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SolarWinds’ network topology mapper

SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper (NTM) utilizes an inventive idea of topology databases. You can filter a significant system and manufacture numerous helpful maps without having to rescan, saving significant processing assets, transmission capacity, and time. With two mouse clicks, this information can be sent out into Microsoft Office Visio and effectively imparted to your partners.

LANsurveyor was an item from SolarWinds that has been discontinued. To fill your system mapping needs, Solarwinds has discharged a spic and span system mapping apparatus called Network Topology Mapper. LANsurveyor was a network mapping tool that utilized various discovery strategies to make complex system maps that could be sent out to Visio. LANsurveyor was a significant device for network discovery. 

It was particularly helpful for Managed Service Providers (MSP) and other IT experts taking on new customers. MSPs could utilize this apparatus to find and map all gadgets on a customer’s system. LANsurveyor by SolarWinds was likewise an incredible device for PCI compliance and other administrative necessities. PCI compliance requires that associations keep available current system maps. LANsurveyor provided a simple usage for making network maps necessary for associations to meet PCI compliance.

The majority of the extraordinary highlights in LANsurveyor are accessible in SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper (NTM).

For more information about this tool, visit the following page: https://www.solarwinds.com/lansurveyor-to-network-topology-mapper-2013.”

Let’s perform a basic network topology by creating a new scan project. For this, start the NTM tool and select the “New Scan” option from the top bar. A “Set a Maps Password” window will pop up, asking you to put a new password for encryption purposes.

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After you save your password “Network Topology Scan” window will appear. Under the “Network Selection” option, provide the IP ranges for your network, and then click on the “Next” button to begin the scan.

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After the scanning process, it’ll automatically discover all live hosts and create a network topology diagram. This tool will build multiple maps from a single scan, and employ numerous discovery methods, including SNMP v1 & v2, ICMP, WMI, and VMware.

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Much the same as LANsurveyor, NTM enables IT-professionals, to make complete system maps helpful in system disclosure and upkeep just as for gathering PCI compliance necessities. SolarWinds made NTM enhance the interface utilized in LANsurveyor. With NTM’s easy-to-use software interface, network discovery is easier than ever. If you are searching for hearty system mapping like that given by LANsurveyor, try SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper.

The Network Topology Mapper will improve your documentation and presentation. Improved presentation upgrades the organization heads’ capacity to speak with non-specialized partners in your association and assists you with winning the correct spending plan for the organization creation project.