Communicate with your local network without server.
IP Messenger is an application to chat inside your Local Area Network (LAN). This is a pop up style LAN Messenger for multi platforms. It is based on TCP/IP (UDP) and does not require server machine. Features include serverless message communication, fast file or folder transfer, image embedded message and desktop (area specified) capture, and message encryption (RSA2048bit + AES256bit) and sign or verify (PKCS#1-v1_5).
1. Very Simple
2. Very useful when in your local network multiple friends are using this
3. You can chat, transfer file, screenshot in over LAN
4. Very small installer
5. No annoying adds
Cons
None so far.
Summary
I like how this program works. Very small and yet very effective. I have 4 laptops in my home and I can share any file over my WIfi with this. Very useful.
Two Thumbs Up for Simplicity !!
andrewbaggins
Pros
Very simple little chat program works perfectly on a home network.
Gives a small popup alert when new message arrives.
Chat window lists all members of home network who are currently available.
You can drag and drop files or photos into the chat window to send, or just type messages back and forth.
More people can join the conversation if you allow it.
Cons
You can change the font in your own chat window but it doesn't show up that way in the other person's chat window (at least, we haven't been able to make it work that way so far).
Does not support video chat or voice chat as far as i can tell.
Summary
If you have a home network or office network and want to send and receive messages or transfer files WITHOUT going on the internet this is a great little program. It's small, it's free, and simple. And, it's not a resource hog on your computer. These days there really is no privacy on the internet at all, so keep your local network/LAN conversations more private by using this.