FastNet99 is a network utility that will speed up your web browser every time you want to connect to a web site
on the Internet, by avoiding time consuming DNS lookups. It provides all the tools you need to help diagnose
network problems and get information about users, hosts and networks on the Internet or on your Intranet.
It combines DNS Lookup, Ping, TraceRoute, WhoIs, Finger, Time Synchronizer, Keep Alive, Net Launcher and more...
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 4.1
Errors fixed:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer required (if not installed Run Time errors 429/430 occur at startup (Active X component can't create object/Class doesn't support Automation).
- Double-clicking on an item in the URLs list (edit tab) activated the default browser and opened a different site instead of the selected one.
- In some circumstances the WhoIs, Finger and Time tools didn't work.
- The Scan History function didn't work for Opera 5.x.
- The Dial up connections management didn't work on Win2k.
New features:
- Automatic "URLs Capture"
- Automatic Popup windows closing
- Verify of older URLs
- Verify of older URLs batch
- Dial Up and Hang Up functions
- NetLauncher function
- Internet Port Descriptions
- Servers Info. function.
- WhoIs function now supports the AllWhoIs server
- Time function supporting both NTP protocol and DayTime protocol
- Time Zone Informations available in the Time function
- Improved HostsMerge Program
- The "Monthly batch functions" is now "Scheduler", a Task Manager with many new options.
- Drag and Drop text capture.
- Preferences/Edit/Verify: textbox "Don't verify the following IP Addresses" added.
- Add/Find IP: option "Local IP Address" added. Check this option for blocking unwanted sites like spyware and ads adding them to the Hosts file with the IP Address 127.0.0.1.
- Added bitmaps to menus.
- Menu color selection from the Options menu.
- Some minor cosmetic retouches.
Future plannings:
- Email checker
- Port scanner
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
- No special hardware is required.
- You need to have a 32 bit Windows OS installed on your computer.
- You need to have a TCP/IP network component installed. You can determine whether or not your system meets this requirement by running the "Network" Control Panel applet. If TCP/IP is installed, it will appear in the list of installed Network components.
- VB 6.0 run time files. You can download them at the following address:
