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- NetScanTools 4.22
- Welcome to the "readme" file
- Trial version 4.22, 19 September 2001
- (c) 1995-2001 Northwest Performance Software, Inc.
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- DOCUMENT INDEX
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- This file contains the following sections:
-
- 1. General Notes
- 2. Contact Information
- 3. Installation Instructions
- 4. Revision History
- 5. Client Function Summary
-
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- GENERAL NOTES
-
- Program Requirements.
- *This program is designed for Windows NT 4.0 Workstation or Server,
- any Service Pack, Windows 2000, Windows ME, 98 or 95. Windows 95 users must
- install the Winsock 2 update available at Microsoft's website.
- (all the preceding are trademarks or registered trademarks of the
- Microsoft Corporation).
- *Approximately 2 MB disk space
- *TCP/IP Network connection with DNS
-
- License Agreement.
- Please see License.txt linked from the NetScanTools program group
-
- Suggestions/Comments/Bug Reports
- Please email all suggestions/comments/bug reports to:
- support@netscantools.com
- Online bug report form:
- http://www.netscantools.com/email.html
-
- Support:
- http://www.netscantools.com/support.html
-
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- CONTACT INFORMATION
-
- email: sales@netscantools.com or sales@nwpsw.com
- WWW-main site: http://www.nwpsw.com/
- http://www.netscantools.com/
-
- Mailing address:
- Northwest Performance Software, Inc.
- PO Box 148
- Maple Valley, WA 98038-0148 USA
-
- Telephone. VOICE: (425) 413-0354 (8am to 5pm Pacific (Seattle-LA) Time)
- 24 hour/7 day FAX: (425) 413-0639
-
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- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
-
- 1. Unzip the nst4*.zip file to a temporary directory/folder such as
- c:\temp, then run setup.exe.
- 2. Follow the instructions in the setup program.
-
- Problems installing? See the support section of www.netscantools.com.
-
- (The most common problem is unzipping the files into a directory which has
- more than 8 characters or a space included in any level of the directory tree.
- Please unzip the contents of the zip file into a short-named directory like
- c:\temp or c:\mytemp etc.)
-
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- REVISION HISTORY
-
- 19 September 2001 Version 4.22
- New
- -NetScanner tab now has right click menu (results area) with many
- options.
- -NetScanner, Ping and Traceroute tabs now have new text copying
- options on right click menu.
- -Ping tab now allows up to 4096 packets to be sent in a single
- ping sequence.
-
- Fixes
- -Fixed longstanding bug in traceroute that caused crashes on
- Win 95/98/ME.
- -Corrected ICMP type 3 table and added more codes.
- -Fixed other bugs in traceroute that affected speed. It should be
- much faster now.
- -Fixed FTP default button action on Launcher tab.
-
- 8 August 2001 Version 4.21
- New
- -NetBIOS tab now has IP address along with MAC address.
- -Font control now added for the text on the tab header.
- -Autosize (ping, traceroute etc.) now autosizes to the
- column header text or the column contents, whichever it greater.
- -Gridlines added to Ping, Traceroute, NetScanner, NetBIOS.
- -updates and changes to the whois configuration file.
- -Significant changes to whois .com/net/org/edu first server query.
-
- Fixes
- -mail to/from formatting changed to "user" <user@usersISP.com>
-
- 1 June 2001 Version 4.20
- New
- -updates and changes to the whois configuration file.
- Added parsing for domains .cl, .is, .ie, .lt, .nz, .sh.
-
- -Started parsing VT100 commands in the TCP Term tab. While
- not fully implemented, this is a start at eliminating the
- tiny squares that sometimes appear in the text when connected
- with telnet sessions.
-
- -Speeded up Port Probe and Traceroute.
-
- Fixes
- -Fixed trial program crashing problem on Windows ME. CDROM
- version was not affected.
-
- -Fixed minor problems in TCPTerm.
-
- -All executables recompiled with VC6SP5.
-
- 23 April 2001 Version 4.13
- New
- -updates and changes to the whois configuration file.
-
- Fixes
- -List Domain (zone transfer) changes to support some DNS server
- zone transfer protocol differences.
-
- 18 December 2000 Version 4.12
- New
- -Tab control selection (single line or default multiline) on the
- Preferences tab.
- -Whois parser now supports net.au, ac.uk and gov.uk queries.
- -Most data entry fields now support up to 1023 characters.
-
- Fixes
- -NetBIOS tab: MAC address queries are now made using all LANAs.
- -Made small adjustments to NetScanner report.
- -NetScanner now skips .0 and .255 thereby eliminating pings to
- default broadcast addresses.
-
- 22 September 2000 Version 4.1
- New
- -Rwhois now supported by adding port number for default whois
- server.
- -Added Ping and Traceroute graphs accessible by right click menu.
- -Launcher tab now has user definable executables.
- -TimeSync now has a Scheduler.
- -Added NetScanner summary report.
- -Changed grouping of tabs for different use categories.
- -New support features on About tab including setting defaults
- and dumping NetScanTools registry settings.
- -PDF format user manual now available for download from website
- support.
-
- Fixes
- -All executables recompiled with VC6SP4.
- -Reduced window size 15% to accomodate smaller format screens, ie.
- 800x600 large fonts.
- -Port probe speeded up slightly.
- -Critical section changes for Ping, Traceroute, NetScanner, and
- Port Probe.
- -Fix changed "time sent" formatting for outgoing SMTP email
- messages.
- -Fixed Chargen "0 chars" bug when switching tabs.
- -Improved NetBIOS threading. Added in MAC address of Servers
- listed.
- -Added AfxInitRichEdit to InitInstance.
- -Fixed daytime onreset bug.
-
- 8 May 2000
- nststd.exe 4.0.2.1 -> 4.0.3.1
- -Changed phone numbers to reflect change in sales office location.
- -Fixed default whois server names.
- smtpmail.dll 4.0.0.3 -> 4.0.0.4
- -Corrected for time zone when generating email message send time.
-
- 17 January 2000
- Fixes
- nststd.exe 4.0.1.1 -> 4.0.2.1
- -Removed code section which forced requirement for Windows 95
- OSR2.
- -Improved thread communication.
- -MRUs now properly saved immediately upon clearing.
- nstmtspt.dll 4.0.0.5 -> 4.0.0.6
- -Scrolling for PING/Traceroute/NetScanner now implemented.
- -Bind socket correction.
- smplsrvs.dll 4.0.0.3 -> 4.0.0.4
- -Fixed UDP close upon read from UDP socket for chargen.
- -Bind socket correction.
-
- 4 January 2000
- Fixes
- nststd.exe 4.0.0.1 -> 4.0.1.1
- -Fixed problems populating the Port Probe results tree. All
- ports found are now correctly reported.
-
- 20 December, 1999
- Initial Release
-
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- CLIENT FUNCTION SUMMARY
-
- NetScanTools is an internet utility toolset. Each tool is kept separately on it's
- own tab. For information on using each function tab, press the Help button or the
- F1 key.
-
- 9/19/01
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