Disappointing Functionality and Organization
BACKGROUND:
I have purchased the iPod, iPad, and now the Mac version of this software. I run a network with 6 subnets, 5 wireless access points, and 3 servers running linux.
PRO’s:
* It’s really handy to be able to scan another subnet from my workstation instead of running over to the access point with my iPod.
* It keeps machines information cached so the historical data from previous scans can be reviewed.
* The Bonjour scanner is useful for discovering services on the net and is well organized.
CON’s:
* This app lacks a port scan feature and fails to detect MAC addresses like it should.
* All information about a specific device is not accesible through the detail listing for that device. For example: If I perform a scan and click on a device with the IP 172.16.12.154, the software will list the IP address, Host visibility, and online status. To view a list of Bonjour services for that device, the user must change to another screen and sift through another list of hosts to find that information. The device cannot be ping’d or a port scan performed by the user.
* The software appears to get its information from the server instead of the devices themselves. I had some machines come up on a scan that haven’t been connected to the net a year before I bought the app. These machines did, however, have entries in the DHCP & DNS servers.
* This app lacks the functionality and is organized very differently from its iOS versions.
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