The command console is certainly top tier when it comes to network administration tools, but when you combine its capabilities with a user-friendly GUI that also allows high-level summaries, you might get the toolbox you are looking for.
That is what Subnetlens aims to be, delivering a comprehensive and modern network management tool that allows monitoring, scanning and diagnostics for both small, local LANs and large-scale environments.
LAN discovery and topology mapping
As its name suggests, Subnetlens puts your LAN configuration under the lens, providing a reliable network mapping and health diagnostics utility that can help with troubleshooting and network configuration.
It can perform a network scan to analyze a subnet range and generate a network map that allows you to get a graphical representation of the network’s structure, with all the gateways, workstations and servers, routers and switches, printers, phones, and other devices. There is an information chart for each device, which includes connectivity details (IP and MAC address, hostname, ARP type, OS, open ports, configuration and dependencies, and more).
Comprehensive IT toolkit for network admins
The built-in collection of network utilities includes the standard set of tools that most network admins look for in all network monitoring and scanning software. Subnetlens allows testing a host’s reachability with ping and trace a packet back to its host using traceroute.
It also features DNS lookup to query DNS records, an embedded port scanner and tester, ARP scanning, IP routing table, netstat, wake-on-LAN and MAC lookup. A list of all the network interfaces and their connection details is available, along with a public IP detector, a geographical IP lookup, a service lookup and a SMB share browser.
The developers of Subnetlens tried to create a tool that bundles multiple functions, so you no longer need another application or executing a CLI command. A subnet calculator and a bandwidth test tool are also included in the IT toolkit, along with an encoder / decoder, a JSON formatter, a hash calculator and a cron schedule tester.
An all-encompassing network administration, monitoring and scanning tool
Aside from the above, Subnetlens comes with a generous amount of tools in the paid editions, allowing remote desktop connections, web admins, terminal access and device-specific tools. It can schedule automatic network scans and allows storing network credentials in a secured vault, while also allowing the efficient management of the IP address space. While scanning upon request is one-click away, know that real-time network monitoring and event tracking are also an option. This application bundles multiple tools that all network admins can use on a daily basis, so it is definitely worth a try.