down' commands.
The software comes with support for HTTP, HTTPS and FTP protocols and is also able to scan for NETBIOS name and group. The information as well as the usage of remote commands are, unfortunately, limited to machines running Windows OS.
An extra set of features becomes available from the 'Operations' menu of the application, but only if you install Radmin. This extends the capabilities of Advanced IP Scanner and provides you with options like for file transferring and chatting.
All the commands for a highlighted entry on the computer list can be quickly accessed by right-clicking that item. You should note that in order to carry out any remote administrative actions requires you to provide the right username and password for connecting to the selected machine.
Easy to use, with a friendly GUI and dedicated functions for adjusting the scan speed, remotely connecting and managing workstations, to name a few, this utility earns a high spot on the network tools list.  Read an in-depth analysis in our professional review for Advanced IP Scanner
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Advanced IP Scanner description
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Here are some key features of "Advanced IP Scanner":
Fast network scanning:
· With Advanced IP Scanner, you can scan hundreds of IP addresses simultaneously at high speed. The software supports scanning of HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and shared folders. Scan your network to get more information about all connected devices including computers’ names and MAC-addresses.
Integration with Radmin remote access software:
· Advanced IP Scanner and Radmin remote control software are deeply integrated. IP Scanner lets you scan your network, find all computers running Radmin Server, and connect to any one of them with one click. The free Radmin Viewer needs to be installed on your PC for you to access a remote machine running Radmin Server. With Radmin, you can access the remote PC in Full Control, File Transfer, and Telnet modes.
Remote PC Shutdown:
· This shuts down any remote machine or group of machines running a Windows operating system. You can use your default access rights or specify a login and password for shutdown. This feature is very handy for system administrators since it enables all computers in a customized list to be turned off in a single operation at the end of the working day.
Wake-On-LAN:
· You can wake any machine or group of machines remotely using Advanced IP Scanner if the machines' network cards support the "Wake-On-LAN" feature.
Simple and user-friendly interface:
· Advanced IP Scanner has a simple, user-friendly interface. For simpler batch operations, Radmin lets save a list of computers to be scanned in the Favorites list. Advanced IP Scanner will automatically load your Favorites at startup. You then can choose whether to scan your entire network or just the computers in Favorites.
Requirements:
· Local Area Network access
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· To "wake up" a computer using the Wake-on-LAN function, all you have to do now is specify its MAC-address (in any suitable format).
· There is no longer any detection of non-existent computers as running (a particular problem for networks with Cisco routers).
· The error which led to slow scanning on Windows Server 2003 has been eliminated.
· Unicode characters are now supported, when exporting to CSV-format.
· Several elements of the interface have been improved.
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