Trying to understand and organise a network isn't easy, which is why we have full-time system administrator's. Worse, if you takeover another network that was setup by the previous administrator, it can take an age to figure where all the company servers are located, where various files are hosted and how desktops workstations connect to the various servers. Mapping this yourself could take ages.

The Dude 3.1 is a free tool designed to analyse and map your existing company-wide network. It enables you to run an analysis on your entire network and receive a pictorial view of the server locations, hardware used and will even work across your various offices if you network stretches across different locations.

The Dude link.

14 Jan 2009