Network Tools

Your computer is a priceless source of unimaginable amounts of information. No matter how inexpensive your hardware, you can find many types of software applications that will help you do all kinds of things when you link to the Internet. If you do not manage your own computer applications, but trust them instead to an administrator, you may want to schedule some time to go over all the applications that may be installed on your equipment so you can learn to make better use of them. Contact information for a domain IP can be found using WHOIS, an industry standard. This tool can locate the city and state location of a hostname as well as the administrator’s name. SmartWHOIS is another version of this tool. Ping transmits an echo request to a certain network computer. Communication links can be checked, as well as verification as to whether the host is operating. In a related vein, Domain Info reveals Website details, including the server. For contact purposes, Free Email Lookup can tell a user if

an email address is free. Another email program called Email Test will let you know if there are problems sending messages to a specific domain or computer. Spam database lookup can tell you if a mail server appears in a spam database. These are just the tip of the tool iceberg. If you would like your computer to perform a certain function, do a computer search to see if the tool exists. Or you can check with your software dealer to find out if he or she knows of one that you could purchase for your system. Another way to become familiar with available tools is to visit Websites or contact manufacturers who can tell you more about existing applications that can do the work you want done.