IP Scanner v1.5

I found this very nifty tool called IP Scanner. Although it’s not completely free, it’s perfect for home use where you probably don’t have more than five computers. Or at least I don’t have that many computers at home!

This is a short description that I found in the read me file:

IP Broadcaster and IP Scanner are part of a suite of tools that leverages Bonjour (the technology formerly known as Rendezvous) to facilitate communication and transfer of data between computers on an ad-hoc LAN. IP Broadcaster is similar to other IP indicators that sit in the menu bar, and can be used as such in a stand-alone fashion. It provides LAN and WAN information for multiple network interfaces and refreshes itself at a user specified rate. Where this application distinguishes itself is in its ability to broadcast this data to its sister application IP Scanner, which in turn collects the data from all the IP Broadcaster-enabled machines and sorts them in a column view in real-time, each IP linked to the current username of the person logged in to that machine.

The developer’s Web site can be found here.

[tags]lan,ip scanner,bonjour,rendezvous,ip broadcaster,wan[/tags]