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IP Organizer is a Free Way to Manage Multiple Static IP Settings

I can't read, write, or speak Turkish, but that didn't stop me from downloading BD IP Organizer. If you provide service for customers that need an easy way to switch IP settings, don't let it stop you, either.

NetSetMan - which I reviewed recently - may be English and sport a larger feature set, but it's not free for anyone but home users. I highly doubt that anyone that really, really needs this kind of application is not using it in at least one business environment.

What I was actually searching for was a free app that could be used commercially, and I found it. If you don't need NetSetMan's other features (like automatic drive and printer mapping or machine name changing), then IP Organizer is the way to go.

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Filed under: Internet

IPv6 coming to a root server near you

IPv6 Root ServersIPv6 authoritative nameserver records are in the process of being added to six of the world's thirteen DNS root servers. Root servers are the computers at the top of the DNS hierarchy that are crucial in helping you turn downloadsquad.com into an IP address for your computer's benefit. This change means that networks using IPv6 will be able to use the root servers to resolve Internet hostnames without using IPv4.

IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) is the future successor of IPv4. IPv6 is becoming increasingly necessary as the world runs out of IPv4 addresses (like 100.10.1.1). IPv6 has a much larger address space since it uses 128bits per address instead of 32bits like IPv4.

Unlike IPv4 where you're often provided one public IP address that you have to share with many devices, IPv6 eliminates common network configuration headaches like network-address translation (think: port forwards) since everything in your house from your computer to your Xbox to your Tivo could have a unique public IP address.

[Via BBC News]

Filed under: Business, Internet, Security, Utilities, Windows, Productivity, Microsoft, Freeware

Angry IP Scanner - silly name for a solid tool

Angry IP ScannerIP scanning is something that conjures up thoughts of nefarious hackers trying to find a vulnerable point on a network, but there are also totally legitimate reasons to do it. For example, you might find yourself dealing with a network that uses dynamic IP addresses, yet you need to remotely connect to a specific computer with VNC, or some other such remoting software.

Angry IP Scanner can make the job of scanning a set of IP addresses as simple as pie, and you'll be connecting to the right computer within moments to install the update, or help the user with their issue. It uses muilti-threading to speed up the process of scanning many IPs, making it about as quick as IP scanning can be.

The interface in Angry IP Scanner is as simple as it could be for a tool like this; the single-pane interface allows you to enter a range of IPs to be scanned, and once you start the scan, the IPs will scroll by in the window below.

In fact, the worst thing about Angry IP Scanner is the utility's name. Beware of offending your IT department's policies or at the very least their sensibilities if they happen to find this file sitting on your computer. Since it consists of a single executable file, it can be run just as easily from a USB memory stick as from the local hard drive.

Angry IP Scanner is a free Windows download.

Filed under: Fun, Internet, Security, Utilities, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Web services, Freeware

My IP Address Lookup and IP Locater

My IP Address LookupMy IP Address Lookup and IP Locater is a web service that will look up your IP address automatically, and using Google Maps it will show you where it believes your location to be. More likely than not, it will be showing the location of your ISP, or the node of your ISP that you connect to. Of course, this can also be used to look up other IP addresses.

There have been other IP lookup services that perform this function, but as the users at Digg noted, this one seems to get closer than most to the actual location of the IP address.

Filed under: Fun, Web services

IP Spotting: How interesting is your IP address?

IP SpottingHere's a bit of silly fun: IP Spotting will tell you how "interesting" your IP address is. It uses a number of criteria to give your IP address a score, like how many of its four octets are prime numbers, what country it's from, and what poker hand it represents. It also gives you a little pictogram of your IP in binary, like the one at right. My IP address only scored 10—how about yours?

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