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Feature Comparison Guide

As a developer of Internet Tools, I have gained a rich understanding of how various IP tools work and discovered there are subtle but important differences between IPNetMonitor and other similar looking tools.

I created this page to describe what sets different IP tools apart. As the developer of IPNetMonitor, it is natural for me to focus on those areas that I feel are important and distinguish IPNetMonitor from other implementations. Despite this freely acknowledged bias, I have tried to be as objective as possible in comparing how the tools actually work and what results you can expect. I leave it to the reader to "see for yourself" and decide what matters to you.

What Tools are Included

IPNetMonitor AGNetTools Mac TCP Watcher OTTool WhatRoute
Ping Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
TraceRoute Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Name Lookup Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NSLookup Yes - - - Yes
Mail Exchange (MX) Yes - - Yes Yes
Whois Yes Yes - - Yes
Finger Yes Yes - - Yes
Network Info (TCP & AppleTalk) - Yes Yes Yes -
Domain Name Scan Yes Yes - Yes -
Ping Scan Yes Yes - - -
Last Seen Scan Yes - - - -
Service Scan - Yes - - -
Port Scan - Yes - - -
TCP and UDP Echo - Yes Yes - -
ICMP Logging Yes - - - Yes
Subnet Calculator Yes - - - -
Throughput Plot (Monitor) Yes - - - -
Throughput tool - Yes - - -
TCP Info Yes - Yes - -
TCP Connection List Yes - Yes - -
Geographic Location Plot - - - - Yes
Telnet Server (remote control) - - - - Yes

ICMP Ping

IPNetMonitor AGNetTools Mac TCP Watcher OTTool What Route
1. Accurate Round Trip Time (RTT) Yes No No No Yes
2. Detects destination unreachable and reports reason Yes No No No No
3. Simple graphic design Yes Yes No No No
4. Integration with other tools Yes Some Some Some Some
5. Multiple Ping windows Yes Some Yes No No
6. Built-in help for each tool. Yes No No No No

TraceRoute

IPNetMonitor AGNetTools Mac TCP Watcher OTTool What Route
1. Accurate Round Trip Time (RTT) Yes No Yes No Yes
2. Detects destination unreachable and reports reason Yes No Yes Yes Yes
3. Simple graphic design Yes Yes Some Some No
4. Integration with other tools Yes Some Some Some Some
5. Multiple Trace windows Yes Some Yes No No
6. Asynchronous trace ahead Yes No Yes No No
7. Provides average RTT for each hop Yes No Yes No No
8. Can copy and paste results Yes Yes Yes No Yes
9. Copied results formatted for easy reading Yes No No No Yes
10. Built-in help for each tool Yes No No No No

To be continued... send comments to the author at

Product Reference

IPNetMonitor 2.5, Sustainable Softworks, http://www.sustworks.com, trialware $30

AGNetTools 2.0, the ag group, inc., http://www.aggroup.com, trialware $34.95

Mac TCP Watcher 2.0, Stairways Shareware, http://www.stairways.com, shareware $10

OTTool 1.0B4, Neon Software, http://www.neon.com, freeware

WhatRoute 1.5.0b5(PPC), Bryan Christianson, http://crash.ihug.co.nz/~bryanc/, freeware