If you are an Internet power user, and want any type of information concerning the Internet or your connection to it, check out the latest version of NetScan Tools. NetScan Tools offers an excellent integrated suite of Internet diagnostic tools. This 32-bit application offers seventeen major functions, including many classic UNIX network client utilities in an easy to use Windows interface. Name Server Lookup allows the user to translate an IP address to a hostname, or vice versa.
Finger reports information on a user after entering the individual's email address.
Whois will query databases and return information about domain names, IP address assignments, and individual names. Character Generator connects to another computer on the Internet and reports back an approximate speed of your connection in characters per second. Daytime will connect to a remote host and report back the local time. The Quote client connects to another computer running the quote of the day service. Upon connection, the server computer returns a short bit of text, the quote of the day.