iNet: A 'Pretty' Network Sniffer

iNet instantly does what an hour's worth of terminal commands can do.This is an app that's a must-have for anyone in the IT business that uses a Mac. (If you think you need a Windows machine to do IT work, you are sadly mistaken!) A MacBook armed with iNet is a powerful tool for analyzing networks. No, it isn't as powerful as a well-versed Terminal user, but when you turn iNet loose on a subnet, it finds virtually any network device and displays almost anything you'd want to know about it in a very Mac-like manner. Need the IP address of your AppleTV? Want to see what wireless clients are connected to your router/access point? Anything that will answer a ping (a router, computer, printer, switch, wireless device, etc.) gets displayed in a three-column view. The left column is a selector for viewing either the entire IP network, Bonjour domain or routers and access points. The center column displays a list of your selection including an attractive icon for each device. The icons actually look like the equipment they represent. You can change a device's icon by selecting a different one after clicking on the device's name in the right "detail" column.

I'm not going to do a full review here. I just wanted to let everyone know that I think buying iNet for $5.99 is about the best use of six bucks ever.

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