Newt is a network monitoring software similar to the previously mentioned network monitoring software Networx or Look@Lan. The network monitor uses a multithreaded scanning engine to scan all remote computers and domains to retrieve information about them. The information itself is shown in a spreadsheet like table-format that can be exported into various formats including html, text or csv.
The information that are displayed after the network scan are – among others – computer names, IP addresses, operating systems, uptime, MAC address, domain name and user name. The collected data can be sorted in numerous ways. The free version of NEWT has a few limitations like only being able to scan and monitor 25 computers, no SNMP device detection or multithreaded IP Range discovery.
Next to the computer analysis it is possible to send a few commands to remote computers in the network. It is possible to send messages, ping computers or to turn them on or off remotely.
The network monitoring software is compatible with most Microsoft operating systems including Windows XP, Windows Vista and even the soon to be released Windows 7.
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You really should compare to wireshark, which is considered by many to be the end-all network monitoring tool. It is open source, too.
How does this compare with GroundWork Monitor?
GroundWork Open Source uniquely combines the most mature and successful open source network monitoring software available today into a single package.