Friday 14 March 2014

IT Technology: Getif 2.x Network Tool


Getif is a free multi-functional Windows GUI based Network Tool written by Philippe Simonet.  It is amongst other things, an excellent SNMP tool that allows you to collect and graph information from SNMP devices.  These devices include (but are by no means limited to) Windows 2000 (using the SNMP4NT or SNMP4W2K or SNMP-Informant extension agents, of course!), and other OS's as well as devices manufactured by most major network companies (i.e. Cisco, 3COM, Dlink, Nokia, etc., etc.).

GetIf is much more than an SNMP browser however, with the ability to graph OID values over time, display the device's interface information, routing and ARP tables, as well as do basic port scans, Traceroutes, NSLookups, and IP Scans.

In order to use Getif effectively, you must have SNMP installed, and know the IP address and the community name(s) of the device you want to access.  If you don't, the SNMP functions will not work.


Reference:
Getif 2.x Network Tool
http://www.wtcs.org/snmp4tpc/getif.htm

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