5 Pro Router Control Apps for Protecting Your Network During the Holidays

SubnetInsight

BluesWine, Inc.

$5.99

Rated: 4+

Requirements: iOS 4.3 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5

Your iOS device is connecting to various Wi-Fi Networks at your office, home and public spaces. In their networks, there are many devices such as computers, mobile devices, servers, printers and VoIP phones. SubnetInsight scans devices connected to current Wi-Fi network automatically, collects very various information, and support to manage these information systematically for each Wi-Fi network profiles in real-time.

Features:

• Auto-scan: Starting to scan automatically when it gets connected to Wi-Fi networks without any user configuration.
• Networks management: Supporting the information for each Wi-Fi network.
• Network information:  Managing public IP address and its history, and geological locations.
• Powerful host scan:  Finding out all of the hosts in the subnet including hidden host.
• Hosts management: You can easily see the status of hosts in the subnet such as online/offline and IP allocation.
• Name resolving:  Resolving host name via NIC Vendor, NetBIOS, Bonjour, MDNS, UPNP and etc.
• Port scanning:  Scanning well-known ports of hosts.
• Host fingerprinting:  Deciding the host type between Windows, Linux/Unix, Mac OSX, mobile device, network printer and VoIP phone.
• Info exporting:  Support to export the results via mail in app
• Real-time updated UI: UI is automatically updated when information are changed.
• Supporting iOS4.0 multitasking

Linksys Smart Wi-Fi

Linksys LLC

Free

Rating: 3.8

Requirements: Android 2.2 and Up

With Linksys Smart Wi-Fi you can get access into your home network from anywhere at any time.  From your Linksys Smart Wi-Fi mobile app easily tap into your home network to check the connection status of your devices, give a guest access to the Internet, or block your child from accessing social networking sites when they should be doing homework. You can even prioritize what devices on your network get priority bandwidth to reduce lag times and buffering.

Features:

• Remote Access: Access and manage your network on the go using your Linksys Smart Wi-Fi account.
• Guest Access: Easily give your friends and family Internet access on your separate guest network. Simply tap on your Linksys Smart Wi-Fi app to get and share your guest network password.
• Media Prioritization: Prioritize which devices on your network get the most bandwidth for less lag time and buffering.
• Parental Controls: Create a safe Internet experience for your kids, even on-the-go. From your mobile phone or tablet, restrict access to specific web sites or block specific devices from accessing the Internet.

Neatgear Genie

Netgear Inc.

Free

Rating: 3.6

Requirements: Android 2.2 and Up

The Netgear Genie App is an easy, way to manage, monitor and repair your home network with your mobile device. While on your home network Network Genie app gives you access to your router without having to boot up your computer: Wireless Settings, Network Map, Live Parental Controls, Guest Access, Traffic Metering, My Media, and more.

MyRoutersPro for iPad

Edwin Lam

Cost: $3.99

Rating: 4+

Requirements:  iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later

MyRouters Pro for iPad is specifically designed for network administrators using Cisco or Juniper routers. With a robust list of features, this app for iOS is meant to turn an iPad into a control pad instead of just a ssh terminal client

Features:

• support SSH-2 and TELNET access to network objects
• support VGA-out to external monitor/projector at resolution of 1024x768 for login sessions and log viewing (requires iPad dock connector to VGA adapter)
• include PING, TRACEROUTE and integrated BROWSER
• allows access to NON-STANDARD PORTS other than 22 and 23
• support SSH authentication by passwords or public key
• allows IMPORT of public and private key pair
• master password to prohibit invalid access to the app and its data
• store router credentials with strong encryption for one-touch login
• configurable to ask for password every time before login to target
• support up to five concurrent login sessions
• well-designed user interface to MINIMIZE TYPING when accessing to command line interface
• provide three command sets for “touch-and-send”
• command sets can be edited as normal text files (effectively supports unlimited number of “macros”)
• customized commands can be imported to the command sets by copy-and-paste from other apps, e.g. Mail
• ad-hoc commands can be entered through a command bar
• logs of each login session can be saved for subsequent review or sent out through in-app mail function
• 6 user-selectable fonts (with 3 monospaced), adjustable font sizes and different color themes
• support portrait and landscape modes
• Ping and Traceroute are implemented (to run from the iPad) as supplementary tools for troubleshooting
• support simultaneous pings to multiple targets
• support reverse DNS lookup in Traceroute
• include integrated browser for viewing manuals on the Cisco & Juniper web sites (also serves as a “private browser” for web surfing)

Fing

Overlook

Cost: Free

Rating: 4.8

Requirements: Android 2.1 and up

 

Fing allows users to view their entire network from their Android dewvice. Using this app, customers are able to discover new networks and observe how their current networks are running.

 

Features:

• network discovery
• service scan (TCP port scan)
• ping
• traceroute
• DNS lookup
• Wake on LAN
• Fingbox (sync, backup, merge, monitor, notifications)
• TCP connection tester
• MAC address and vendor gathering
• customizable host names and icons
• connectivity detection
• geolocation
• Integrated launch of third-party Apps for SSH, Telnet, FTP, FTPS, SFTP, SCP, HTTP, HTTPS, SAMBA