ANT (Advanced Net Tools) Professional Edition

ANT (Advanced Net Tools) Professional Edition is a software tool whose purpose is to aid you view, monitor and test many aspects you your network connection.

Quick setup and accessible environment

The installation process does not bring any kind of unpleasant surprises and it is over in just a few seconds. When you are done with it, you are greeted by a minimal interface, as it is only comprised of a menu bar and several buttons, enabling you to quickly access all available options. Moreover, it can be rendered unobtrusive at any point, by sending it to the system tray.

Tools and options to tinker with

This software utility enables you to scan an IP address, ranges and ports, while also controlling the timeout period and number of concurrent threads to use. Moreover, you can scan IP addresses for machines with open shares you can access.
ANT (Advanced Net Tools) Professional Edition lets you view information pertaining to your adapter, including the MAC and IP address, mask, index ID and context, refresh the information and copy it to the Clipboard for further use. Router configuration is also available, as well as the IP and ARP ones.
Last, but not least, it is possible to ping a host, trace a host, lookup a DNS, monitor servers, check IP availability and monitor your connections, as well as copy all this information to that Clipboard, so that you can use it in other programs.

Conclusion

To wrap it up, ANT (Advanced Net Tools) Professional Edition is a pretty well-rounded piece of software, which is suitable to all types of users. It contains a large number of options and it does not impede the system’s performance in any way, as the CPU and memory usage is low at all times. Nonetheless, it could greatly benefit from an update.