Best Free Android Apps for Network Professionals

network professionals are often on call. All too often, something just pops up during these periods on a call that could quickly be resolved with the right tools. As a result, many network professionals find themselves dragging around a laptop "just in case." However, Android phones are now capable of running a series of network applications that can greatly simplify and speed repairs. While they will not replace the PC version and always will solve your problem, these seven applications were necessary for a network of professional and May even save you from pulling out your laptop.

Ping

This handy little application does exactly what its name suggests. Need to quickly see if the host, if you do? Ping will ping the IP or DNS name. Ping is a pretty basic networking tools so that this program is as useful as the PC version.

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ConnectBot

Have you ever wanted to just quickly Secure Shell in the box to restart the service or do some other quick fix? Thanks ConnectBot, you can do with android phone! Thing I found most challenging about ConnectBot is figuring out how to send the ESC key in the sixth. (Tap on the screen during the session and key touch ESC will appear). ConnectBot incredibly capable SSH client. I personally use this tool regularly.

Network Discovery

Network Discovery is a handy little program with a very nice interface. It will scan the network for devices and show you the IP addresses and names of all the devices it finds. It is also quite accurate in detecting the type of device. On my network is properly marked with my AT & T router as a router but I saw my network printer as well as additional računalo.Lijepo this program is that if you touch input, it will move to a new screen and do a scan on that device. It scans commonly used ports and scan it is not adjustable, but it's still a nice feature.

Luka Scandroid

If you need to configure a port scan or scan a range of ports, Port Scandroid is the tool you need. Enter the IP or DNS name and starting and stopping port range, and this tool will make a scan, showing all the open ports. Although this tool is very handy and free, it does have one annoying feature, the phone will be held in portrait alignment to start the scan and if you flip the phone over the horizontal scan, the scan stops.

Android VNC Viewer

This application is simply amazed me the first time I saw him. If you use VNC remote control machine, this program is for you. This is a free implementation of the VNC viewer that allows you to remotely run a machine running a VNC server. It takes some getting used to Android as the screen is so small and the Control-Alt-Delete sequence is a little tricky at first on the touch screen. However, if you just need to do something quickly, this tool will be invaluable.

Wifi Analyzer

This is one of my favorite tools for finding an open WiFi network when I'm out there, but it is also very useful as a tool for problem solving. Wifi Analyzer drawn map of WiFi networks in range, showing their relative signal strength and which channels are configured on. It also indicates the closed and open networks. It will also recommend the channel noise reduction based on what channels are in use.

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