For the past year, I have been asked several times to put a
list together of networking tools I use in my everyday network
engineering. All of the tools listed
below are listed on Google Play. There
may be a version for some of these apps on the Apple Store. Some of thet tools do the same tasks as
others, so you can choose which tool best suites your needs.
Wigle Wifi is a android version for Netstumbler except
better. It will allow you to see a gps
map of your where your access point is located.
Fing is a network mapping tool using ping. You can change the network from wireless to
wired and It will tell you the device
type on the network and allow you to do a port scan of that device.
Is network mapper with a basic set of ip tools.
Is a great tool for troubleshooting IP. It has ping, NSlookup, traceroute, a port
scanner and net scanner. The developer
of this app abandoned it, but it is still a nice app.
Is good at troubleshooting IP. It has ping, NSlookup, traceroute and some
other tools.
This tool test for any bandwidth or throughput issues on
your network.
Need to trace an ip address to a country or ISP, this is
your tool.
If you need wifi access point information, ip information,
cell service information and GPS information all in one app, this is the one
for you. Highly recommended.
A great little ftp client to connect to secure ftp as well
as SCP servers.
Do you need to connect to a teamviewer session on a
computer?
Allows you to connect to any Spiceworks application server
to get information on your network.
Great ssh and scp client that supports both ssh v1 and v2.
I still have need to do some old school ICQ chatting.
Great IRC client for connecting to a IRC server.
This software allows you to connect to your phone from any
web browser and partially control it.
You can transfer files, send text messages all through a web browser.
Nice to have one in case you need it.
Need to attend a WebEx meeting but do not have your lab top,
no problem use your phone or tablet.
Need to attend a GoToMeeting, no problem again, use your
phone.
Studying for CCNA and need a little quick help, this has
good information on all the basics.
Used for Cisco mobile learning
Did you forget how to use a command? Just look it up.
Another great command line reference for Cisco.
Most of these apps will run on a android tablet with ICS or
Jellybean. Also some of these apps have
a paid version which will add some more functionality. I hope this list gives you some good ideas
for apps to use on your phone or tablet.
Tom Pruett
CCSI #33112,
CCNA, MCSE (NT, 2000, 2003), MCITP SQL 2005, MCDBA SQL 7 & 2000, MCP+1,
MCT, CTT+, CISSP, CWNA, CEH, CHFI, A+, Network+, Security+
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