•	Identify various devices on the network.
o	Devices include all hardware devices connected to the network i.e. PC’s, Servers ,Printers & Plotters
•	Ping remote hosts to verify the network connection.
o	Using Perl Commands to verify network connectivity.
•	Ping hosts along a route to isolate a hardware or software problem. 
•	See what ports various machines are using.
o	Check to see what ports a device is using and what state these port are in i.e. Listening, Closed, Established….
•	Look up IP addresses of hosts using a device name.
o	Given an IP address the program will be able to look up a host based on the IP address and return the host name.
•	Obtain information about all users logged on to a particular host (important security utility for institutions such as the college).
o	Can see what student is /was logged onto a particular machine.
o	Important if machine has been tampered with e.g. passwords hacked.
•	Allow user obtain and configure time settings from remote hosts (important to allow many software packages run properly).
•	Automatically send an alert (e-mail) to the college work request system detailing the detection and fault of a hardware/ software problem.