Network Administration

Atelier Web Remote Commander (AWRC) is a remote control software that allows you to access a PC. What makes AWRC different is that it does not require that you install any kind of software on the remote machine. In order to make this work, the remote computer must be NT based and you must have log-in credentials for an administrator account. The program provides a large variety of administrative functions and system information for the remote machine, including hardware information, running processes, services, physical memory and more. You can operate the remote desktop with your mouse, just as if you were sitting in front of it. Additional features include chat, access control, remote shutdown and more.

MegaPing brings the convenience of Windows to the use of host monitor, finger, name lookup, network time synchronizer, ping, traceroute, and whois utilities. It also includes a comprehensive Security Scanner, Port scanner (TCP and UDP ports), IP scanner, NetBIOS scanner and a Share Scanner. The program provides an overview of important system information, from IP routing information to per protocol statistics. It also provides information about the processes running on your computer, including summary and detailed information on threads, memory usage, loaded modules, and a number of other parameters. Megaping supports monitoring of multiple remote computers simultaneously as well as processing any number of ping, traceroute, general DNS, DNS AFXR (Transfer zone of authority), finger, and whois requests simultaneously. The built in port scanner can rapidly scan multiple or individual machines for open TCP ports and provides real-time information about open ports and connections with detailed description. Additional features include real-time protocol statistics, detailed interface information, real-time IP routing information, TCP protocol information and statistics and more.

Global Network Inventory is a software and hardware inventory system that can be used as an audit scanner in an agent-free and zero deployment environments. It can audit remote workstations and network appliances, including network printers, hubs and other devices. The program requires only administrative access rights if used for on-demand auditing, and it can also be deployed as an agent to perform regular audits initiated through the domain login script. You can scan computers by IP range or domain or based on a host file and fully customize the items to be audited. The available auditing options include various system information groups, installed software, services, user lists, shares, startup programs and much more. Global Network Inventory can export the scan results to HTML, XML, Microsoft Excel, or text formats, and also send reports via email. The price includes a license for up to 25 IP addresses, extra licenses to cover additional addresses can be purchased at any time if required.

Advanced Host Monitor is a system management tool that can monitor hundreds or thousands of servers or network devices using 60 different test methods, including ping, retrieve an URL, check the available disk space, check integrity of your files and web site, test your SQL server, and more. If a device does not respond, it can take a pre-defined action that includes sound warning, email notification, pager or mobile phone notification, execute external programs, remote shutdown/reboot and more. In addition program can also generate a log file that can be configured to suit your needs. Additional features include Log Analyzer to illustrate information for each tested host and collect statistical information, as well as a HML Manager, Web Service, Telnet Service, Remote Monitoring Agents (for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris) and other utilities. Advanced Host Monitor is also available as Lite($99), Standard ($175) or Professional ($350) edition.

IDEAL Secure 2008 enables network administrators to apply predefined actions to multiple computers on the network. The program includes dozens of actions sorted into categories (Windows, hardware, network, software) that allow you to enforce desktop settings, restrict control panel access, change Internet Explorer settings and many other system details, without the need to install any remote agents on the workstations. Administrators can easily enable or disable a complete set of actions on a selection of computers in a single step.

LANguard allows you to not only scan your network, but do it from a Hackers perspective. It will identify all machines on your network, their Netbios info, open ports, shares and much more. LANguard Network Scanner can also display installed hotfixes and scan for known security issues - providing you with a web link to more information if any are found. It includes a large database of common vulnerabilities, including CGI, FTP, registry exploits and more.

SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager is a network traffic management tool provides control over bandwidth usage based on a custom set of rules. You can set a bandwidth limit for each Internet user (local IP address), and apply speed-throttling rules to specified IP addresses, ports and network interfaces - without having to change your existing network infrastructure. With additional options to specify ports and protocols, you can create specific rules aimed at Internet activities such as downloading, file sharing etc., and set additional daily, weekly or monthly quotes that can automatically reduce available bandwidth once the threshold has been reached.

Ideal Administration offers centralized administration for Windows NT/2000/2003 domains. It simplifies the administration of Windows NT/2000/2003 networks by integrating all functionalities needed to manage user accounts, servers and domains. The product allows remote control of your Windows NT/2000/XP/9x systems, including user password migration between NT/2000 domains, TSE & Exchange (5.5 & 2000) management, Active Directory management (OU, Windows 2000 groups, Windows 2000 user properties)and management of trusted relationships. It also allows to create or modify NT services/devices on several computers at once as well as transfer between servers, computers, groups, users, shares and printers. Additional features include database recording of user properties, groups and shared folders, daily recording of sessions and opened files, command line operation and more. Ideal Administration looks very similar to the Windows 2000 "Manage Computer" MSC and provides access to almost all administrative functions for the entire domain from a single, easy to use interface.

GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. performs event log based intrusion detection and network-wide event log management. It archives & analyses the event logs of all network machines and alerts you in real time to security issues, attacks and other critical events. GFI LANguard S.E.L.M. s intelligent analysis means you do not need to be an Event Guru to be able to: Monitor users attempting to access secured shares and confidential files; Monitor critical servers and create alerts for specific events and conditions occurring on your network; Back up and clear event logs automatically on remote machines; Detect attacks using local user accounts; and much more!

NEWT Professional is a network inventory scanner for network administrators. It gathers a wide range of machine specific data (up to 200 items), including System Information, Installed Hotfixes, Fonts, Services, Installed Software, IDE devices, Network Information, Startup Entries and much more. The program offers discovery and scanning by domain, workgroup, IP range, or by using the built-in Network Browser. You can select the items to scan for and also save/load them, so you can quickly switch between different scan types. The results are presented in a spreadsheet-style report, and can also be exported to CSV, HTML and text format. Additional features include search and filtering of results, Itemization tool, saving of (encrypted) scan results and more.

Product Key Explorer enables network administrators to scan network computers and retrieve the product keys for a variety of Microsoft Windows, SQL Server, Office and more than 500 other other software products. You can copy or print the license keys for backup purposes, recover forgotten CD keys and track the number of software licenses installed on your network.

Network Event Viewer enables system administrators to manage, view, sort and search multiple Windows event log files simultaneously. The program will automatically enumerate available networks and allow you to select the machines that you want to download the event logs from (admin access required). You can also perform the download automatically, so that you always have copies of the latest events available. The logs can be viewed individually or in a merged report view, and also stored in an external database, such as SQL Server or MySQL. Additional features include email/SMS notifications, event filtering, search, forwarding to syslog and more.

AdmWin is an advanced toolkit for Windows, Linux and Novell network Administrators, that provides you with a variety of essential administration tools. Among other, it allows to batch manage user accounts, AD-properties, terminal server accounts, passwords, directories, Exchange mailboxes, quotas, IIS web-shares and more. You can collect system information and event log records from all XP/2000/NT machines in the network, including reports on installed software, desktop content, currently open files and much more. In addition, you can manage remote machines via command prompt, move accounts between Windows, Linux and Novell directory servers, access the service manager and process manager as well as shut them down, send messages and more. The program includes detailed help and several tutorials.

Proactive Windows Security Explorer (PWSE) is security testing tool that is designed to allow Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP-based systems administrators to identify and close password related security holes in their networks. It performs an audit of account passwords, and exposes insecure account passwords (if any). If it is possible to recover the password within a reasonable time, the password is considered insecure. PWSE supports retrieval from dump files (pwdump/pwdump2/pwdump3 and others), local registry, binary registry files (SAM and SYSTEM), local memory, and memory of remote computers including machines that are running Active Directory. It can also be used to perform brute-force and dictionary attacks on LM and NTLM password hashes. Several options allow you to limit the range of passwords to a specific lenght, charset, mask and more.

LogMeister is a universal log reader with customizable monitoring and notification features. It allows you to monitor text logs, Windows EventLogs (local and remote), Windows Firewall logs, as well as RSS Feeds and web site changes. You can apply multiple filters to limit logging to specific entries, set alerts to be notified by popup or email message and more. The interface maintains all tracked logs in an easy-to read display, and further allows you to export selected logs to formatted HTML reports, CSV or XML. The program can harvests log data from computers across your network without the need for additional installations (access privileges required). LogMeister is very flexible and can be used for many purposes, including monitoring of web server log files for specific entries, keyword alerts for monitored RSS feeds, error management across networks, aggregating of monitored log entries and more.

Ideal Migration provides reliable migration to from NT to Windows 2000 (and vice versa) and manages your Windows 2000 domain consolidation. After an initial configuration, it automates most of the process and manages the transfer of all required objects including user account passwords, Terminal Server properties, file and directory permissions, printers etc. It supports selective migration, so you can choose which shares and user accounts should be migrated. Ideal Migration is capable of re-organizing an entire IT system. It runs under MMC 1.1 or higher.

LanHelper is a network information scanner, that includes Wake-On-LAN and remote commands to control network machines. It can automatically enumerate your network and gather information including Shares, MAC address, online status, operating system and more. You are provided with options to access the machines , send network messages, reboot the machine, map network drives, exportto XML and more. The remote command execution can also be scheduled, which allows you to perform various administrative tasks automatically. It includes several pre-configured system commands, and you can also use normal command line execution. LanHelper does not require any client installations, however the $Admin share needs to be present and you must have proper access privileges to use the remote execution features.

LANState is a visual network manager that allows you to create an interactive map of your network and monitor the status of all connected devices in real-time. LANState monitors shared resources, traffic, and notifies you on miscellaneous events. In addition, you can send messages, shut down remote computers, review system information, and run network tools including ping and traceroute. Other features include a network traffic monitor, and export to BMP or XML scheme.

Network Device Explorer allows you to manage network devices including hubs, switches, routers, DSL modems and any other SNMP-enabled devices. After you connect to the specified device, the interface displays a regedit-style display of available values and settings that can be edited remotely.

System Monitoring Protocol allows you to track hardware and software installed on computers on the network (that have the supplied client application installed). You can examine installed hardware devices and software programs, track hardware modifications and more. In addition, the program provides a way to exchange messages, view the remote desktop, run applications and transfer files. You can create reports of installed hardware and software as well as statistical data across all machines. System Monitoring Protocol provides internal viewers for remote software and configurations, however reports and statistics can only be exported to CSV, tab delimited or HTML file. The price is based on 10 licenses. The product is priced at $19 per client machine.

Network Asset Tracker enables administrators to view complete system information (including hardware and service packs), installed software and running processes on remote network machines. You can the create a custom report for the selected items and export it to HTML, XML, MS Excel or RTF formats as well as MS SQL Server. Network Asset Tracker is read-only and does not require any remote client installation, provide that you have administrative access to the remote machine(s).

EMCO Remote ShortCut Manager allows administrators to create and deploy shortcuts to remote machines on the network. You can select from many different standard locations to paste the shortcut, for example Desktop, StartMenu, Favorites etc. The remote shortcuts can be created via registry entry or by copying a shortcut file to the specified location. You can also copy an entire directory of shortcuts, using the Directory Copy option. Remote ShortCut Manager can automatically enumerate all machine on the network and allows you to process selected ones by simply dragging them into the queue.

NetShareWatcher monitor network shares and folder permissions and alerts you every time a user changes the ACL of a share to a group that violates your access policy (e.g changing ACL to `Everyone`). If a change is detected that matches your rules, it can automatically disable the share, send an email or network message message or alert you from the system tray.

Network Asset Monitor enables network administrators to gather information about operating system, service packs, hotfixes, hardware, installed software and running processes on remote network PCs. It requires a client component to be copied to each of the remote machines, and automatically gather all supported information, as well as a desktop screenshot of the remote PC. All information is read-only, no administrative access is supported. You can create custom reports and export the information to Excel, HTML XML or MS Visio (export disabled during trial). The price includes a license for up to 10 client machines.

SmartCode VNC Manager (Enterprise Edition) is a remote administration and monitoring software that enables you manage all your remote environments from a single interface. It supports VNC (RealVNC, UltraVNC and TightVNC), Windows Terminal Server and Microsoft Virtual Server, and provides an integrated viewer to quickly switch between multiple open sessions. A built-in scanner can automatically scan your network for available VNC/RDP servers and add them to a list for quick access. The program also includes a VNC deployment wizard that enables you to deploy various versions of VNC to selected machines. Other features include thumbnail to monitor multiple machines at once, remote administration tools (Remote Task Manager, Remote Reboot, Wake-on-LAN and others), Active Directory integration and more.

ADVrunas is designed to make the job of System Administrators and Advanced Users easier by replacing the standard RunAs command with an enhanced version that includes advanced options and console support. You can create encrypted shortcuts with embedded credentials, run programs (with passwords) via command line, and easily run application without administrative privileges. To help you remember which credentials you used to run a program, the user name is added to all Windows title bars.

IDEAL Remote lets you take remote control of your Windows NT, 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista workstations on the network. You can choose between TightVNC or Remote Desktop (Terminal Services) to operate the remote PC as if sitting in front of it. Furthermore, IDEAL Remote enables you to access various system properties of the remote machine(s), including events, printers, processes, sessions, open files and WMI properties.

Cirrus Configuration Manager is a network configuration and change management solution that automates device configuration management across multi-vendor network infrastructures. It supports automated network configuration changes and control of device configurations from a central console. Cirrus can also detect and alert on network configuration problems in real time, and roll back configuration changes on demand.

DeviceLock Plug and Play Auditor enables network administrators to view all USB, Firewire and and PCMCIA devices that are connected on the network. It display the result in a tree-style or list view along with details for each device, including the type, class, device ID and more. The list can be saved or exported as text or comma delimited file. You can select computers for auditing from the Network Neighborhood, an LDAP tree or load a list of IP addresses. DeviceLock Plug and Play Auditor requires administrative access, as well as remote registry service, server service and File sharing enables on the remote machines.

RemoteAudit collects information about installed software from an NT Network to a database. It includes an UPDATE function with date selection as well as a FETCH NEW function that detects all computers added to the Network. RemoteAudit runs from a workstation without any clients or services installed on the remote computers. It is a read-only operation nothing is written until the collected data is exported. Using the " Custom Scan Database" feature, you can add file names or a registry location of programs that you want to add to the list of installed software ( in addition to what you see listed in Add/Remove applet). The File version scan allows you to use system variables in the path. Information collected from the remote machines includes Domain/Workgroup,Computer Name,Computer Description, Operating System (Version, Build, Service pack, Prod. ID), Last Logged on User, IP Address, Type of computer (Desktop, Laptop, Server), Total Physical Memory, Processor (Speed, Type), Scan Date and depending on (WMI) Hardware serial number, Monitor type and Vendor.