NetX is a network discovery app for Android
NetX is a new network discovery application for Android that displays information about all devices connected to a network among other things.
One of the many appeals of the application is that it is extremely easy to use yet powerful enough to satisfy the needs of users who demand more than just a list of devices found in a computer network.
The application displays all connected d6evices on start listing each device by type, name, IP address, Mac address and manufacturer. One interesting aspect of this is that it will display these devices in the future even if they are offline (or hidden) at that period in time.
From here, it is possible to tap on any of the devices to display additional information and -- some -- controls on a new page.
NetX
Information provided on the page varies depending on the device and range from basic device type information (e.g. make, model and Android version of a mobile device) to Wake on Lan, Secure Shell, Operating System information for other types of network devices. You may also find listed the Bounjour name, Netbios name and domain if those information are provided by the device.
In addition to those information, options to ping the device or run a port scan, and to control it remotely are provided.
The remote capabilities depend largely on the configuration, and Wake on Lan is the only command that is available at all times.
Ping and port scan commands are executed automatically when run from the device screen. Ping send several pings to the device and lists information about the process afterwards. This includes packets received and packet loss information, the time it took to execute, and error information.
The port scan checks for open ports on the selected device and displays them in the interface after a short moment.
Both of these options are available with a tap on the main menu of the application as well. The core difference is that you need to enter the hostname or IP address of the device that you want pinged or port scanned.
NetX ships with a couple of other features of interest. You may use the application to run a WiFi scan for instance which returns information about each wireless network found during the scan.
Information like its name, strength or channel are highlighted by NetX after the scan.
There is also a connection information page that reveals how the Android device is connected to the network, its upload and download bandwidth, IP address, and more.
You may use the menu to add hidden devices to the application, and to export data to csv files or import previously saved data.
Other features of NetX that you may find useful include monitoring access to network WiFi and pushing notifications on the device when new or unknown devices connect to it, and monitoring remote device metrics such as CPU and RAM usage. Obviously, this depends on how devices are set up.
Closing Words
NetX is a free application for Android that is easy to use yet very powerful at the same time. It could do with a couple of smaller feature additions such as letting you pick custom ports you want scanned and not only scanning popular ports without providing a list of what those might be.
All in all, if you are looking for a network discovery app with extra features on top of that for Android, you may want to give this a try.
Thanks for the tip Martin.
It is for these kinds of posts that I follow GHacks.
What’s up with the generic comment, are you a bot?
2G?
Where on the planet is that still in use? I was forced to give up using my RAZRV3 years ago because 2G was phased out by AT&T.
Everywhere 3G has been turned off and you don’t have LTE coverage, and believe me there are many developed countries where this is the case and if it weren’t for 2G you wouldn’t even be able to make a phone call.
Maybe I missed it, but I don’t believe tha term “2G” is in the article. Perhaps you are referring to “AGM G2”??
@Martin
Your website has gone insane.
When I the post button I then saw my comment posted on a different article page. When I opened this article again, it is here.
@Tachy @Martin Brinkmann
” Your website has gone insane. ”
Same here. Has happened several times.
@Tachy,
@Martin P.,
For over two weeks now,
I’ve been seeing “Comments” posted by subscribers appearing in different, unrelated articles.
https://www.ghacks.net/windows-11-update-stuck-fixed-for-good/#comment-4572991
https://www.ghacks.net/windows-11-update-stuck-fixed-for-good/#comment-4572951
For the time being,
it would be better to specify the “article name and URL” at the beginning of the post.
@tachy a lot of non-phone devices with a sim in them rely on 2G, at least here in europe.
Usually things reporting usage or errors/alarms on something remote that does not get day to day inspection in person. They are out there in vast numbers doing important work. Reliable, good range. The low datarate is no problem at all in those cases.
3G is gone or on its last legs everywhere, but this stuff still has too much use to cancel.
Anyhow, interesting that they would put that in. I can see the point if you suspect a hostile 2G environment (amateur eavesdroppers with laptop, ranging up to professional grade MITM fake towers while “strangely” not getting the stronger crypto voip 4G because it is being jammed, and back down to something as old ‘stingray’ devices fallen into the wrong hands).
But does this also mean that they have handled and rolled out a fix for that nasty 4G ‘pwn by broadcast’ problem you reported earlier this year? I had 4G disabled due to that, on the off chance that some of the local criminals would buy some cheap chinese gear, download a working exploit and probe every phone in range all over town in the hope of getting into phones of the police.
>”While most may never be attacked in stingrays, it is still recommended to disable 2G cellular connections, especially since it does not have any downsides.”
The downside would be losing connectivity. I spend a lot of time way out in the countryside where there’s often no service or almost none. My network allows 2G, and I need it sometimes. I have an option on the phone to disable 2G, I may do that when I’m in the city and I have good 5G connectivity, but not out in the country.
I would imagine that the stingray exploits, like most of the bad things in this world, are probably things you will run into in the crowded big cities.
I stopped using it in a mobile (Wi-Fi line) environment, so I’m almost ignorant of the actual situation,
But the recent reality in Japan makes me realize that “the infrastructure of the web is nothing more than a papier-mâché fiction”.
https://www.ghacks.net/2023/08/17/google-chrome-to-enable-https-first-by-default-for-all-users/#comment-4572402
It is already beyond the scope of what an individual can do.
What we should be aware of is the reality that “governments and those in power want to control the world through the Web”, and efforts to counter (resist and prevent) such ambitions are necessary.
Why do you want people to disable the privacy features? Hmmmmm?
Now You: do you plan to keep the Ads privacy features enabled?
I’d like to tell you, but apparently if you make a post critical of Google, you get censored. * [Editor: removed, just try to bring your opinion across without attacking anyone]
@Martin
You website is still psychotic. Comments attach to random stories.
@Martin please do fix the comments, it’s completely insane commenting here! :[
@Martin
The comments are seriously messed up on gHacks now. These comments are mixed with the article at the below URL.
https://www.ghacks.net/2023/08/18/android-how-to-disable-2g-cellular-connections-to-improve-security/
And comments on other articles are from as far back as 2010.
What does this article has anything to do with all the comments on this article? LOL I think this Websuite is ran by ChatGPT. every article is messed up. Some older comments from 2015 shown up in recant articles, LOL
The picture captioned “Clearing the Android Auto’s cache might resolve the issue” is from Apple Carplay ;)
How about other things that matter:
Drop survival?
Screen toughness?
Degree of water and dust protection?