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IPNetMonitor Reviewer's Guide

As a developer of Internet Tools, I have gained a rich understanding of how various IP tools work and discovered there are subtle but important differences between IPNetMonitor and other similar looking tools.

I created this page to describe what sets different IP tools apart. As the developer of IPNetMonitor, it is natural for me to focus on those areas that I feel are important and distinguish IPNetMonitor from other implementations. Despite this freely acknowledged bias, I have tried to be as objective as possible in comparing how the tools actually work and what results you can expect. I leave it to the reader to "see for yourself" and decide what matters to you.

What Tools are Included

IPNetMonitor

AGNetTools

Mac TCP Watcher

OTTool

WhatRoute

Ping

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

TraceRoute

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Name Lookup

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NSLookup

Yes

-

-

-

Yes

Mail Exchange (MX)

Yes

-

-

Yes

Yes

Whois

Yes

Yes

-

-

Yes

Finger

Yes

Yes

-

-

Yes

Network Info (TCP & AppleTalk)

-

Yes

Yes

Yes

-

Domain Name Scan

Yes

Yes

-

Yes

-

Ping Scan

Yes

Yes

-

-

-

Last Seen Scan

Yes

-

-

-

-

Service Scan

-

Yes

-

-

-

Port Scan

-

Yes

-

-

-

TCP and UDP Echo

-

Yes

Yes

-

-

ICMP Logging

Yes

-

-

-

Yes

Subnet Calculator

Yes

-

-

-

-

Throughput Plot (Monitor)

Yes

-

-

-

-

Throughput tool

-

Yes

-

-

-

TCP Info

Yes

-

Yes

-

-

TCP Connection List

Yes

-

Yes

-

-

Geographic Location Plot

-

-

-

-

Yes

Telnet Server (remote control)

-

-

-

-

Yes

ICMP Ping

IPNetMonitor

AGNetTools

Mac TCP Watcher

OTTool

What Route

1. Accurate Round Trip Time (RTT)

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

2. Detects destination unreachable and reports reason

Yes

No

No

No

No

3. Simple graphic design

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

4. Integration with other tools

Yes

Some

Some

Some

Some

5. Multiple Ping windows

Yes

Some

Yes

No

No

6. Built-in help for each tool.

Yes

No

No

No

No

TraceRoute

IPNetMonitor

AGNetTools

Mac TCP Watcher

OTTool

What Route

1. Accurate Round Trip Time (RTT)

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

2. Detects destination unreachable and reports reason

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

3. Simple graphic design

Yes

Yes

Some

Some

No

4. Integration with other tools

Yes

Some

Some

Some

Some

5. Multiple Trace windows

Yes

Some

Yes

No

No

6. Asynchronous trace ahead

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

7. Provides average RTT for each hop

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

8. Can copy and paste results

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

9. Copied results formatted for easy reading

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

10. Built-in help for each tool

Yes

No

No

No

No

To be continued... send comments to the author at

Product Reference

IPNetMonitor 1.8, Sustainable Softworks, http://www.sustworks.com, trialware $20

AGNetTools 2.0, the ag group, inc., http://www.aggroup.com, trialware $34.95

Mac TCP Watcher 2.0, Stairways Shareware, http://www.stairways.com, shareware $10

OTTool 1.0B4, Neon Software, http://www.neon.com, freeware

WhatRoute 1.5.0b5(PPC), Bryan Christianson, http://crash.ihug.co.nz/~bryanc/, freeware