The Dude is a full-featured, easy-to-use and free network visualization and interactive monitoring and management tool for Windows, developed by MikroTik from Latvia. It visualizes the network structure and helps users to effectively improve the way they manage their network environment. For example: mass upgrade RouterOS devices, configure them right from within the Dude interface, run network monitoring tools, etc. As such, it is ideally suited for managing small network infrastructures.

LANState is a visual network mapping, monitoring and managing software specially designed for network manager or administrator, developed by 10-Strike Software from Russia. It can creates an interactive map for your network from which you are able to view the status of all connected devices in real time. At the same time, it will monitor all shared resources and communications within the network, and inform you (via e-mail, SMS, or sound notifications) when various events occur.

To efficiently manage company/enterprise's internal LAN network with numerous nodes, complex structure and frequent failures, we often need to turn to the convenient and intuitive network topology for help. This way, when some device in a LAN breaks down, we will be able to skillfully use it to quickly locate the machine/source out of order.