Recommend 5 Nice FREE Network Analysis Tools to Network Admins

Colasoft, with its all-in-one & easy-to-use network analyzer -Capsa, has been known and recognized in network analysis industry. Today let me recommend 5 nice Colasoft network analysis tools to all network administrators, the tools are totally free and very simple but helpful.

• Colasoft MAC Scanner Pro
  
  List MAC addresses and IP addresses in your local subnet in seconds. Network administration will never become efficient before you know exactly who is the user and where is the computer. MAC Scanner Pro will do it for you.
  
  
  
  Core Values:
  
  .Scan MAC addresses and IP addresses
  
  .Save Scan Results into database for future reference and network maintenance.
  
  .Add attributes (such as users name and physical location of the host) to scan results and save in database.
  
  .Automatically compares new MAC scan results with database records and notifies difference and new records (illegal access).
  
  .Print and Print Review MAC Scan Results
  
  
  
  Special Notice:
  
  Colasoft is launching a campaign this month, you can get a license key of MAC Scanner Pro edition for free as long as you recommend a friend to download MAC Scanner free editon successfully. Find out more information about this ,please go to http://www.colasoft.com/mac_scanner/index.php?act=recommend.
  
  
  
  
  



• Colasoft Ping Tool
  
  Colasoft Ping Tool is powerful in supporting to ping multiple IP addresses simultaneously and comparing response time in a graphic chart. Users can view historical charts and save the charts to a *.bmp file. With this build-in tool, users are able to ping the IP addresses of captured packets in a protocol analyzer (e.g. Colasoft Capsa) conveniently, including resource IP, destination IP or both.
  
  
  
  



• Colasoft Packet Builder
  
  Colasoft Packet Builder enables creating custom network packets; users can use this tool to check their network protection against attacks and intruders.Colasoft Packet Builder includes a very powerful editing feature. Besides common HEX editing raw data, it features a Decoding Editor allowing users to edit specific protocol field values much easier.
  
  
  
  



• Colasoft Packet Player
  
  Colasoft Packet Player is a packet replayer which allows users to open captured packet trace files and play them back in the network. It supports many packet trace file formats created by sniffer softwares such as Colasoft Capsa, Ethereal, Network General Sniffer and WildPackets EtherPeek/OmniPeek, etc.
  
  
  
  Except sending packet files in original interval between loops, Colasoft Packet Player also supports sending packet files in burst mode and defining the delay between loops if the loop count is more than one.