You need not move between many tabs and multiple network records to
inspect complex network problems. Troubleshooting those problems include
discovering a network element/entity’s Internet Protocol address. The address
of the entity, whether it is a port, server, or desktop, gives a lot of
insights into information such as its user, asset tag, device type, and
interface specifics. Those details aid in discovering the source of network
problems, thereby facilitating effective troubleshooting.
Here are some IP tools, which allow inspecting and discovering the basic
reason for any network problem. These must be a part of your kit of network
tools because they provide not only proactive monitoring but also solid control
over the IT infrastructure of your business.
Ping Tools
Ping is a command useable to troubleshoot TCP/IP network connectivity, name
resolution, and network reachability. It is among the favorite tools of all
network administrators. Using it in the form of a CLI command helps with basic
troubleshooting processes such as examining the connectivity state between
multiple host devices as well as latency values.
Anyhow, it is perhaps a bad idea to depend only on the CLI command to
troubleshoot every one of your business network’s IPv4 addresses or IPv6 addresses.
The ping tools of OpUtils can do a fast ICMP sweep in the network of your business. The
tools allow verifying whether a target server or host is not only online but
also responsive.
MAC Address Resolver
The media access control address of a
network element or entity tends to be embedded in that entity’s NIC. Tracking
your business’s network media access control
addresses is a must. This is because the address is primarily for configuring
the Internet Protocol addresses that a network device uses to access a network.
OpUtils offers a tool that allows verifying the specific MAC
address connected to a given IP address through a facility for a lookup in the address space of your
network.
MAC IP List
It is tricky to manage multiple
subnetworks. It is impractical to use CLI commands to scan across your
company’s subnetworks because it would take scanning all hosts in all subnets
to discover the media access control addresses in
each subnet. To make things worse, your Address Resolution Protocol cache is
only capable of retaining that information for just 120 seconds.
This OpUtils tool allows viewing your
Internet Protocol address space’s status in a consolidated form, thus saving
you CLI scanning. The tool can map the IP addresses available to the media access control addresses within your network.
The tool allows doing an IP address lookup
for details regarding the DNS name, IP location, NIC type, MAC address, and so
forth.