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1. Select Ping tool on the navigation bar 2 Enter host DNS name or IP address in address bar 3 Click Ping button or press Enter a 23 61 248 24 www nasa gov Packets Sent 95 Received 95 100 Lost 0 0 Response Time ms Average 13 Minimum 1 Maximum 20 03 02 131 16 09 01 131 a Response Time ms 3 Monitor your network s infrastructure efficiently axence nVision 2 N U A A DN 0 OQ more 16 07 30 16 07 40 16 07 50 16 08 00 16 08 10 16 08 20 16 08 30 16 08 40 16 08 50 16 09 00 Time Information provided On the main chart you can see response times for the last 5 minutes If you want to see the exact values of response time in milliseconds take a look at the grid in the sidebar There is also general information available in the Information section on the sidebar number of packets sent lost and minimum average maximum response time in milliseconds Copyright O 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved Other Tools 38 Options You may change monitoring frequency and timeout value Just enter the desired values in the Options section on the sidebar Export To export the image file with PING chart 1 Right click the chart and select Export 2 Enter the file name and select the file format bmp emf or wmf Save the file Note e Ping stores response information values for the last 5 minutes Thus the main chart and the grid repr2. 593 3 Configure node credentials Enter the username use username domain for domain users and password of the user with the administrator rights on the remote computer If it s still not working Please go to Enabling WMI on remote computers topic to read how you can verify what s wrong Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved 27 Axence NetTools 5 5 1 5 2 Local info Introduction Displays several tables with important information about local configuration network statistics for TCP UDP and ICMP IP address table ARP table IP routing table network adapter info To see the local info 1 Select the La Local info tool on the navigation bar 2 Select the appropriate task to see the required information NetStat to view all local TCP IP connections Local IP info ARP and Routing table or Statistics Information provided You can see several tables by selecting the appropriate task on the Tasks sidebar There are several tables available e NetStat list of all local connections e Local IP info IP address table interfaces adapters e ARP 4 routing table ARP table routing table e Statistics TCP UDP ICMP Options You may change refresh time Just enter the desired values in the Options section on the sidebar NetStat This tool is a replacement of the standard Windows NetStat command line utility It displays all the inbound and outbound connections to your compu
3. number of packets sent and minimum average maximum bandwidth Options You can change measurement frequency packet size and timeout Just enter the desired values in the Options section on the sidebar Changing packet size influences results Some hosts may not accept packets that are too large Remember to set a larger timeout value for larger packets Axence NetTools Bandwidth Bandwidth Average 1 163 694 bit s Minimum 558 328 bit s Maximum 1 305 232 bit s 273 273 100 0 0 Monitor user activity oxence nVision more 0 16 24 30 16 25 00 16 25 30 16 26 00 16 26 30 16 27 00 16 27 30 16 28 00 16 28 30 Note e Bandwidth stores response information values for the last 5 minutes Thus the main chart represents the last 5 minutes e On the right side of the address bar you can see the name and IP address of the host currently being checked You can copy the name or IP of the host to clipboard Just right click host name and select Copy IP address or Copy DNS Name from the popup menu e Next to the device name the geographic location country of the remote IP address is presented Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved Other Tools 42 7 5 NetCheck With NetCheck you can quickly check the quality ofthe connection to a host It sends a series of ICMP packets of different sizes to detect any possible problems NetCheck interprets the results so you do not even ha
4. 27 TCP IP Statistics 27 M TCP IP workshop 42 Tools available 4 MIB files compiler 34 Traceroute 38 Monitoring 12 Troyans scanning discovery 8 N U NetCheck 42 UDP Statistics 27 NetStat 27 NetWatch 12 Network Adapter Info 27 V Network capacity 40 Versi 5 Network problem locating 8 38 ersions Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved 2 Axence NetTools W Wake OnLAN 9 What is NetTools 2 What s New 2 WHOIS 39 Window 5 Windows 23 WinTools Oveview 23 Troubleshooting 23 25 WMI 23 WMI Enabling 23 Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved
5. Alerts section for more information To start monitoring a host Select the le NetWatch tool on the navigation bar Enter the host DNS name or IP address in the address bar Select type of monitoring TCP Port PING or other Service Click the Add button or press Enter ANU INS Information provided The main table presents basic information for each device DNS name and IP address geographic location of a remote IP address helping to detect suspicious connections established by malware response times min max average and the number of packets sent and lost On the main chart you can see response times and of packets lost for selected time If you would like to see the exact values of response time in milliseconds take a look at the grid placed in the sidebar This grid stores response times for the last 5 minutes Main chart On the main chart you can see response times and of packets lost for a selected time Response time is presented as a line chart and of packets lost is presented as a gradient area chart There is a toolbar located over the chart that lets you change chart type and time period 9 01933 4 Changing chart time period You can see historical data in several time periods e g the last 5 minutes 1 hour 1 day 1 week and 1 month To select the appropriate period just select the corresponding icon on the chart toolbar To scroll the chart backward and forward use the arrow icons located on the
6. TCP IP workshop TCP IP workshop provides you with the ability to establish low level TCP and UDP connections to troubleshoot and test different networking services With this tool you can send raw data to any port on Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved as Axence NetTools 7 7 the remote computer You can also listen on any local port to see all data the remote computer sends To use TCP IP workshop Select kiji TCP IP workshop tool on the navigation bar 2 Select Send on the sidebar to connect to the remote TPC IP port and send data or select Listen to start listening for incoming connections and data on the local port 3 Enter the appropriate data and click Connect or Listen button respectively Options You may change protocol and port which the tool is using Just enter the desired values in the Tasks section on the sidebar Q Axence NetTools TCP IP workshop Hex CRLF Connected to 64 207 139 158 Disconnected from 64 207 139 158 Connected to 64 207 139 158 Disconnected from 64 207 139 158 Protocol TCP Pott 80 Scan host The Scan host tool lets you check for open TCP ports and running services on a selected machine It lists all running services checks open ports and even tries to determine whether you have any Trojans running While scanning services netTools sends a request and checks if the response matches specific criteria which
7. The main grid shows information about running services or open ports depending on what you are currently scanning Services are presented on the list in 3 groups Group Description Running Service is running on the host Probably running There is a service running it responded to request sent but response did not meet criteria specified Port open There is an open port but there was no response at all from any service Information about the number of ports services checked and running is also available in the Information section on the sidebar Options Options allow you to change timeout and choose whether to scan services or ports Option Description Services netTools will discover all services running on the host It sends specific service requests and checks whether the response meets the defined pattern Ports well known This option lets you scan for all the open ports defined on the well known port list Ports well known extended The same as the well known option but it also includes many rarely used services Ports range Scans a defined range of ports Note e On the right side of the address bar you can see the name and IP address of the host currently being scanned You can copy the name or IP of the host to clipboard Just right click the host name and select Copy IP Address or Copy DNS Name from the popup menu Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved as Axence NetToo
8. Wake On LAN feature 5 5 Statistics The tool displays tables with IP TCP UDP and ICMP statistics To view the statistics 1 Select Ea Local info tool on the navigation bar 2 Select Statistics on the side bar Copyright O 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved Manage access to portable USB devices oe nVision more Datagrams received Header errors in Address errors in Datagrams forwarded Unknown protocols in Datagrams discarded Datagrams delivered Reassemble requests Successful reassemblies Failed reassemblies Successful fragmentations Failed fragmentations Datagrams fragmented Number of interfaces Number of IP addresses Routes in routing table ICHP statistics Messages received Errors Destination unreachable 1188 274277 416635 vo oooooo0 31 Axence NetTools TCP statistics Retransmission algorithm Van Jacobson Minimum timeout 10 ms Maximum timeout 4294967295 ms Maximum pending connections 3 Active opens 30647 Passive opens 363 Failed open attempts 11922 Established connections reset 268 Current established connections 60 1418848 1375023 Segments retransmitted 2965 Incoming errors 0 Outgoing resets 9485 Cumulative connections 342 UDP statistics Datagrams in Datagrams out Copyright O 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved 33 Axence NetTools 6 SNMP 6 1 SNMP SNMP tools lets you browse a SNMP OID tree and view this infor
9. a list of nodes and the services running on them SNMP A full SNMP browser which you can use even if you don t know a thing about SNMP We have prepared several general categories for each system so you do not have to browse through thousands of SNMP parameters although you can certainly do so if you are a networking pro Y O aeaea Oye Activation You may freely use netTools for an unlimited time However after initial 30 days free activation is required Please follow the instructions in the program to activate it All tools will be available after the activation Window layout The netTools window layout is intuitive and very simple to use Navigation and address bar The navigation and address bars are located at the top of the window Use the navigation bar to select the tool you want to use and the address bar to enter the DNS name or IP of the host you want to check or scan depending on the tool selected Sidebar The sidebar is located on the left side of the window It usually contains general information like the number of packets sent and options Copyright O 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved netTools 6 Axence NetTools 3 0 NetWatch Pick a Task Status IP DNS Name Last Avg Min Max Sent Lost Lost 11 13 8 0 0 General tasks 83 143 129 253 dns nfb pl AY Set alerts 213 76 170 1 ww fashionhouse pl 20 20 a Disable monitoring 212 1 41 1 www hamburg de 29 83 143 128 49 3 Selected
10. a task section on the sidebar Copyright O 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved NetWatch Host monitoring a Pcka Task T General tasks A Set alerts 9 Disable monitoring Selected host s tasks Pause monitoring Reset stats Delete To run the device monitoring you can also right click the device and select Start monitoring in the pop up menu United States United States a 100t ser 189 cana gt ES United States www hi Mi Pause monitoring BS Germany gt 13216 Reset stats private network AAA OR Delete Del la Poland ay 192 168 m private network krakow Copy address gt bwas ed Poland gt mas un p Laxe E United States www as axe BJ United States do www ge Export gaz al Poland gt Import Laxe E United States A axe GE United States To reset statistics 1 Select a host or several hosts on the grid 2 Select Reset stats option located in the Pick a task section on the sidebar 3 The program will ask if you would also like to remove stored statistical data for selected hosts response time and of packets lost If you no longer need them select Yes in the message box If you want to retain them answer No General tasks A Set alerts 9 Disable monitoring Selected host s tasks Start monitoring iu Pause monitoring Delete Copyright O 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reser
11. e Mail alerts fixed Version 3 0 11 13 2006 Version 3 0 introduces several new tools which will help you in everyday administrative tasks e WinTools This tool is designed to list exhaustive system information from Windows computers using WMI It has several predefined queries allowing to read service list disk information process list etc You can also define your own queries e NetStat It displays the list of your computer s inbound and outbound network connections including the information on open TCP and UDP ports IP address and connection states NetStat also shows the process name using the connection socket e Local info Displays several tables with important information about local configuration network statistics for TCP UDP and ICMP IP address table ARP table IP routing table network adapter info e TCP IP workshop It provides you with the ability to establish low level TCP and UDP connections to troubleshoot and test different networking services With this tool you can send raw data to any port on the remote computer You can also listen on any local port to see all data the remote computer sends e E mail alerting system improved in NetWatch The whole component responsible for sending alert e mails has been rewritten to ensure it s reliability The program does not require any external SMTP server to send alert e mails You can test it s operation to make sure all options are correctly entered Whil
12. host s tasks 66 102 9 99 www google com 64 e Start monitoring 216 239 122 225 www download com Lu Pause monitoring 216 239 122 220 www cnet com Reset stats 160 109 109 23 www completetax com Delete 207 44 184 114 17511 178111 17611 17411 177m 186 MII 187 1m 178111 181 MI 177m 0 177m 16 00 18 00 20 00 2200 00 00 0200 04 00 06 00 08 00 1000 1200 14 00 17911 Time 2006 09 07 198 114 IV UT Packets Lost Y axencesoftware com Response Time ms 333838 8 8 3807 Sayed a Main area The main area includes different controls grids charts etc depending on the tool selected In the example shown in the picture NetWatch this is a grid listing all hosts and a chart representing response times and packets lost Advertising box The bottom left corner of the window contains an advertising box displaying information on Axence products Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved Howto 2 How to 2 1 How to monitor my hosts If you would like to monitor a host for a longer time use kpl NetWatch It checks hosts using ICMP ping and stores response time and percent of packets lost for future analysis NetWatch not only monitors hosts but also can alert you about any problems using e mail message box sound and icon tray To quickly check the availability of one host use Ping tool 2 2 How to check the availability of my hosts To quickly chec
13. makes sure that a specific service is running on the port This is important if more that one service may be using the selected port It can scan services using both TCP and UDP To start scanning a host Select 2 Scan host tool on the navigation bar Enter the host DNS name or IP address in the address bar Option Scan on the sidebar lets you choose between scanning ports and services Select the appropriate option from the drop down combo box If you selected scanning ports then enter start stop port numbers in the fields below 5 Click the Scan button or press Enter Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved Other Tools 44 Q Axence NetTools Scan host 21 ftp file transfer protocol file transfer control 22 ssh secure shell login secure shell ssh remote login protocol 25 smtp simple mail transfer 80 http worldwideweb http world wide web http 110 pop3 post office protocol 3 postoffice v 3 post office protocol ver 143 imap internet message access proto interim mail access protocol vi 201 443 https secure http ssl http protocol over tIs ssl 202 465 urd smtp protocol over tls ssl was ssmtp url rendesvous director 201 Ports 587 submission message submission mail message submission submission 202 Teni 993 imaps imap over ssl imap4 protocol over tls ssl 202 995 pop3s pop3 protocol over tls ssl pop3 protocol over tls ssl was spo 203 Information provided
14. o host export import o support for TLS SSL protocols in alert e mails e SNMP browser MIB file compiler allowing the addition of a new MIB database object in order to support new custom SNMP devices e Traceroute geographic host map graphic information on subsequent hosts along the packets route e Geographical location information on the geographical location country of a remote IP address in tools NetStat NetWatch Ping Trace This option may allow the detection of suspicious connections e g to Russia or China established by malware Geographical information is also available for the address given in every tool e Wake on LAN as a parameter for netTools launch remote starting or waking machines via network adapter Version 4 0 03 03 2009 v4 0 introduces e netTools is now completely FREE and unlimited However still requires free activation After activation all tools remain active e Both Free Axence netTools and Axence netTools Proffessional discontinued now we have Axence netTools Pro which is a new free version e DNS resolver improved all tools have independent resolvers and work faster e Node names in NetWatch long awaited identification of monitored nodes e Several bug fixes Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved 3 Axence NetTools 1 3 Version 3 1 10 09 2007 v3 1 introduces e Command line You can create shortcuts to perform repetitive tasks
15. 1 4 2 WinTools WinTools This tool is designed to list exhaustive system information from Windows computers using WMI It has several predefined queries allowing to read service list disk information process list etc You can also define your own queries Please read the topic Enabling WMI on remote computers prior to using WinTools to learn how to enable WMI on remote computer in order to read information from them To use WinTools Select qa WinTools tool on the navigation bar 2 Enter the username use username domain for domain users and password in the Connection sidebar group This is required to read WMI information from the windows computer This may not be necessary if you are already logged to this Windows machine Information provided You can see very wide range of information by selecting the appropriate task on the Tasks sidebar There are many predefined information tables in the General and Custom WMI Queries groups available You can define your own WMI queries to get required information Just click New button at the bottom of the Custom WMI Queries group This will allow you to define a query with visual query builder You can also enter the WMI query manually click arrow next to the New button and select Enter query menu Q Axence NetTools WinTools General Username Caption Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Passw
16. F E acsmekeeoi gs HTTP 80 FTP 21 HTTPS 443 F LE acsmekeeos gs FTP 21 HTTP 80 HTTPS 443 F 207 139 1 acsmekeemk g HTTP 80 FTP 21 HTTPS 443 F Ma na ge access 207 139 1 acsmekeemc g FTP 21 HTTP 80 HTTPS 443 F 207 139 1 acsmekeeme g HTTP 80 FTP 21 HTTPS 443 F to portable 207 139 1 acsmekeema g HTTPS 443 HTTP 80 FTP 21 F 207 139 1 acsmekeemg g FTP 21 HTTPS 443 HTTP 80 F USB devices 207 138 HTTP 80 FTP 21 HTTPS 443 1 acsmekeemg g 1 acsmekeemo g 1 acsmekeemm g 1 acsmekeems g 2 acsmekeesc gs axence nVision 64 207 139 2 acsmekeese gs 64 207 139 2 acsmekeesk gs 64 207 139 2 acsmekeesi gs1 64 207 139 2 acsmekeesg gs Information provided The main grid shows information about discovered hosts and services running or open ports When you select a host on the list you can see information about discovered ports services in the Host Information section on the sidebar Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved Other Tools 46 Information about the number of hosts checked and running is also available in the Information section on the sidebar Options Options allow you to change timeout and choose to scan hosts only or services or ports as well Option Description Hosts only With this option netTools will check only for running hosts No other scanning will be performed Services netTools will discover
17. FEBERFELFRENSLIERFEBERNUEBEDERSEHFUERFSERFEOBERFEEBTERVEREREN EEFSERFPETPEADERFERRRERSHRRER 39 Bandwidth acan 2 ae RE Rn 40 NO 1tGhe e GRERSPPREHRAFPREEFRRRFESFPHEFERERERUPEPFFURTFEREEPRRREFEFEHLFERLEPREREFBERLTPERREFFEFERFTUERELLEFRELFORFHFSFERERFERPFFERFRT 42 TEP IP WOrKSh p a nennen nennen 42 SCAN NOSE ciccioniicirin en een 43 SCAN MC iWork iii A A E eden eee 45 COMMANdA Ie iii a cate cock a s Sava cal s E a ieee desig idee cca aain 46 Index 48 Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved netTools 2 1 netTools 1 1 Introducing netTools netTools a great solution for measuring your network performance and quickly diagnosing network problems Its most powerful component is graphical NetWatch with a history of response time and packets lost for monitoring the availability of your hosts It also consists of other popular tools like trace lookup port scanner network scanner and SNMP browser What makes netTools unique according to our customers is the most highly intuitive user interface http axence net help net Tools en net Tools pdf 1 2 What s new Version 5 0 12 09 2012 v5 0 introduces e NetWatch not only PING anymore o monitoring of TCP IP services monitoring the response time and lost packets percentage for the following services HTTP POP3 SMTP FTP and 50 others o monitoring of any TCP port o DNS based host identification automatic address checking every 10 minutes
18. adsl ull 1800 Skype exe syn_rc TCP 192 168 65239 Marcin 79 187 21 63510 7092 firefox exe syn_s TCP 192 168 59680 Marcin 173 194 7 80 NetTools 60234 r 64 207 13 22 Monitor user a ctivity TCPSVC Seti 0 0 0 0 T len TCPSYC listening 0 0 0 0 9 Marcin TCPSWC listening 0 0 0 0 ig Marcin TCPSWC listening 0 0 0 0 17 Marcin TCPSVC listening 0 0 0 0 13 Marcin axence Skype exe listening 0 0 0 0 80 Marcin nVi Ss i on svchost exe listening 0 0 0 0 135 Marcin System istening 192 168 139 Marcin Skype exe listening 0 0 0 0 443 Marcin System istening 0 0 0 0 445 Marcin svchost exe listening 0 0 0 0 515 Marcin Marcin privat Marcin privat Marcin privat Marcin privat Marcin privat Marcin privat Marcin privat Marcin privat Marcin privat Marcin privat Marcin privat more 20000000000 Notes e UDP connections have no state and local IP listed because of their nature e To copy the remote IP address or remote DNS name to clipboard right click the given line in the table and select the appropriate option from the pop up menu Copyright O 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved 2 Axence NetTools 5 3 Local IP info The tool displays several tables with important information on local configuration IP address ta
19. al Security Settings secpol msc s and select Local Policies gt User Rights Assignement gt Access this computer from network Check if all necessary users groups are added here At least the Administrators group or Administrator should be present 2 Enter Group Policy Settings gpedit msc and select Windows Settings gt Security Settings gt Local Policies gt Security Options gt Network access Sharing and security model for local accounts Set it to Classic local user authorize as themselves 3 Check if WMI is operational by running the following command wbemtest WMI is running if this program can run properly 4 Check if the following services are running COM Event System Remote Access Auto Connection Manager Remote Access Connection Manager Remote Procedure Call RPC Remote Procedure Call RPC Locator Remote Registry Server Windows Management Instrumentation Windows Management Instrumentation Driver Extensions WMI Performance Adapter Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved 25 Axence NetTools 4 3 Workstation Memory leaks with outdated Rpcrt4 dll If monitoring Windows counters please make sure that you have the latest Rpcrt4 dll installed All previous versions cause serious memory leaks in the system which can lead to the system crash This problem is described by Microsoft at http support microsoft com kbid 911262 For Windows XP your Rpcrt4 dll should have versio
20. all services running on the host It sends specific service requests and checks whether the response meets the defined pattern Ports well known This option lets you scan for all the open ports defined on the well known port list Ports well known extended The same as the well known option but it also includes many rarely used services Ports range Scans a defined range of ports Note e You can copy the name or IP of the selected host to clipboard Just right click the host name and select Copy IP Address or Copy DNS Name from the popup menu e Next to the device name the geographic location country of the remote IP address is presented e MAC address is filled on the basis of data contained in ARP table in La Local info and Ed SNMP data 7 9 Command line netTools may be started with a command line parameters This allows you to create shortcuts to quickly perform frequently used tasks Command line syntax is netTools exe lt tool gt lt node address gt parameters The following table describes how to run all tools Property Description netstat This tool shows local information and does not require any address parameter netwatch node address Adds a node to NetWatch wintools node address Starts WinTools on a provided address Provide user user pass password to automatically connect to the remote computer ping node address Starts Ping on a provided address trace node address Starts Trac
21. ble LAN details interfaces and network adapters To view the local IP information 1 Select Ls Local info tool on the navigation bar 2 Select Local IP information on the side bar ner ao OOOO Local network info Host name Marcin PC 127 0 0 11255 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 65535 Domain 192 168 0 11 255 255 255 1 0 0 0 65535 NetBIOS node type BROADCAST DHCP scope Routing enabled Proxy enabled DNS enabled DNS server address 92 168 0 1 Ethene 36 85 20 1500 1073741824 Monitor Etheme 36 85 20 1500 1073741824 DEVICEN Ethene 00 24 12 1500 0 DEVICES user Ethene 00 24 10 1500 0 DEVICEN Ethene 36 85 20 1500 1073741824 DEVICEN activity Ethene 00 24 10 1500 0 DEVICEN Etharme AN IAAT 1500 anAnAnnann IRN IROA FAINMAEN ANFWITEN T r axence g 0 FF 66 11 8F nVision 385C0C8D Ethemet 00 24 1D 7F D7 C5BA797E Ethemet 00 24 1D 7F D7 192 168 0 1 No data to display gt more Notes e To copy the IP address to the clipboard right click the given line in the IP address table and select Copy IP address from the pop up menu e The pop up menu also allows the use ofthe Wake On LAN feature For more information see the chapter How to use Wake On LAN feature ARP and routing table The tool displays the routing table and ARP table The data presented in the ARP table are also used by the Scan Network tool to fill the MAC addresses Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved L
22. chart toolbar Options The user can select whether the device will be identified with IP address or DNS name It is especially useful for services based on a variable IP address You may change monitoring frequency and timeout value for selected hosts Just select a host or several hosts and enter the desired values in the Options section on the sidebar Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved 13 Axence NetTools To pause the monitoring of selected host s 1 Select a host or several hosts on the grid 2 Select Pause monitoring option located in the Pick a task section on the sidebar paan General tasks A Set alerts 9 Disable monitoring Selected host s tasks es To stop the device monitoring you can also right click the given device and select Pause monitoring in the pop up menu To resume monitoring selected host s ES United States 2 E 7 United States www axen El Start monitoring EJ United States vw ham m BS Germany 192 168 0 E ES private network www onet ne et ed Poland 192 168 0 p private network krakow ax Copy address gt Lax ed Poland WWW axer Tools p ke E United States WWW ager e E United States WIN gaze Export az ed Poland WWW axer Import e E United States WIN aXe ae e E United States 1 Select a host or several hosts on the grid 2 Select Start monitoring option located in the Pick
23. ding slower connection or too many packets lost NetWatch includes multiping with the best charts with a history of response time and percentage of packets lost Along with alerting this is the most important part of netTools because it helps you track the availability of your hosts and estimate network load over time WinTools This tool helps to deal with reading WMI information from Windows computers It has several predefined WMI queries allowing to read service list disk information process list etc You can also define your own queries Local info Displays several tables with important information about local configuration network statistics for TCP UDP and ICMP IP address table ARP table IP routing table network adapter info NetStat part of Local info It displays the list of your computer s inbound and outbound network connections including the information on open TCP and UDP ports IP address and connection states NetStat also shows the process name using the connection socket Ping A visual replacement for Windows ping but with a 5 minute history Very easy to use when you just need to check one host quickly E E NE Trace This tool is not just a replacement for windows tracert It shows you information about every host on the route its response time and packets lost This lets you quickly determine where the problems are occurring It s easy to locate hosts with degraded performance or that are just
24. e on a provided address lookup node address Starts Lookup on a provided address bandwidth node address Starts Bandwidth on a provided address netcheck node address Starts NetCheck on a provided address tcpipworkshop node Starts TCPIP Workshop on a provided address Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved ar Axence NetTools Property Description address scanhost node address Scans a node with a provided address scannetwork node Scans a network with a provided address address snmp node address Starts SNMP on a provided address Provide SNMP Read community community to automatically connect to the remote computer Copyright O 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved Network scanning discovery 8 45 n d ex NsLookup 39 A ae Ping 12 37 Alerts 18 Port scanning discovery 8 43 Setting 20 ARP 29 Q a ARP table 27 29 Quality of network connection 8 B m Quality ofthe connection 42 Bandwith measuring 8 40 R C RAW TCP IP data send receive 42 Routing table 27 29 S Services scanning discovery 8 43 45 Command line 46 H Host availability 8 SNMP 8 Host monitoring 8 12 SNMP browser 33 Host scanning 8 43 Statistics Hosts scanning discovery 45 Adapters 29 ICMP 30 Interfaces 29 IP 30 TCP 30 ICMP Statistics 27 Introduction 2 UDP 30 System requirements 3 L Te er TCP Statistics 27 TCP IP local conections
25. e testing you will see messages describing potential problems The program saves a log with the information about every alert e mail sent so you could verify if it is working properly System requirements Operating system e Windows XP 2003 Vista 2008 7 2008R2 8 2012 e Administrator rights required see the note below Hardware e 500 MHz processor or better e Atleast 128 MB RAM e Video 800x600 or more high color e Network adapter card connected to your LAN WAN Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved netTools 4 Administrator rights To run properly computer administrator rights are required Otherwise netTools cannot send ICMP requests this Windows feature is strictly disabled for non administrators If you are administrator but the program still warns about insufficient right try running the program as administrator select Run as from the icon context menu and then provide credentials This is especially important on Windows Vista and Windows 7 Third party firewalls If you have any third party firewall antivirus that prevents ICMP SNMP requests please add netTools to its exception list 14 Available tools lel NetWatch A robust tool which enables you to monitor the availability of several hosts and their response times simultaneously You can also set several thresholds for netTools to notify you by e mail message icon tray or sound in case of any problems i e host not respon
26. esent the last 5 minutes To monitor a host for a longer time use NetWatch e On the right side of the address bar you can see the name and IP address of the host currently being checked You can copy the name or IP of the host to clipboard Just right click the host name and select Copy IP Address or Copy DNS Name from the popup menu e You can easily open the address in any other netTools utility by selecting one of the options Add to NetWatch Trace Lookup Link usage from the pop up menu e Next to the device name the geographic location country of the remote IP address is presented 7 2 Trace Trace tool allows you to check the connection to a host In case of problems you can see which hop is causing the problem Trace shows response time and packet loss rate to each host on a route so you can quickly locate the problematic one In the bottom part of the window a visual map of subsequent hosts along the packet route is displayed To start traceroute to a host Ta 1 Select Trace tool on the navigation bar 2 Enter host DNS name or IP address in the address bar 3 Click Trace button or press Enter Information provided General information about each hop is available in the main grid hop number DNS name and IP address response times min max avg and number of packets sent and lost There is also total number of traces performed available in the Options Section on the sidebar Options You can change trace frequenc
27. hat this systems must have exactly the same user and password as the user logged in on the machine running netTools and nVision WMiIEnable This program enables WMI on the Windows computers This is exact list of operations performed by this program 1 DCOM is enabled by setting registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Microsoft OLE EnableDCOM value to Y 2 Remote UAC on Windows Vista is enabled by setting registry key HKLM SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Policies system LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy value to 1 3 The WMI ports TCP 135 139 445 593 are opend on the Windows firewall by performing the following command netsh firewall set service RemoteAdmin 4 Access to WMI on Windows Vista is enabled by adding firewall exception for Windows Management Instrumentation WMI 5 Authorization model is set to Local user authorize as themselves by setting registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE System CurrentControlSet Control Lsa forceguest value to 0 In almost all cases the system restart is not necessary and WMI will be enabled right after the program execution but you can also force Windows system restart after the above parameters are set by running the program with the restart parameter The program will not restart the system if it s not able to change system settings If the WMI is still not working If you have run the WMlEnable program and WMI is still not working then verify the following 1 Enter Loc
28. his is the MIB Module for ATM and AAL5 related objects for managing ATM interfaces ATM virtual links ATM cross connects 44L5 entities and and AAL5 connections ATM TC MIB IETF AToMMIB Working Group 1998 10 19 31 0 This MIB Module provides Textual Conventions and OBJECT IDENTITY Objects to be used by ATM systems ATM2 MIB IETF AToMMIB Working Group 1999 09 16 This MIB Module is a supplement to the ATM MIB defined in RFC 2515 ATMHUB MIB BGP4 MIB IETF IDR Working Group 1999 02 10 The MIB module for BGP 4 BRIDGE MIB 2 Ifyou want to add a new file click the Add MIB file button 3 Add a MIB module by clicking the button gt and selecting a file from its localization Compile log is Copyright O 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved 35 Axence NetTools shown after compilation 2p Compile MIB files MIB modules RADIUS ACC SERVER MIB accserv mib Compile log Compiling file accserv mib module RADIUS 4CC SERYER MIB OK Compilation finished Status all modules compiled successfully 4 You can also define aliases in the MIB Compiler aliases editor Copyright O 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved 37 Axence NetTools 7 7 1 Other Tools Ping With the Ping tool you can quickly check the connection to a host It sends ICMP packets to the host and allows you to check response times and the number of lost packets To start monitoring a host
29. igure events and actions as further described a fF WN gt Configuring Host not responding event 1 Check Host has not responded event 2 Enter the time in minutes after which an event will be generated Configuring Packet loss rate too high event 1 Check Average packet loss rate event 2 Enter the value of the event threshold an event will be generated when the average packet loss rate is equal to or higher than the threshold value 3 Enter the time in minutes after which an event will be generated Copyright O 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved 21 Axence NetTools 4 In the second line enter the reset threshold value The event will end after the percent of packets lost falls below this threshold 5 Select notify from the combo box if you would like to be notified when the event ends when the packet loss rate falls below the reset threshold value Configuring Response time too high event Check Average response time event Enter the value of the event threshold an event will be generated when the average response time is equal to or higher than the threshold value Enter the time in minutes after which an event will be generated In the second line enter the reset threshold value The event will end after the response time falls below this threshold Select notify from the combo box if you would like to be notified when the event ends when the response time falls bel
30. k the availability of one host use the e Ping tool It sends ping ICMP packets to the host and presents the response time on a chart If you want to check the quality of the connection to this host use Ly Bandwidth lt will read out the network connection speed between your machine and the selected host 2 3 Howto check where is the network problem my If you would like to locate a problematic host use Trace It will show you where the problem lies in the connection between you and the selected host Trace shows response time and percentage of packets lost while checking each host on the route to the host being checked 2 4 How to check network quality and bandwidth To check the quality of the connection to a selected host use mm Bandwidth It will measure the network connection speed between your machine and the selected host If you would like to check for wiring in your LAN network use Y NetCheck It usually allows to detect malfunctioning sockets and wires 2 5 How to scan ports hosts networks For scanning a host use 2 Host scan tool It will show you all the services and ports open on the host Scan network Q tool allows you to check for running hosts in a selected network It lists all nodes and the services running on them 2 6 How to use SNMP SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol is not so simple as the abbreviation indicates But with lo SNMP tool you can easily check all SNMP information on a h
31. located on the sidebar you can change community refresh time and timeout Community is the password used by SNMP protocol You have to provide the same string as in SNMP agent on the host you are checking If you enter incorrect community you will not be able to retrieve any SNMP information Note e On the right side of the address bar you can see the name and IP address of the host currently being checked You can copy the name or IP of the host to clipboard Just right click the host name and select Copy IP address or Copy DNS Name from the popup menu 6 2 MIB files compiler MIB compiler enables you to add new MIB files which facilitate SNMP information from all network devices switches routers printers VoIP devices etc The program can now effectively monitor thousands of different SNMP devices To use MIB compiler 1 Select Tools MIB compiler option A MIB compiler window will open Lp MIB Compiler MIB Compiler Use this window to add remove and com Agent Working Group 2000 01 10 This is the MIB module for the SNMP Agent Extensibility Protocol Agents This MIB module will be implemented by the master agent APM MIB IETF RMON MIB Working Group 2000 07 12 129 2 The MIB module for measuring application performance as experienced by end users This MIB module augments the original RMON MIB as specified in RFC 1757 and the RMON2 MIB as specified in RFC 2021 ATM MIB IETF AToM MIB Working Group 1998 10 19 145 0 T
32. ls 7 8 e Next to the device name the geographic location country of the remote IP address is presented Scan network The Scan network tool lets you check for running hosts in a selected network It lists all the nodes and services running on them First netTools discovers all running nodes with ICMP Ping So it can discover only the nodes that reply to such requests Then it scans for services running on every available node While scanning the service running on a discovered node netTools sends a request and checks if the response matches specific criteria which makes sure that a specific service is running on the port This is important if more that one service may be using the selected port It can scan services using both TCP and UDP To start scanning a network Select Scan network tool on the navigation bar 2 Enter the host DNS name or IP address in the address bar netTools will scan the class C network containing this host E g if you enter 192 168 0 34 then the program will scan the 255 addresses between 192 168 0 1 and 192 168 0 254 3 Click the Scan button or press Enter FTP 21 HTTP 80 HTTPS 443 F L acsmekeeoe gs FTP 21 HTTP 80 IMAP4 143 H 4 acsmekeeok gs FTP 21 HTTP 80 HTTPS 443 F 2 acsmekeeog gs FTP 21 HTTP 80 HTTPS 443 F E acsmekeeoo gs FTP 21 HTTP 80 HTTPS 443 F HTTP 80 FTP 21 HTTPS 443 F acsmekeeog gs FTP 21 HTTP 80 HTTPS 443
33. mation for a host This information is provided by SNMP agents which must be installed on the host being monitored To get SNMP information Select the T SNMP tool on the navigation bar Enter the host DNS name or IP address in the address bar Select OID category you would like to check in the MIB tree Po DN gt Click the Check button or press Enter Q Axence NetTools SNMP directory El mib 2 system interfaces iso org dod intermet mgmt mib 2 icmp 1 3 6 1 21 5 Type Access a v transmission snmp MIB Compiler bop mon dotidBridge snmpDot3Rptrhlgt Manage access S host to portable USB devices icmpInDestUnreachs icmplnTimeExcds icmplnParmProbs icmplnSrcQuenchs axence icmplnRedirects nVision icmplnEchos iemplnEchoReps more icmplnTimestamps icmpInTimestampReps icmpln ddrMasks icmpin amp ddrMaskRep Information provided The program presents all OlDs available in selected OID category Ifthis is a table then all columns and rows will be displayed in this case you may change column order and hide show them General information about each OID is shown on the sidebar OID name type access and short description Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved Click MIB Compiler button to add a new MIB database object to handle any new SNMP devices For more information see the chapter MIB file compiler Options With options
34. monitoring n Z Unit WIAA axe i ee ES United States wan enter Delete Del krakow ax tes BE United Sta E Poland ad Poland de private network u private network er EI United States m GB Germany Copy address WWW gaze b 1321680 Tools gt 192 168 0 Export a root sery ww ham Import To disable enable monitoring of all hosts You can turn monitoring off completely by selecting g Disable monitoring option located in the Pick a Task section on the sidebar This does not change the status of any host active paused g Enable monitoring command turns monitoring back on after it has been suspended naar General tasks Set alerts 9 Disable monitoring Selected host s tasks Start monitoring u Pause monitoring Reset stats Delete To copy a DNS name or IP address to clipboard You can copy a DNS name or IP of the selected host to clipboard Just right click a host in the grid and select Copy address IP Address or Copy address DNS Name from the context menu Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved 17 Data export Start monitoring E United States www a lan axe BEY United States A vww a nn axe BEY United States TES axe EG United States Il was Delete Del axe E United States ry kaki Copy addres
35. n 5 1 2600 2810 or higher Cannot use WinTools This topic explains why WinTools are unable to connect to the remote node and what to do to enable all of the above tasks Why netTools can t do it This tasks is performed with WMI protocol So it must be enabled and available on the remote node You have to make sure that WMI services are running the authorization model is properly set and if all necessary ports are open on the firewall And last but not least you have to configure node credentials username and password use username domain for domain users On computers with Windows XP Professional newer Windows systems WMI is blocked by the firewall and wrong authorization model To automate these tasks we prepared a program WMlEnable exe which performs all necessary operations You can read more about WMlEnable exe in the Monitoring Windows with WMI topic How to enable these tasks Here is a list of steps you should take to enable WMI 1 Run WMlEnable exe on the remote node This program is located in the programs directory and has to be copied to the remote computer This program does the following Enables DCOM Enables Remote UAC on Windows Vista e Sets the authorization model to Local user authorize as themselves e Configures Windows firewall to open all WMI ports 2 Open WMI ports if necessary If you are using any third party firewall on the remote node then you need to open the following ports TCP 135 139 445
36. net 7 4 Serial DNS Port 53 Refresh Retry r E 5 Expire i hois int net Whois Server whois internic nel ecu Timeout 60 gt s NAME Canonical Name Monitor Name MX Mail Exchange user Preference number a IG Exchange address activity TXT Text strings Text Note 2012100401 28800 7200 604800 3600 ns20 domaincontrol com ns19 domaincontrol com 64 207 139 158 axencesoftware com 10 mail axencesoftware com v spfl mx a ip4 209 62 90 138 32 ip4 64 207 128 0 20 ip4 72 47 192 0 18 include sup e The name and IP address of the checked device is displayed on the right hand side of the address bar It can be easily copied to the clipboard Right click the field and select Copy IP address or Copy DNS name from the pop up menu e Next to the device name the geographic location country of the remote IP address is presented Bandwidth The Bandwidth tool measures the data transfer rate of a connection to a host This process does not overload the network To start measuring bandwidth 1 Select Im Bandwidth tool on the navigation bar 2 Enter the host DNS name or IP address in address bar Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved 1 Axence NetTools 3 Click Bandwidth button or press Enter Information provided On the main chart you can see bandwidth for the last 5 minutes There is also general information available in the Information section on the sidebar
37. netTools axence User manual axence Axence NetTools Network tools Axence Software Inc NetTools is great solution for fast network diagnostics It consists of several powerful solutions ping MultiPing with a history of response time and packets lost for monitoring the availability of your hosts trace lookup port scanner network check amp scan and SNMP browser Axence NetTools Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved The entire risk ofthe use or the result ofthe use ofthis software and documentation remains with the user No part of this documentation may be reproduced in any means electronic or mechanical for any purpose except as expressed in the Software License Agreement This software and documentation are copyrighted All other rights including ownership of the software are reserved to Axence Software Inc Axence Software and Axence NetTools are trademarks or registered trademarks of Axence Software Inc All other product and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Axence NetTools Contents Part netTools 2 41 Introducing Net NOS ic A vented A A A AES EATER nee 2 2 WhatsneW Eee a ici 2 3 System A he en ri HE eier nit 3 A Av ailable t0018 022n 2 el ais 4 5 Activation u a A 5 6 Window layout een ie ii ah ae 5 Part Il How to 8 1 How to monitor My hosts Hss 2 2 ea ia 8 2 How to check
38. o several addresses in case of an alert This e mail lists the host name address and alert conditions 3 Sound The program can play a sound for every alert 4 Alert icon When the event is generated the program icon in the tray will change to oe Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved NetWatch Host monitoring z Q Define alerts Generate event when 7 Host has not responded for at least minutes Y Average packet loss rate is equal to or higher than 80 a Y for at least 5 minutes Do not generate the next event until this value falls below 50 and don t notify about it Y Average response time is equal to or higher than 800 ms for at least 5 minutes Do not generate the next event until this value falls below 500 2 ms and don t notify about it Perform the following actions for each event EVENTS Y Display a message ea Setup DI View log F Play a sound ACTIONS 4 Show an icon in the tray 3 2 2 Setting alerts To set alerts properly you must define event conditions and configure actions Please remember that defined actions are executed for every event To set alerts Select the NetWatch tool on the navigation bar Click on the Set alerts button located in the Pick a Task section of the sidebar Check the events you want to be generated Check the actions that the program should execute for every event Conf
39. ocal info 30 To view ARP and routing tables 1 Select Ls Local info tool on the navigation bar 2 Select ARP amp routing table on the side bar rr o OOOO Routing table Destination IF Mask p ac e 0 000 0000 remote 127 0 0 0 255 0 0 0 127 0 0 local 127 0 0 1 255 255 255 127 0 0 local 127 255 255 255 255 255 127 0 0 local 192 168 0 255 255 255 192 168 0 1110 local 192 168 0 11 255 255 255 192 168 0 10 10 local 192 168 0 2 255 255 255 192 168 0 10 10 local 224 0 0 0 240 0 0 0 127 0 0 1 1 local 224 0 0 O 240 0 0 0 192 168 0 1010 local 255 255 255 255 255 255 127 0 0 1 1 local Monitor 255 255 255 255 255 255 192 168 0 11 10 local NETMGMT NETMGMT NETMGMT NETMGMT NETMGMT NETMGMT NETMGMT NETMGMT NETMGMT NETMGMT NETMGMT soooooooooolz user activity ARP table 00 00 00 00 00 224 0 0 22 Static 00 00 00 00 00 239 255 255 250 Static l 1C AF F7 44 99 192 168 0 1 Dynamic 2 00 24 D6 28 52 192 168 0 101 Dynamic nVision FF FF FF FF FF 192 168 0 255 Static 01 00 5E 00 00 224 0 0 22 Static WIS 01 00 5E 00 00 224 0 0 252 Static 01 00 5E 00 00 224 0 0 253 Static Notes e To copy the IP address to the clipboard right click the given line in the IP address table and select Copy IP address from the pop up menu e The pop up menu also allows the use of the Wake On LAN feature For more information see the chapter How to use
40. old for the event This is important otherwise an alert would be generated every time the condition is met That could cause the same alert to be repeated every minute The measured value must fall below the reset threshold before the next alert is generated Please take a look at the chart below Alert threshold Response time t threshold Event start Event end notification Time The red line indicates the alert threshold When the response time or packet loss rate rises above this threshold an alert will be generated But for the next alert to be generated this value must fall below the reset threshold This prevents repeated alerts for the same event Notification of event end For every event type you can turn on notification about its end For Packet loss rate too high and Response time too high events you define the reset threshold When the value falls below this threshold the program considers the event to be finished For Host not responding events the connection is restored when the host responds to at least one ping request When the event ends and you turn on the notification for this event the program will generate an action for such event Actions You can define actions which will be executed for every event The following actions are available 1 Message window In case of an alert netTools will show a dialog box listing all the alerts that have been raised 2 E mail netTools can send an e mail t
41. option names depend on the network adapter e g Allow the device to wake the machine from sleep mode c Enable waking and Wake On LAN in Advanced tab option names can differ depending on the network adapter Examples of settings are presented below pe Ey Device Manager Eller File Action View Help esim Onmass gt Atheros AR8121 AR8113 AR9114 PCI E Ethernet Controller Pr Y 3 dy VISTA F 3 HE Computer General Advanced Driver Details Resources Power Management Disk drives A h x a ML Display adapt ing perties are available for this network adapter Click 0 Misplay adapters erty y fwant to change on the left and then select its value y DVD CD ROM drives oS Human Interface Devices lle Ea IDE ATA ATAPI controllers IPv4 Checks Offload 7 Enabled y IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers Jumbo Frame zu 9 29 Imaging devices eae me H 2 Keyboards Network Ad f Mice and other pointing devices Receive Bufl a Modems Speed amp Duplex a 4 Monitors TCP Checksum Offload IPw4 u u Network adapters TCP Checksum Offload IPv6 i Atheros ARG121 AA N13 AR8114 PCI E Ethe Transmit Buffers UDP Checksum Offload IP 4 X VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnetl UDP Checksum Offload IPv6 E VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet Wake Up Capabilities N a Processors Sound video and game controllers 4 47 Storage controllers 4 4 System de
42. ord Install date 2009 10 12 11 08 18 Last boot up time 2012 12 06 09 14 53 Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation Number of processes 89 17 System information Organization an l Language 1033 RER Name Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Product suite 256 ges Type WINNT al Hard drives Primary True f Services Laptop Batteries Product type 1 Audio Video Codecs Serial number 00371 839 8959855 85005 Curent Daie ma Service pack version 1 0 Free MB of RAM a Status OK TOD Ctaticting Local settings New Edit Remove Code set 1250 Enabling WMI on remote computers Enabling monitoring of Windows counters WMI used by Inventory WinTools and Windows performance counters monitoring is fully enabled by default on Windows 2003 Server But you need to perform several operations if you would like to get Copyright O 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved WinToois 24 information from computers with Windows XP Professional Vista Windows 7 and newer To speed up the whole operation we prepared a program WMlEnable exe which automatically performs all necessary operations To enable WMI just run this program on the remote machine You can run it from the login script thus enabling WMI on all Windows machines in your network at once If any other firewall is used on the remote machine the following ports must be opened TCP 135 139 445 593 To use WinTools or get inventory of Windows XP Home machine you need to remember t
43. ost without knowing a thing about this protocol OlDs etc Copyright O 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved 9 Axence NetTools 2 7 How to use Wake On LAN feature The Wake On LAN feature allows machines to be turned on remotely It is available if the MAC address of the machine to be turned on or woken up is known Apart from this the machine must be preconfigured as described below and if the machine will be woken up from outside of LAN port redirection must be set up in the router To turn on the specific monitored device e g with NetWatch tool right click the device and select Tools Wake On LAN in the pop up menu Configuration of the device to be woken up The settings depend on a specific device Examples of requirements and settings To enable Wake On LAN feature an ATX power adapter at least 1A 5Vsb is necessary 2 BIOS settings in Power Management or Advanced tab enable Wake On LAN the option can have different names e g Wake On LAN MAC Resume From S3 S4 MACPME Power Up Control Power On By Onboard LAN Power Up By Onboard LAN Resume by LAN Resume By WOL Resume on LAN Resume on LAN PME Wake on LAN from S5 Wake Up On LAN WakeUp by Onboard LAN or WOL PME From Soft Off 3 Network adapter settings a Navigate to network adapter settings in Windows Control Panel Device Manager b Set the options in Power Management tab to enable the waking up of the machine
44. overloaded Additionally visual information on subsequent hosts along the packet route is displayed be Lookup This works like nslookup but shows you all records at once You do not have to worry about syntax or record names And of course you get whois information about the domain you are querying E Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved 5 Axence NetTools 1 5 1 6 Bandwidth Would you like to know how fast your network is This is the tool for you What s important is that it will measure bandwidth without overloading your network NetCheck With this tool you can check the quality of network hardware in your LAN Poor quality sockets or wires can slow a network down Without NetCheck it s hard to find the cause TCP IP workshop It provides you with the ability to establish low level TCP and UDP connections to troubleshoot and test different networking services Scan host Allows you to check for all open ports and running services It not only checks if the port is open but also sends a request and checks whether a reply meets specific criteria So you can be sure that the host is running HTTP POP3 Oracle or other services and not only has a specific port open Port scanner can also discover some Trojans and spyware Scan network Would you like to find all the nodes running in a network even in a remote network No problem just enter the IP range to check and you will quickly get
45. ow the reset threshold value Configuring actions 1 ark oN Check Display a message if you want netTools to show a dialog box with a list of alerts for every event Check Send mail if you want to be notified by e mail If you turned on email notification then you need to setup this action If you want a sound to be played for each alert check Play a sound If you selected sound notification enter the file name of the sound file You may click on the icon located on the right side to select the file If you check Show an icon in the tray then netTools will show the E icon in the icon tray during each event Configuring e mail action Open Define alerts window and click on the Setup button Enter the list of addresses to which you want send a message in the Send notification to field Each address should be in separate line Enter the address of the mail server SMTP POP3 If the server requires an authorization then check appropriate check box and enter your username and password in the Username Password fields respectively Choose Encryption No encryption SSL v2 v3 or TLS Enter Reply address most likely your e mail address This is very important if this address is not set properly some mail servers may reject e mail Now click on the Test button and check if you received an e mail If not verify the options Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved 23 Axence NetTools 4 4
46. s am E Germany 19321680 Export e www ham A b 1321680 Tools The following tools can be used from the pop up menu e Trace e Lookup e Bandwidth e Wake On LAN For more information see the chapters about specific features 3 2 Alerts 3 2 1 Alerts General information In case of any problem with a connection or a host being monitored NetWatch can send a notification to the administrator You can define several conditions when an alert event is generated and also several notification actions netTools can also send a notification when a problematic situation ends for example when a non responding host starts to respond To enable alarm select Set alerts in the Pick a Task section on the side bar paars 6 Disable monitoring Selected host s tasks Start monitoring in Pause monitoring Reset stats Delete Copyright O 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved 19 Axence NetTools When is an alert generated There are 3 conditions when the alert is generated event types Host not responding This means that the host is not responding to ping requests at all Packet loss rate too high You can define the percentage of packets lost that triggers the alert Response time too high You can set the threshold for response time After the average response time exceeds this threshold an event will be generated In points 2 and 3 you define the reset thresh
47. s IP Address WOW 19216 Tools 2 ort A 192 16 Export MP private network a root s t ser EQ United States Import b wu ham BM Germany To export the table with device data select Export in the context menu Then choose one of the formats html xml txt xls json netTools file If you want to export only the address list select Address list txt Data import e Unite e United Ste Reset stats WwW axer Delete Del a E United S m krakow ax Ben gt a rer WWW gaze olan gt gt 1921090 Tools El private networ A 192 168 0 ls private networ a root sery et EI United States gt way ham am B Germany NetWatch can import two types of data a text file with a list of addresses and monitored services and netTools file in format json To import the table with device data select Import in the context menu Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved NetWatch Host monitoring as Status Name IP DNS Name Location gt www axencesoftware com IE TEE United Stat y i El Start monitoring e United Stat G m Pause monitoring O United States WWW axer e United States Reset stats W er 6 F United States i WIN ager Delete Del e BEI United States krakow ax Bon p Far el Poland WWW gaze ae p Pz sd Poland PC private networ bes private networ er United State
48. ter and lists all open ports Additionally NetStat maps open ports and established connections to the owning application To start monitoring connections 1 Select La Local info tool on the navigation bar 2 Select NetStat task on the sidebar Axence NetTools Local info File Tools Help Local IP info ARP amp routing table Statistics Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved Local info z Information provided In the main grid you can see all inbound and outbound connections listed You can see process ID along with the process name protocol and connection state local and remote IP address port When adding a new connection NetStat colorizes it in green to indicate a new connection Similarly deleted connections are colorized in red and then removed from the grid Options You may change refresh time Just enter the desired values in the Options section on the sidebar You can also change colorization time The grid may be grouped and filtered To group it just select the appropriate grouping option from the Visualization sidebar To filter the data use the arrows next to each column header Qy Axence NetTools Local info Name IP Port DNS IP Port DNS Skype exe establi TCP 192 168 65239 Marcin 77 28 109 49247 HA Mace NetTools establi TCP 192 168 60218 Marcin 67 212 77 80 Skype exe establi TCP 192 168 65239 Marcin 151 46 15 37482
49. the availability of My hosts uunsssnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn anne 8 3 How to check where is the network problem z u4s0sn000nannnannnannn ann nun nnnnnnnnnnn nennen 8 4 How to check network quality and bandwidth uunsssnsnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn anne nennen nun nn nennen 8 5 How to scan ports hosts networks u uusen unnen nennen nun nun nun nun nun nun nun nun nun nun nun nnnnnnnnn nun nen nun 8 G How to use SNMP 2 Hakan 8 7 How to use Wake On LAN feature zuuu us0nunnnnnnnnnnnn nun nun nun nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnen 9 Part Ill NetWatch Host monitoring 12 LEE AUT Reel p aiii ii a A A Al 12 PA NN 18 Alerts General inform ation dd 18 Setting alerts cuca A A dida das 20 PartIV WinTools 23 TEMO DOS ciar aa ia ai 23 2 Enabling WMI on remote computers uusnsssrnnneennnnennnnennnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnsnnenn nennen nen 23 3 Gannoti se WINTOOIS comicidad 25 Part V Local info 27 1 Introduction ei ein cai 27 2 NetStat 2 nen A eee eels 27 BS LOGAN IP info Ra miele 29 AARP and routing ta bles cr aaa ara 29 5 Statistics india ra 30 Part VI SNMP 33 1 SNMP siii ad 33 2 MIB fil s COMPILER 0 A A EEE 34 Part VII Other Tools 37 Copyright O 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved Contents N O ON Oo FP WN A E E ETTA ATE T 37 TACO iii 38 LOOKU 0 RSPEPSERPEPEPRNPERERRERSSEEPENFEIE
50. ve to know much about network management To check the network connection to a host 1 Select Y NetCheck tool on the navigation bar 2 Enter the host DNS name or IP address in the address bar 3 Click the Net Check button or press Enter Information provided NetCheck presents information gathered during the network test You will see bandwidth response times and packet loss rates for different packet sizes When the check is finished this tool will show you an interpretation of the results Options You can change the number of packets the tool sends for each check Just enter the desired value in the Options section on the sidebar Measuring bandwidth and Round Trip Times for different packet sizes Please wait Packets per check 50 bytes 1000 bytes 5000 bytes Total Network type Bandwidth avg 12kB s 143kB s 70 kB s RTT Average This tool lets you check the quality of your network connection It also helps to discover hardware problems wiring plugs etc Packets Sent 20 16 36 Received 20 100 16 100 36 100 Lost 0 0 0 0 0 0 Note e On the right side of the address bar you can see the name and IP address of the host currently being checked You can copy the name or IP of the host to clipboard Just right click the host name and select Copy IP address or Copy DNS Name from the popup menu e Next to the device name the geographic location country of the remote IP address is presented 7 6
51. ved 15 Axence NetTools To reset the device stats you can also right click the device and select Reset stats in the pop up encesoftware cam GA gt ww axe United States www ax gt Start monitoring xe GEG United States www hal Pause monitoring am E Germany gt 192168 PC E private network b www on net ad Poland A ima Pe Del bmp E private network krakow Copy address p Iwan E Poland Do www a Tools p are BEI United States A mal xe E United States gt WA ga Export az eed Poland b WAAL AXI Import xe E United States E United States To remove a host or hosts 1 Select a host or several hosts on the grid 2 Select Delete option located in the Pick a task section on the sidebar 3 The program will ask if you would like also to remove stored statistical data for selected hosts response time and of packets lost If you no longer need them select Yes in the message box If you would like to retain them answer No If you keep stored data then they will be available when you add the same host again General tasks A Set alerts 9 Disable monitoring Selected host s tasks Start monitoring u Pause monitoring To remove the devices you can also right click the device and select Delete in the pop up menu or press Del button Copyright O 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved NetWatch Host monitoring 16 u Pause
52. vices Universal Serial Bus controllers 7 oK Cancel Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved Atheros AR8121 4R8113 4R8114 PCI E Ethernet Controller Pr Y 23 General Advanced Driver Details Resources Power Management The following properties are available for this network adapter Click the property you want to change on the left and then select its value on the right Value Magic Packet v Property IPv4 Checksum Offload Jumbo Frame Large Send Offload IPv4 Max IRQ per Second Network Address Receive Buffers Shutdown Wake Up Speed amp Duplex TCP Checksum Offload IPv4 TCP Checksum Offload IPv6 Transmit Buffers UDP Checksum Offload IPw4 UDP Checksum Offload IP v6 Wake Up Capabilities OK Cancel Copyright 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved NetWatch Host monitoring 12 3 NetWatch Host monitoring 3 1 NetWatch NetWatch is a sophisticated tool to monitor the availability of your hosts It continuously sends ICMP ping packets to all hosts on the list and allows you to check response times and the number of lost packets This tool provides a history of these values for reporting host status over time NetWatch allows you to set several notifications in case of a host not responding or problems with a connection Please refer to the
53. work s infrastructure efficiently Oxence nVision more Note e The name and IP address of the checked device is displayed on the right hand side of the address bar It can be easily copied to the clipboard Right click the field and select Copy IP address or Copy DNS name from the pop up menu e Next to the device name the geographic location country of the remote IP address is presented Lookup Lookup is similar to nslookup tool but it provides all the DNS information about a host and domain at once You do not have to select any record type you will see all the records in one table Additionally lookup provides WHOIS information about a domain even if you enter a host name like www google com rather than a domain Copyright O 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved Other Tools 40 To lookup a host 1 Select E Lookup tool on the navigation bar 2 Enter the host DNS name or IP address in address bar 3 Click Lookup button or press Enter Information provided All DNS records and whois information will be listed in one table WHOIS information is listed at the bottom Options You can change DNS and WHOIS server address DNS port and timeout value for both services DNS and WHOIS Just enter the desired values in the Options section on the sidebar Q Axence NetTools Lookup co C Primary DNS Server 192 168 0 1 Responsible person ns19 domaincontrol com dns jomax
54. y timeout value and number of hops TTL time to live With hops you specify the maximum number of hosts to check To change options just enter the desired values in the Options section on the sidebar You can copy the name or IP of the host to clipboard Just right click the selected host in the grid or a host name on the address bar and select Copy IP address or Copy DNS Name from the popup menu You can easily open any address from the table in any other netTools utility by selecting Tools and one Copyright O 2005 2014 Axence Software Inc All rights reserved 39 Axence NetTools 7 3 of the options Add to NetWatch Lookup Link usage from the pop up menu Export To export the table with device data select Export in the pop up menu Then choose one of the formats html xml txt xls To export the map in bmp format select e Export enter the file name and Save www axencesoftware com v Dpti Number of traces 4 1 89 78 68 1 89 78 68 1 dynamic chell a Poland i 2 89 75 4 193 89 75 4 193 infra chello p E Poland el 21 Packet size 327 Bytes 3 84 116 253 plkikOla d4 ae0 2183 a E Austia 487 48 Monitoring time 358 4 imeout 5 84 116 137 5 E ustia 40 48 6 84 116 133 E Austria 490 67 Hops 325 7 195 66 224 linx fr4 Icy1 llnw net Unite U 56 53 5 i 8 87 248 196 ve3 fr3 Icy1 llnw net E n a 51 9 69 28 199 tge4 2 fr3 lga linw net nite 126 Timeout 5al S Monitor your net
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