New Versions Coming Soon!

We continuously strive to evolve our products to meet your needs and just wanted to let you know that new and more powerful versions of NetInfo and NetGong are scheduled for release in the February 2011. Please read this newsletter for important information on new improvements.

What’s New In NetInfo 7.4

  • Added: Ability to discover your external IP address.

An external IP address is the unique identifier assigned to you by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). You need to know your external internet IP Address from time to time for the following reasons:

– To allow users to connect to you with software such as Radmin, PCAnywhere or Remote Assistance.
– So that associates can establish a VPN connections and map drive letters to your computer or network.
– For IP filtering so that only machines from your external IP address are allowed access.
– For establishing links to home computer or server from the Internet.

  • Added: Auto-complete feature.

If you are tired of typing long host names you do not remember the exact syntax, you can use the auto-complete feature. Just enter the first few characters of the host name you want to use, and a relevant host name automatically appears in the field you are typing in. To use a host name, just press Enter. Auto-complete selects host names based on the data in your history.

  • Added: Ability to check if your computer has an active Internet connection.

An active Internet connection is required to use NetInfo.

  • Improved: A few bugs fixed.

Bugs fixed: issue with restore settings, issue with HTTP tool port other than 80.

What’s New In NetGong 7.4

  • Added: Ability to check if your computer has an active Internet connection.

An active Internet connection is required to use NetGong.

  • Improved: Ability to run NetGong as a system service.

A system service can be started without you having to login to the computer. The service also will not ‘stop’ after you logs off. The benefit of running NetGong as a service is you can schedule your monitoring operations and be sure that NetGong is running them when you are logged in or not.

  • Improved: Support for SSL encrypted connections.

SSL is a cryptographic protocol that ensures secure data transfer over the Internet. In order to prevent spam and provide increased security some SMTP servers (like Gmail) require that you connect using SMTP SSL and login using your account credentials prior to sending any mail.

  • Improved: A few bugs fixed.

Bugs fixed: issue with restore settings, issue with Events update.

We have been working on some important updates to our products. While visually NetInfo and NetGong remain almost the same, the back end code has been significantly improved. These improvements will allow us more flexibility and options in the future.

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