IpMaster

An IP address management solution.

Pros: IpMaster is a one stop solution for managing IP addresses across a local area network (LAN). It has a number of advanced features that makes the task of assigning and managing IP addresses a breeze. The centralized user interface is fairly intuitive and most of the tasks can be performed with very little effort. For example removing the assigned address from a particular MAC is as simple as selecting the given IP address and removing the assignment – a single mouse click! This is achieved through the Visual IP Address Management function, which gives an explorer style tree like hierarchy of subnets and for each subnet all the IP address assignments are shown on a right pane (which is very the assignment can be changed). Sub-netting can be done either manually (there is a calculator that can be used for this purpose) or automatically which can generate subnets based on a mask or number of required hosts.

Other functions including a Scan function (that scans for all hosts in a given subnet), a Monitoring function (monitor whether a given monitored host is running or not), a Search function (to search for relevant messages in the IP address management library), and an Export function (to export information relating to IP address management to an excel file for easy reference). It supports both Classless Inter-Domian Routing (CIDR) and Variable Length Subnet Masks (VLSM).

It has in-built support for a number of network utilities such as trace route, ping, Telnet, netsend, etc. The right pane that displays information about hosts can be customized to show only that information as is considered relevant by the network manager / administrator.

Cons: This is an excellent tool and has no major limitations. The interface needs some improvement but this is minor.

Overall: 5 stars. An excellent tool for inexperienced and experienced users / administrators alike.

IPMaster is a IP address management software. It provides visual IP address assignment (network topology tree), automatic subnet calculator, mask calculation, subnetting, network segment scanning, host monitoring, ping, traceroute, telnet, and netsend etc. It supports VLSM( Variable Length Subnet Masks) and CIDR( Classless Inter-Domain Routing). The purpose of this software is to assign and manage IP address efficiently for enterprise network.
Key features of IPMaster:
1. Visual IP address management function. The whole interface is divided into three parts: the left part is network topology tree, display subnet hierarchy, right part is the content of subnet, the bottom part is tip message area.
2. Automatic subnetting function. The system provides automatic subnet calculator, at the sub-divisible subnet node, input "Amount of Subnets", "Hosts in each Subnet" or "Subnet Mask", the system will generate child subnet under the target subnet automatically.
3. Manual subnetting function. The system provides manual subnet calculator, at the sub-divisible subnet node, input "IP address", "subnet mask", the system will generate a designated child subnet under the target subnet.
4. Relevant function of host. The system provides 4 default functions - ping, traceroute, telnet and net send, the user can also custom other function.
5. Scan function. The host name, MAC address and user name of all hosts in the target subnet can be got automatically.
6. Monitoring function. The system can monitor the running status of the monitored host, when the host is shutdown, the tip message area would warn by red hints.
7. Search function, the user can search relevant message in the IP address management library by subnet ID, host IP or name.
8. Export function, all the information in the IP address management library can be output to a Excel file.
9. User-defined host column function, the user can custom the host information column.