App Profile: IP Scanner

CheyneV

Rating: 5/5

The Pro version meets all my needs, and the free version seems to have the same features, but limits the scan results to something like 10 devices. A few reviews stated this app was slow, and I'm not a network professional, but on my small office with between 25 and 35 devices (usually), a scan takes about 5 seconds. The scan result identifies all the "main" devices (computers, printers) by a recognizable name such as the manufacturer or device model. Most other devices get a generic name that usually helps identify them, like "VoiP phone" and some devices come back as "unidentified device". However, once you figure out what any device is, you can change the name of it in IP Scanner and it will remember that name in the future (I assume the program associates the new name with the MAC address of the device). I used the older free version of IP Scanner that scanned up to 22 devices for many years. I had all the normal devices on my network named and when I upgraded to the new version and then the pro version, it still had all the custom names I had entered. Don't know how much better you can do for $20 on a Mac.

Brian A1

Rating: 5/5

After a lot of searching online I found this for my iMac and my home network. This app did exactly what I wanted: ID'd my online devices and allowed me to name and track them. Now I can easily spot any new suspicious activity. Super app!!

Arigatomang

Rating: 1/5

Tried to run this tool but it was just far too clunky. Selecting options produces the swirnling beach ball of doom. Scans found only 3 of 11 devices on a particular home network segment. Settings are clunky. I was hoping that I could get a good feel for it on the free version and then upgrade to get the pro features but that is definitely not happening now. If this is what the core functionality is like then it would be way too frustrating to work with on a regular basis.