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ActiveSocket is a Network Communication control for Windows developers. It features: DNS, FTP, HTTP, HTTPs, ICMP Ping, IP-to-Country, MSN, NTP, RSH, SCP, SFTP, SNMP v1/v2c (Get, GetNext, Set), SNMP Traps, SNMP MIB, SSH, TCP, Telnet, TFTP, UDP, Telnet, Wake-On-LAN and more. The product can be installed on the following platforms: Windows 2008, Windows Vista, Windows 2003, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000. It supports both 32- and 64 bits Windows Operating Systems.
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| Startup screen after installation | Use ActiveSocket with MS Visual Studio | ActiveSocket in a .NET web application | ActiveSocket in a .NET GUI forms application | ActiveSocket in a console application |
With ActiveSocket, you can use the following objects:
| Dns | Query servers running a domain name service (DNS). |
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| Ftp | Log on to any FTP server, get/put files. |
| Http | Read web pages, analyze content. Supports HTTP-Post, proxies, SSL and more. |
| Icmp | See if you can reach another computer and determine how long it takes. |
| IPtoCountry | Translates IP addresses to countries. Use it for web log analysis, marketing purposes, etc. |
| Msn | Connect to Microsoft's Live Messenger Service, send basic messages to MSN recipient(s). |
| Ntp | Query NTP time servers and retrieve the actual date and time. |
| Rsh | Run commands or scripts on a remote UNIX or LINUX computer through RSH. |
| Scp | Securely transfer files between two computers using the SSH (Secure SHell) protocol. |
| SFtp | Allows secure network file transfer over an insecure network, such as the Internet. |
| SnmpManager | Use SNMP operations Get, GetNext, Set and Trap; supports SNMP v1 and SNMP v2c. |
| SnmpTrapManager | Send/receive SNMP traps to/from SNMP agents (v1, v2c) in the network. |
| SnmpMibBrowser | Load a MIB database into memory and iterate over all objects and view all properties. |
| Ssh | Run commands or scripts on LINUX computer in a secure way using SSH. |
| Tcp | Write your own TCP-based client/server applications or Tenet application. |
| Tftp | Get/put files from/to a remote TFTP host. |
| Udp | Create your UDP-based client/server applications; create UDP-based broadcast application. |
| Wake-On-LAN | Wake up (power-up) machines on your LAN, based on their MAC address. |
ActiveSocket ships with a service to receive incoming traps in the background:
| SNMP Trap Receiver Service | Receive incoming traps in the background and save them in a database. |
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ActiveSocket includes samples for many development tools, including:
ActiveSocket is available as a 32-bit component and as a 64-bit component (both part of the product):
ActiveSocket runs on the following Operating Systems:
There are three different licenses for the ActiveSocket Toolkit: Standard License, Professional License and Distribution License:
| Standard License | Professional License | Distribution License | |
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| FTP | X | X | X |
| HTTP(s) | X | X | X |
| ICMP | X | X | X |
| IPtoCountry | X | X | X |
| MSN | X | X | X |
| TFTP | X | X | X |
| Telnet | X | X | X |
| Socket | X | X | X |
| UDP | X | X | X |
| DNS | - | X | X |
| NTP | - | X | X |
| SCP | - | X | X |
| SFTP | - | X | X |
| SSH | - | X | X |
| RSH | - | X | X |
| SNMP | - | X | X |
| SNMP Traps | - | X | X |
| SNMP MIB Browser | - | X | X |
| Wake-On-LAN | - | X | X |
| Use it on any computer in your organization | - | X | X |
| Distribution of component | - | - | X |
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