B4 Systems Design: Connectivity Toolkit v3.0















B4 Systems Design: Connectivity Toolkit
* Requires the .NET 2.0 framework

< Download Connectivity Toolkit >

< View latest documentation >





*Most Recent Updates*
Version 3.0
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      (3.0.0)
  • Major rewrite of upgrade integration.
  • Migration of user and application data.
  • Updated the application to run under normal user. (non elevated privileges)
  • Created new autoupdate application.
  • New update functionality and autoupdate integration.


*NEW Major Enhancements*
  • Added TCP Pinging to allow you to ping a specific port.
  • Redesigned Main View to speed up processing and use dramatically less CPU.
  • Fixes to the tracert class and the tracert functions.
  • Updated ping class to handle more options and TCP pings.
  • Redesigned UI and icons.
  • New options including color coding status on main form and popup status in the systray.
  • Automatic updater has been upgraded and modified to only update on demand from inside the application.
  • Modified the initial Installshield package to install a base version so that you don't need to download the initial version to start.


Description:
  • Monitors the Connectivity status of the system to key hosts for monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting network connectivity through the ICMP ping protocol and TCP ping tests.
  • Statistical data is stored for viewing and analysis.
  • Filtering on statistical log file based on keywords as well as Ping Class Rating (Return Time).
  • Allows for advanced trace routes to be performed on addresses as well as mapping based on data from the GeoIP database.
  • Email alerts sent through SMTP based on “Host Died” status.
  • Sorting of the main hosts list by clicking on column.
  • Tracert Form
  • SMART Tracert functionality to perform tracerts automatically when a host enters a Dead status.
  • Updater Checker with automatic update functionality.
  • Backup / Restore hosts feature.
  • LPD Viewer form to have quick access to Lost Packet Details, Smart tracerts, and other troubleshooting information.
  • DNS testing
  • Routes Refresher

Planned updates
* Other troubleshooting utilities possibly:
- netstat (identify processes that start and listen for traffic)
- nslookup and dns features
- ipconfig reset (fixes cached dns issues and general connection staleness).
- netsh
- remote execute, remote shutdown, remote view processes, remote kill processes etc.
- internet bandwidth speed test.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

B4SDCT: B4 Systems Design Connectivity Toolkit v4.3

Convert2Utf8: Detect and convert file encodings in batch

cTail: Large File Tailer