SoftPerfect Network Scanner is a feature-rich, multi-threaded network scanner to find and identify network resources. Includes IP, NetBIOS and SNMP, can ping computers, scans for listening TCP ports, and shows what types of resources are shared (including system and hidden). In addition, it allows you to mount shared resources as network drives, browse them using Windows Explorer, filter the results list and more.
Download includes both 32 and 64-bit versions.
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| System Requirements: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Wine |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| License: | Freeware |
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I'd be cautious using anything to do network discovery via pings. You don't want to "ping of death" your own network from the inside, after all. I've seen ping storms bring corporate networks to their knees.
In addition to using the option "/ini", you can also now use "/xml" to save settings in an xml file when running on a hard drive an if you do not want to store things in the registry.
The /xml is a much better option since if netscan is run from a removable USB drive, it writes settings to an xml file on the drive by default.
This is the best network scanner I've ever used. I use it at work to see which IP addresses are in use.
SCARY! A few notes:
Love the 'Auto-Detect', helps a Lot! Two NICs/Networks, Local (mine) and Building - Found both, scanned separately - Nice!
Very thorough, among my best 'Quick-and-Dirty' tools; Not a full 'Pen Test', but a Great Start!
Thanks for the '/xml' tip, @ paul!
It did NOT set off any of my Security! (have to look into that! 0.o)
SoftPerfect has several other Free Tools that look interesting, but I'm not sure about 'Portability'/Stealth...
Wow, pretty damn nice!
Would be cool if it showed if admin shares (like c$ - admin share of C:\)
Does it leave any trace on the host computer? while viewing the secret shared resources?
OT _on: download does not work here, whatever browser settings changed, always only reloads
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/
anybody any idea?
mranonymous: works fine
It's now a ZIP package with 32- and 64-bit version available.
V5.3
Not just for network admins, when your computer is hooked up to the network and nobody can seem to find them in "Network Neighborhood", this program often will. Use it frequently.
V5.3
the file fails to download almost half the way.
V5.4.2
@mukhi Thank you. Link updated. Please re-download.
V5.4.2
@I am Baas please someone help. this can't be downloaded either even after updated link. tried in IE/FF/gchrome. any mirror possible?
NOTE: the same issue with SIW. for SIW. the download does not even start.
V5.4.2
mukhi: download works fine from my side. Can also be downloaded from softpedia.
V5.4.3
@ mukhi - Could your AV or FW program be blocking the download or the download site? Have you been able to download other files with no issue?
V5.4.3
For users or admins that are on a network and want to see what's available. Since many network services are made invisible behind firewalls, you often need specific IP addresses -- Network Scan helps you find them.
Beginning users: Select Options - Auto Detect Local IP Range, and select the network adapter that's connected to your network. Then click Start Scanning in the main window to get a quick idea if the program will be useful or not.