Tools for Engineers » Be a Network Superhero
Are you and your colleagues expected to have superhero powers that enable a small staff to manage a highly complex network infrastructure comprised of thousands of devices? We have good news: SolarWinds has developed a series of network tools for network engineers that guarantee you'll look like a superhero, without having to develop any special powers. Check out the save-the-day desktop applications in our Toolsets and don't forget to download some free network tools while you’re at it!
Packed with 49 powerful desktop applications, Engineer's Toolset delivers the network management, monitoring, and troubleshooting tools you need to easily and effectively manage your infrastructure – all in one extremely affordable package.
You'll be a network superhero with Engineer's Toolset's save-the-day features, including:
- Monitors and alerts on availability, bandwidth utilization and health for hundreds of network devices
- Provides robust network diagnostics for quickly troubleshooting and resolving complex network issues
- Offers an array of network discovery tools that facilitate IP address management, port mapping and ping sweeps
- Eases management of Cisco devices with tools for real-time NetFlow analysis, configuration management and router management
Standard Toolset offers a subset of the network tools included in Engineer’s Toolset, providing 14 fundamental network management and discovery tools that are ideal for managing smaller networks. Standard Toolset enables you to:
- Perform network discovery and diagnostic tasks with IP Network Browser, Subnet List, Trace Route, Ping, Enhanced Ping, and Ping Sweep tools
- Manage IP addresses and domain names with Advanced Subnet Calculator and DNS/WhoIs Resolver
- Monitor network performance with Bandwidth Gauges, Watch It!, and Router CPU Load
- Conduct remote management tasks with Wake-On-LAN, TFTP Server, and NetFlow Configurator
Not sure which SolarWinds Toolset is right for you? Compare Standard Toolset to Engineer’s Toolset.
Kiwi Syslog Server is one of the most trusted Windows®-based syslog servers on the market. Easy to set up and configure, it offers a feature-rich solution for receiving, logging, displaying, and forwarding syslog messages from network devices, such as routers, switches, Unix hosts, and other syslog-enabled devices.
Kiwi Syslog Server makes it easy to:
- Receive and manage syslog messages from your network devices
- View syslog messages in multiple windows simultaneously
- Filter messages by host name, host IP address, priority, message text keyword, or time of day
- Create advanced alerts based on message content, message volume, or meta data
- Automatically perform actions based on alerts, including sending email, forwarding messages, triggering audible alarms, sending SNMP trap messages, and paging IT staff
- Produce trend analysis graphs and email syslog traffic statistics
Kiwi CatTools simplifies daily management tasks by enabling you to backup and manage network configurations from your desktop. With CatTools, you can quickly schedule batch jobs and implement bulk configuration changes across routers, switches, and firewalls. Plus, CatTools can notify you of configuration changes via email and generate basic reports.
Kiwi CatTools enables you to:
- Manage configurations from your desktop for network devices, including routers, switches and firewalls
- Schedule configuration backups and changes
- Generate network device configuration reports, such as port, MAC, ARP and version details
- Automatically receive email notifications about configuration changes
- Compare startup and running configurations of network devices
Free Network Tools are our way of giving back to the networking community. We hope you enjoy these desktop applications and that they simplify network management in your environment!
- TFTP Server: Our Most Popular Free Network Tool
Simultaneously upload & download executable images and configurations to routers, switches, firewalls, and other network equipment.
- NEW! Free Kiwi Syslog Server: Receive & Manage Syslog Messages from Your Network Devices
Receive, log, display, and forward syslog messages from network devices with this easy-to-use Syslog Server.
- NEW! Free Kiwi CatTools: Manage & Backup Network Configs from Your Desktop
Simplify daily management tasks with the ability to manage and backup network configurations, schedule batch jobs, and implement bulk changes right from your desktop!
- NEW! VM Monitor: Got Virtualization? Get Visibility with a Free Monitoring Solution from SolarWinds!
Continuously monitor a VMware® ESX Server and its virtual machines with at-a-glance virtualization health statistics!
- NEW! Real-Time NetFlow Analyzer: Unlock the Power of NetFlow on Your Network
Capture and analyze NetFlow data to see what types of traffic are on your network, where it’s coming from, and where it’s going!
- NEW! Exchange Monitor: Your Real-time Desktop Dashboard for Exchange Server Health
Get real-time insight into Exchange performance, mail queue sizes, and host server health with this new free tool!
- NetFlow Configurator: Automate NetFlow Configuration on Cisco Devices
Remotely and quickly configure NetFlow v5 via SNMP on supported Cisco® devices. Don’t wait another minute to go with the flow!
- Advanced Subnet Calculator: The Best Free Network Tool of Its Kind
Calculate a Subnet Mask for an IP address range and more with four powerful subnetting tools in one package.
- Wake-On-LAN: Remotely Power up PCs
Power up a remote PC on the network using a “Magic Packet” that is almost too good to be true.
