Network Administration: Easy to use Network Monitor N-View; Version History

Version History

07/29/2005-Stable Releas 3.1:

Code cleanup for all features of previous beta releases.
New Features:
- "Dynamic IP" Property to be used for DHCP and DynDNS enabled hosts;
- SNMP browser with SNMPv1, v2c and v3 with user authentication and privacy;
- SNMP MIB parser for importing MIB definition files (now with enhanced performance);
- Java Native Interface Libraries for ICMP for Windows, Linux x86 and Solaris on x86 and Sparc;
- Debug level in "Advanced Settings" with Apache logger;
- "Snap To Grid" function for icon-positions;
- Moveable display tabs for changing the order of subnet-displays;
- Improved dialogs for host- and subnet-properties;
- Executing external commands on warnings, timouts and SNMP-trap reception;
- Enabling sounds on a per host basis;
RECOMMENDED JAVA RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT: JRE 5.0 Update 4 from Sun Microsystems (Bundled with JRE-Packages of N-View).

05/19/2005-Early Access Version 3.0-beta_5:

New "Dynamic IP" Property to be used for DHCP and DynDNS enabled hosts;

04/21/2005-Early Access Version 3.0-beta_4:

SNMP browser now SNMPv3 ready with user authentication and privacy;
Minor bugfix: Native library sometimes crashes when running Linux or Solaris on multiprocessor machines is fixed now.

02/20/2005-Early Access Version 3.0-beta_3:

New SNMP MIB parser for importing MIB definition files;
Minor bugfix: Debug level "FATAL" and "ALL" now working, when set in "Network Advanced Settings".

02/03/2005-Early Access Version 3.0-beta_2:

New SNMP engine for SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c;
Additional Java Native Interface Library for Solaris on Sparc systems;
Apache logger "log4j" for debug output;
Minor bugfix: Sound resources are chooseable again.

01/07/2005-Early Access Version 3.0-beta_1:

General code cleanup for usage of Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 ("Tiger");
Additional Java Native Interface Library for sending/receiving ICMP packets decreases CPU load on larger networks and achives language-independence when running on Windows systems;
Major GUI improvements: "Snap To Grid" function for icon-positions; moveable display tabs for changing the order of subnet-displays; improved dialogs for host- and subnet-properties; counter-display for the number of subnets and hosts on main-window;
Major feature enlargements: Executing external commands on warnings, timouts and SNMP-trap reception; enabling sounds on a per host basis;
Minor bugfixes: Redrawing lines on subnet-display, when deleted; corrupted dialogs while using GTK+ look and feel;
RECOMMENDED JAVA RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT: JRE 5.0 Update 1 from Sun Microsystems.

05/14/2004-Version 2.10:

New: Sound-player for events implemented;
New: Sound-settings in "Net Properties", "Subnet Properties" and "Host Properties" included;
License or registration required for unrestricted usage of all features; existing licenses or registrations can be applied.
RECOMMENDED JAVA RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT: 1.4.2_04 from Sun Microsystems.

11/13/2003-Version 2.9a:

Bugfix: Missing screen-refresh after configuring traffic-graphs;
License or registration required for unrestricted usage of all features; existing licenses or registrations can be applied.
RECOMMENDED JAVA RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT: 1.4.2_01 from Sun Microsystems.

11/01/2003-Version 2.9:

New: "Host Defaults"-Tab in Subnet Properties;
New: Enhanced settings for SNMP (different community settings for "read" and "write");
New: "Get all from here"-Button in SNMP-Browser;
New: Automatic drawn lines can be replaced by custom ones from/to each icon in subnet displays;
New: GTK+ look&feel on Linux systems (with JRE1.4.2 only);
Bugfix: Memory leak, when "logging" is enabled;
Bugfix: Sometimes misplaced icons after saving/restoring network settings;
License or registration required for unrestricted usage of all features; existing licenses or registrations can be applied.
RECOMMENDED JAVA RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT: 1.4.2_01 from Sun Microsystems.

07/07/2003-Version 2.8a:

Bugfix: Double displayed host icons after automatic loading of network configuration file at startup;
License or registration required for unrestricted usage of all features; existing licenses or registrations can be applied.
RECOMMENDED JAVA RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT: 1.4.1_02 from Sun Microsystems.

06/22/2003-Version 2.8:

New: Optional Look&Feels,
New: Automatic loading of network configuration file at startup,
License or registration required for unrestricted usage of all features; existing licenses or registrations can be applied.
RECOMMENDED JAVA RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT: 1.4.1_02 from Sun Microsystems.

05/25/2003-Version 2.7:

New: Editable port properties in port scanner,
New: Manual adding/removing ports in port scanner table,
License or registration required for unrestricted usage of all features; existing licenses or registrations can be applied.
PLEASE NOTE: JRE versions below 1.4.0 are no longer supported. On Linux and Windows systems, the JRE 1.4.1_02 from Sun Microsystems achieves best stability and performance.

04/10/2003-Version 2.6:

New: Editable remarks for hosts and subnets,
New: Running on "Spanish" language version of Windows.,
License or registration required for unrestricted usage of all features; existing licenses or registrations can be applied.
PLEASE NOTE: JRE versions below 1.4.0 are no longer supported. On Linux and Windows systems, the JRE 1.4.1_02 from Sun Microsystems achieves best stability and performance.

02/03/2003-Version 2.5:

New: Complete new designed "Thread Scheduler" requires lesser CPU load,
New: Some minor GUI improvements like highlighting icons, when mouse pointer enters,
Fixed: "NullpointerException", when a "Custom icon" with an invalid file path is double clicked,
Fixed: "IOException", when running on MacOs X,
License or registration required for unrestricted usage of all features; existing licenses or registrations can be applied.
PLEASE NOTE: It is strongly recommended to use JRE 1.4.0 or above. JRE versions below 1.4.0 are no longer supported in future versions and have some feature restrictions in the current version of N-View. On Linux and Windows systems, the JRE 1.4.1_01 from Sun Microsystems achieves best stability and performance.

12/18/2002-Version 2.4:

New Feature: "Custom Icons" for subnets and hosts (chose able GIF, JPG or PNG files),
New Feature: "Last Checked" and "Last Seen" fields in Host Properties dialog,
Fixed: Wrong traffic values in Traffic Graphs after host timeout,
License or registration required for unrestricted usage of all features; existing licenses or registrations can be applied.

11/27/2002-Version 2.3a:

Fixed: "IOException too many files" after running some hours,
Switched: "with JRE" versions now bundled with JRE 1.4.1_01 from Sun,
License or registration required for unrestricted usage of all features; existing licenses or registrations can be applied.

11/19/2002-Version 2.3:

New Feature: "Creating Log Files",
New Feature: "Message Dialog", showing results after "Check now" in host context menu,
New Feature: "Fault Mail after n Timeouts" in Host Properties, with 'n' configurable from 1 to 10,
Fixed: "Lost settings" for Traffic Sampling,
License or registration required for unrestricted usage of all features; existing licenses or registrations can be applied.

10/28/2002-Version 2.2:

New Feature: "Autohide" for not responding hosts,
New Feature: "Autoremove" for not responding hosts,
New Feature: "Show hidden Hosts" in the toolbar,
New Feature: Label with number of hosts on subnet display,
Fixed: "Community" in "Traffic Settings" now permanent editable,
License or registration required for unrestricted usage of all features; existing licenses or registrations can be applied.

10/14/2002-Version 2.1:

New Feature: Starting "external program" for each host (from context menu) now possible,
New Feature: Some host properties in host table (Subnet Properties Dialog) are editable now,
New Feature: Menu item "Check now" in host context menu,
Now tested on Solaris 8 and 9,
License or registration required for unrestricted usage of all features.

08/26/2002-Version 2.0:

First "final Release",
License or registration required for unrestricted usage of all features.

08/02/2002-Version 1.7f-prev:

Tested on "Czech" and "Norwegian" language versions of Windows.
Tested on Slackware Linux 7.1 and 8.0,
free download.

07/19/2002-Version 1.7e-prev:

Tested on "French", "Swedish" and "Japanese" language versions of Windows.
Tested on SunOS 5.8.
free download.

07/15/2002-Version 1.7d-prev:

Tested on "Danish" language version of Windows.
improved Linux install script.
free download.

07/12/2002-Version 1.7c-prev:

Minor GUI improvements
Tested on Gentoo Linux 1.2.
free download.

07/05/2002-Version 1.7-prev:

New feature: Creating dynamic HTML pages
Tested on "Polish" language version of Windows.
free download.

06/18/2002-Version 1.6a-prev:

Tested on "Italian" language version of Windows.
free download.

06/14/2002-Version 1.6-prev:

New feature: Printing network diagrams.
New command: "Check Now" in context menu of subnet icons.
New Host Property: "Include Host in Subnet Signalling".
Fixed: "Method not found Exception" when key is pressed in Telnet client.,
free download.

05/31/2002-Version 1.5-prev:

New: Displaying traffic graphs for network interfaces from hosts with SNMP agent.
New: ASCII file format for saving/restoring N-View settings (compatible with future versions of N-View).
Fixed: "Memory leak" in "Discover new hosts" mode,
Fixed: Missing refresh of "Delay time" when "Ping now!" is performed,
free download.

05/02/2002-Version 1.4-prev:

New: SNMPv1 Client including SNMP Trap Receiver.
Fixed: Sometimes "Ping now!" button hangs if Host doesn't answer,
free download.

04/02/2002-Version 1.3d-prev:

New: Running with Java version 1.4.0 (recommended). Running also with JRE 1.3.0. and 1.3.1.
New: Button "Ping now!" in Host Properties Dialog,
New: Tested on Windows Finnish language versions,
New: Host icons staying in position, when "Auto arrange" gets unchecked,
Fixed: No recognizing Windows XP,
Fixed: Sometimes displaying no menu bar,
Fixed: Corrupt password sending with automatic telnet login,
Fixed: Not saving default mail settings from Subnet Dialog,
free download.