CNET Editors' review
NirSoft's NetResView lists all the resources on your Windows-based home or small-business network in a single display, including all computers, disk drives, and printers. It's freeware, too, which puts its capabilities in reach of those who usually need it most. It doesn't give you the ability to configure or alter your LAN or do the other things big-box networking programs can do (for a hefty price). It just centralizes information about your network resources, including admin and hidden shares. Its mission is simple but important, and it meets the challenge.
This standalone utility runs as soon as you extract and click the ZIP program file, so it's totally portable and can be run on any machine. At just over 42KB, it's small enough to fit on virtually any device or storage medium, too. The program opens with a compact, Windows-style dialog that displays all attached network resources, their types, work group or domain, attributes, paths, and more in a customizable list view. Advanced options include the ability to retrieve IP addresses (the default selection) and MAC addresses (by clicking a chec kbox) and set timeout values. Right-clicking any entry calls up a full menu, including the ability to run an HTML report just on selected items. We tried the grid view, which seems to help with large listings; we like the inclusion of a column autosizing option, too. Configuring the interface and tool options and generating reports are about all users need to worry about with this tool.
Using the built-in Windows tools to keep track of your LAN usually means going to each machine, one by one, or buying enterprise-class network software for enterprise-class prices. NetResView collects all the information you need in one place, and it's free.
Publisher's Description
From NirSoft Freeware:
NetResView is a small utility that displays the list of all network resources (computers, disk shares, and printer shares) on your LAN. As opposed to My Network Places module of Windows, NetResView display all network resources from all domains/workgroups in one screen, and including admin/hidden shares. Also, for each computer, NetResView displays the IP address, the operating system name/version, and the MAC address of the network card.
What's new in this version: Version 1.26 has added or start command-line option, which allows you to scan the network resources immediately with the last settings without displaying the Advanced Options dialog-box.
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"Excellent one stop resource check"
Version: NetResView 1.25
Pros
It is small super easy to use and set up and provides all the information and much more than i expected all in one place
Cons
free ware: no cons
Summary
I only have good things to say. it is freeware that actually is more informative than built in or paid for utilities.it gives me all my information from the one computer so i dont hve to go to every one. I can not make changes but it isnt what this is for. i use it to just find out what i have and where it is , particularly helpful with all my shrares. in a couple of seconds i have a complete scorecard of what is where and how many. it is fast and easy to get all kinds of info.
this is an addendum to the 1.21 version i had reviewed originally and wasnt thrilled with.
Updated on Jan 23, 2011
Updated on Jan 23, 2011I do not use this often and listed no cons, one because i rarely use it and 2 because it is free and does limited duty but is pretty good at what it does do. it is tough to down rate a freeware product for not doing everything; as long as it does pretty much what it does claim to do. I get long lists of things and i liked it because, at first i thought the program was off but it turned out i had a program as a 'share' a zillion times for some reason. and for that alone, i am thankful i downloaded this. i was able to get my network things a little better organized (had to use other programs to do that work) and net res view served its purpose. -
"Needs Work"
Version: NetResView 1.21
Pros
It is small and compact. Found shares and address of the computer it was on.
Cons
It did not find anything other than some things in the computer i opened it to, i have ethernet connections and it wasnt able to see any device on the wired net. it found only the one ip address and only one MAC address out of 5or 6
Summary
i believe it needs some work. I dont know how these things function so have no advice only that it did not find anything beyond some shared files on the ' drive and it found the printer usb connection. Out of 6 wired IP addresses , it only found the one it was on. only the one MAC address. I have wifi as well and it saw nothing at all wireless..
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"It did not work"
Version: NetResView 1.21
Pros
The software did not work as advertise
Cons
It did not work on my wireless network
Summary
it did not work
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"Couldn't find most LAN resources"
Version: NetResView 1.21
Pros
Easy installation - just extract the files from the downloaded ZIP and run.
Cons
Couldn't find most LAN resources on my system. It missed things like: routers, network printers, network disc drives, gateways, hubs, switches, networked DVRs and media components.
Summary
Windows My Network does a better job locating LAN resources and displaying the information.
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