These are tools that are useful for managing and troubleshooting AppleTalk and TCP/IP networks from a Macintosh. No Network administrator should leave home without these. These are all run from the MacOS.

If you need help configuring Macs for TCP/IP, click here.

If you need help configuring Macs for dialing with PPP, click here.

TCP/IP Tools for MacOS:

• WhatRoute - Ping/Traceroute/DNS query utility plus Telnet-Server for MacOS. Useful for pinging, tracerouting and issuing DNS queries from a Mac. Telnet-Server is used for telnetting to the Mac's IP address to issue the same commands via command-line prompt across the network. The Telnet-Server does not give you access to any MacOS executables.

• NCSA Telnet - Telnet client & FTP-Server for the MacOS. Allows you to telnet from the Mac, and set up the Mac as an FTP-Server.

• Fetch - FTP-client for MacOS.

• Netpresenz - FTP server for the Mac on steroids.

• TFTP Daemon - TFTP server for MacOS. Useful for storing your router configurations, and net-booting your router from.

• Daemon - Finger/Whois/Ident/NTP/Daytime daemon for MacOS. Just like the Unix equivalent.

• ZTerm - Terminal Emulator for MacOS. Use for communicating to devices connected to a Mac's serial port, like modems, routers, ISDN TAs, etc.

• IPNetRouter - Software-Based TCP/IP Router. Install on a Macintosh with 2 or more Ethernet cards connected to 2 or more subnets, and route TCP/IP across them.

AppleTalk Tools for MacOS:
• Trawl - AppleTalk sniffer. Build graphical pictures of your AppleTalk LAN & WAN. Find out what AppleTalk network-numbers belong to what devices.

• MacPing - Ping tool, for pinging AppleTalk & IP nodes. Other Ping tools ping TCP/IP nodes but not AppleTalk nodes. This one does AppleTalk.

• OTTool - Small utility that displays a Mac's AppleTalk & IP configuration parameters.

• LanSatellite - Network monitoring & mapping software for AppleTalk networks.

• UAR - Software-based AppleTalk router. Install on a Macintosh with 2 or more Ethernet cards connected to 2 or more subnets, and route AppleTalk across them.

• WDT Remote Admin - Lets you manipulate a Mac remotely via a Telnet session. Similar to 'Backorifice' for Windows. Useful for accessing your Mac over the Internet or an IP-only LAN.

• ToolDaemon - Another tool that lets you manage a Mac remotely via a Telnet session. Basically a poor-man's alternative to Timbuktu.

• AppleTalk Security Tools - Utilities to see how insecure your AppleTalk network is.