The whois command is a tool commonly used on various operating systems, including Linux, MacOS, and Windows, to query databases that store the registered users or assignees of an Internet resource, such as a domain name, an IP address block, or an autonomous system. It can provide information such as the domain owner, contact information, […]
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In our prior article on companion tools for Wireshark (link), we provided a list of tools that network analysts, operations, maintainers or just curious people should consider. All these were stand alone tools. What about Internet/Web Browser based sites that you may find useful? This thought raises certain issues, like this scenario: the network is
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Wireshark is a powerful network protocol analyzer used by network professionals for troubleshooting, analysis, development, and education. Companion tools can enhance its functionality or help in related tasks. Here are some websites and tools that can be seen as companions to Wireshark: Each of these tools has its unique strengths and can be used alongside
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If you use Windows and you are a Networking person technical or non-technical, you will find our toolkit to put all the useful Windows capabilities at your fingertips in a simple menu driven batch file. Before we start, you can download and install this toolkit here (instructions for installing are provided on that page). Here
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The following are some AI tools that you may find very useful in your life and even small business. For example, Microsoft is in the process of launching a Microsoft 365 AI based assistant called Copilot for the office suite of programs (you can read more about this here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2023/03/16/introducing-microsoft-365-copilot-a-whole-new-way-to-work/) There are a lot of doubts
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Who is on my network? Great question. Better yet: Who is on my customer’s network? That would be looking at the issue from a service provider’s perspective. This article attempts to answer that question with tips and tricks and tools that will help you, whether you are the owner of a network or a service provider.
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Monitoring, analyzing, managing, and diagraming a network can often be a huge problem for Network and System Administrators. They are often vendor specific or cost large sums of money to license. We also have the challenge of so many different network infrastructures, like Wi-Fi and wired. If you are looking for a tool that may
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What is Netsh? Netsh is a Microsoft Windows command-line shell/scripting utility originally introduced in Windows 2000 that allows you to, either locally or remotely, display or modify the network configuration of a computer that is currently running. Netsh also provides a scripting feature that allows you to run a group of commands in batch mode
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