- Version 1.20 (coming soon)
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- Some information about this version you can see on this page
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- HostName Scanner : now this scanner in 10 or more times faster than previous version of scanner
(on slow channel, on very fast channel speed the same).
- HostName Scanner : bug fixed (sometimes error appeared when you press Stop button).
- Ports Scanner : bug fixed (on some systems appeared error "critical section").
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- Menu item "Print" - print all or selected text from current utility
- Menu items "Find" & "Search again" - searches for specific text in the current utility
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- IP-Monitor : if you resize window program adjust the divisions of monitor proprtionally.
- IP-Monitor : now you can setup refresh time up to 24 hours (84000 sec)
- HostMonitor : now you can use keys : Del (Remove host), Enter (Edit), Space (Refresh)
- HostMonitor : change some pictures
- updated WhoIs utility
- Bug fixed : on some systems program didn't show hints in Status Bar
- Bug fixed : hostnames with '-' (like 'win-shareware.com') translated as diapason
- Hosts Monitor : for every host you can define command for execute external
programs. IP-Tools execute this command if host change status from "dead" to "alive" or
from "alive" to "dead".
In command you may use templates :
%DateTime% - IP-Tools replace this substring to current date & time
%HostName% - IP-Tools replace this substring to host's name
Directory "SAMPLES\" contain two example external program :
- program "message.exe" which show dialog with message (message program recieved from command string)
- program "sendmail.exe" which can send e-mail in auto mode (all parameters can get from commandLine)
For example you can define command like this "samples\sendmail.exe To=admin@firm.com "Subject=%datetime% host %hostname% is Dead" StartAfterLoad"
But if you need fast & powerful program for monitoring network devices, computers, services and recources
you may try Advanced Host Monitor.
- Add to Popup menu item "Options" for Connections, NBScanner, PortScanner,
Ping, Trace, WhoIs, IP-Monitor
- Connections : you can define ports filter, addresses filter
- Connections : can save events to Log File
- Connections : new option "Display Port names", if this option enabled then IP-Tools
will show port's names instead of port's numbers
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- PortScanner : Turbo mode (if you scan many ports)
- PortScanner : now you can define ports list like this "21-25, 80, 110-139"
- PortScanner : new list of services (services.zip)
- PortScanner : if you move cursor on line with port number then in status line appear description of this port
- PortScanner : new option "Show names of ports"
- NetBIOS : button "Keep only found resources"
- New options : Tab position (Top or Bottom) on page Interface in Options dialog
- New option : "Show packets counters" on page "IP Monitor" in Options dialog
- Telnet : you can choose Font (page "Interface" in dialog "Options")
- Telnet : you can choose telnet windows (telnet, simple, both)
- Telnet : faster read data
- Uninstall support
- Some bugs fixed :
- in Connections : error "out of bounds"
- in Telnet : bug with fonts
- bug in caller default browser and mailer
- fixed bug which appear if TCP only via dial-up and not connected
- in previous version Ping, LookUp, Trace, NetBIOS, NB Scanner was use 90-100% processor time.
Now < 1%
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Many small changes :
- Setup can create Icon on Desktop and IP-Tools Program Group
- some changes in Help (your browser must support Frames & JavaScript)
- option "Server AutoDetect" in WhoIs utility
- WhoIs and Finger now faster read data
- Trace and NetBIOS now start own threads
- new button "Save As" in Options dialog on page "ScanList"
- sound option for NetBIOS & NB Scanner
- new items in popup menu : Copy selected text to clipboard (Ctrl+C), Select All (Ctrl+A)
- hot keys for all utilities (Ctrl+1 for LocalInfo, Ctrl+2 for Connections, etc)
- new option for Connections List : AutoRefresh (on page "Advanced")
- now NetBIOS support ScanList
- now in all utilities you may press Enter in boxes with addresses, and program start process
- new option "Kept in lists recent addresses" on page "Interface".
- changes my e-mail addresses and www site (new site http://www.ks-soft.net)
- some bugs fixed in WhoIs, Finger, GetTime, Telnet, NB Scanner, etc
- and other small changes
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Some bugs fixed :
- Now ping work under Windows 98 too (truth to say bug was in Windows98 but
not in IP-Tools)
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Now program save value of GMT (if option "Auto save options of main window
pages" is enable)
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New item "Save as HTML.." in popup menu on page "NB Scanner".
Now you may save list of shared resources to report in HTML format

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Now IP-Tools has setup program and you may easy Install and Update IP-Tools.
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New option : "Help language" (on page "Interface")
you may choose help language (English or Russian).
New option : "clear old info"
if this option is enabled and you press [Start] button in any IP-Tools
utility then output window will clear
New button in NB Scanner : "Keep only found resources"
if you press this button then program delete from output log all addresses
and hosts on which not found any resources.
Some bugs fixed :
- Under Windows 95/98 ping worked very bad. Fixed.
- Host Monitor saved in log file string with info about stop event every
time if You close program. Fixed.
New algorithm for Registration number
Sorry, but if you already is registered user then you must register
program with new key. Otherwise program will not work correctly (may be).
I will send new keys for all registered users.
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New page : "NB Scanner"
Shared resources Scanner (support diapason of addresses and ScanList).
Options on page "Advanced".
Popup menu in all output windows
Now all output windows have popup menu, that appears when you press right
mouse button on a control.
New page in Options dialog : "Advanced"
now on this page locate options for Ports Scanner and for NB Scanner
Information about local network interfaces is moved to page "NetBIOS"
New options : "Auto save current page"
If this option enabled then program will remember current page and
activate this page after load, otherwise program always start with active
page "Local Info". Besides if this option enabled and enabled option
"Auto save options of main window pages" then program remember status of
Hosts Monitor, and after load may start Hosts Monitor.
IP-Monitor now save size of monitors (if autosave options is enabled)
Some bugs fixed
- IP-Monitor now save his colors
- Now if You press [Stop] button in PortsScanner then scanner immediate stop
- Host Monitor too
- Fixed some bugs in gethostname procedure
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New option: "Allow page multiline" on page "Interface" (old name "Other")
in Options dialog.
If this option enabled then tabs are displayed on more than one row when
all tabs doesn't fits across the top of the tab control. If this option
is False, the tabs are displayed on one row only, and you must scroll the
displayed scroll arrows to view all the tabs.
New page : "Hosts Monitor" for monitoring the up/down status of selected
hosts.
Program send ping packets for every computers from the list (you may
define for every computer next parameters : timeout, count of retries,
interval). If host change his status then program can play sound (see
page "Sound" in Options dialog) and also can write information about host
status to log file.
New page : "Sound" in Options dialog
On this page is moved sounds settings from page "Other" and also added
some new settings for "Hosts Monitor"
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Now LookUp can work with list of addresses
Now program can synchronize time with time servers in auto mode
if You run program with parameters :
>ip_tools.exe /SetTime TryCount Host1 [Host2 [Host3 [...]]
where :
TryCount - count of connect tries with time servers (0..255)
Host1 .. HostN - addresses of time servers
program try connect with Host1, if connect successful program get time
from server, set this time (+GMT) on local machine end terminate. If
program cannot connect with Host1 then program try connect to Host2, ...
After unsuccessful connect with last server (HostN) program again try
connect with Host1. Program repeat this TryCount times.
Example :> ip_tools.exe /SetTime 2 xa.xa.net 192.43.244.18
Some bugs fixed : previous version may incorrect work with diapason of
addresses
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- New in Port_Scanner :
Can wait & show remote host messages
Can send string to remote host
Can ping remote host before scan ports (See Menu->Options->Ports->Show Advanced)
- New Page : IP Monitor
IP-Monitor show in real time graphics for TCP,UDP,ICMP In,Out,Error packets.
- New option : Always Top (checkbox on Options->Other Page)
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New options : minimize to Tray
New options : GetHostName before scan ports
Now Scanner, Port_Scanner, Ping_Scanner work with list of addresses
If program run with parameter "/t" then program show start protocol
Now program start quickly
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Now program get list of time servers from file "TimeServ.lst".
You may easy edit this file
Program can synchronize local time with time servers
Program may show host's description (on pages : LookUp, Scanner, ScanPorts,
Trace with enabled options "Use DNS").
If Options "Show Hosts Descriptions" (Menu -> Oprions -> Ping/Trace)
enabled then program show host's description near host's name. Like this :
... www.chat.ru (Russia)
... www.gazprom.ru (Join-stock company GAZPROM, town Moscow, Russia)
... mainboss.xaxa.BD (Bangladesh)
Now program can play sound after complete operations.
See Menu -> Options -> Other
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New page "NetBIOS" - get NetBIOS information about network interfaces
You may choose computer address (like "123.23.21.12" or "www.uc.ru" or for
computer in LAN "vova_computer" or '*' for local computer) and range of
network interfaces (like "0-2"). If remote/local computer support NetBIOS
then program show some information about network interfaces : MAC address,
table of names, max sessions used, max. session packet size, etc
I written documentation. It's difficulty ;-)
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New page "Connections"
info about network interfaces, current TCP/IP network connections, etc.
Every time if You select this page program refresh this information
(useful for search trojans programs)
New version of Telnet client.
Now this page have two window. Lower window don't translate ESC sequences
but store all received data. Upper window - virtual terminal which translate
ESC sequences.
Now work buttons [Add] and [Edit] in Menu -> Options -> Ports
If You press [Start] button program save parameters of current page
In Ports Scanner and in Ping Scanner start address You can write HostName
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now SaveLog dialog save its parameters
now program can append info to log files
program remember addresses which You use
ping and trace know what mean timeout
ping can work with diapason of addresses
etc
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