BC Network Utilities

BC Network Utilities is a software application that was developed specifically to aid you in scanning a TCP port, displaying the IP address of a website, bringing up source code or pinging a specified location.

Easy-to-handle interface

The installation process is over in a jiffy, while the interface you are met with can only be described as plain and simple, as it only comprises several buttons and pop-up windows. Although there are no Help contents incorporated, you can easily get around BC Network Utilities, regardless of your previous experience with the IT world.

View current user and check if an IP is valid

This program comes bundled with several networking tools, while it is also possible to bring up the name of the current user, with just a click of the button.
You can easily detect and display the IP address of a specified website, as well as the other way around with some simple dedicated tools. In addition to that, it is possible to check if a user-input web page or IP is running, its content type, server and other related information.

Check TCP ports and ping a link

You can check if a selected TCP port is closed or opened for any IP address or website, while you can also view the source code of a specified URL and save it to a custom location on the hard drive, with just a few clicks.
Last but not least, it is possible to ping a web page or IP address, view details about this utility and the end user license agreement.

Conclusion and performance

It does not require a large amount of resources in order to run properly and all jobs are completed in a timely fashion. The interface is more than intuitive and we did not detect any errors, crashes or bugs in our tests.
All in all, BC Network Utilities proves to be a pretty simple, yet handy piece of software, suitable to both power and novice users which are interested in viewing particular information about URLs and IPs.