Network Recon and troubleshooting
Fing app is a valuable troubleshooter based on a vast range of reasons. One of them is that the app offers a free to scan service with no unnecessary ads. Secondly, I have realized that it is a super-fast IP scanner.
Moreover, it is an intuitive scanning app that is eye appealing. It also has the ability to identify intruders that are connected to the WIFI network. The app also has a digital presence detection capability, thus enabling it to display network alerts in the tab when there is something new. It also provides the best IP information that is available. Besides, it has some additional features in comparison to other troubleshooting apps. It also has an advanced IP scanning features in windows and different types of operating systems.
On the other hand, Nmap is worthy in the sense that it has an extremely versatile port scanning tools, thus making the process faster and therefore quicker results. It also has the capability of detecting the OS (Lyon,2014). It is readily and freely available to be installed in Windows OS. It also has options for firewall evasion. Moreover, it engulfs copious documentation on the usage techniques and scripts. Also, it has some NSE tweaks which leads to a much faster version detection scan.
Conclusively, fing and Nmap are known as the best troubleshooters in the market due to their excellent performance and faster scanning; thus the paving the way for quicker results. Installation is thereby quicker, therefore recommendable for use.
References
Lyon, G. (2014). Nmap security scanner. Nmap. Org,[En línea]. Available: http://nmap. org/.[Último acceso: 20 April, 2015].
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