Version 2021.5.9.0

Date: 09.05.2021

What’s new?

• Dashboard and Status window redesigned and IPv6 added #463

Improvements

• Discovery Protocol script updated and more values added #772

Bugfixes

• Fix app crash on Discovery Protocol view #707
• Fix values in Discovery Protocol #772
• Fix NetEventSession (if session is opened / crashed) in Discovery Protocol #241
• App crash fixed when Remote Desktop is opened from a differnet view #767

Other

• Language files updated
• Dependencies updated

2021.3.28.0

Date: 28.03.2021

What’s new?

• Remote Desktop - Credentials can be stored in the profile. You should encrypt the profile file in the Settings>Profile with a master password and create a backup of your profile files. #378
• WiFi - export as CSV, XML or JSON added #429
• Language Korean (ko-KR) added #584

Improvements

• SNMP - Community/Priv/Auth text boxes replaced with password boxes #128
• Minimum window size set to 1280x798 to display the profile dialog correct #378

Bugfixes

• Profile dialog height fixed #594
• Dialog button FontSize fixed MahApps/MahApps.Metro#594
• ContextMenu sub menu border brush fixed #324
• Design of some buttons fixed #591
• SNMP v3 priv min length removed due to a change in the lib #128
• More string in the about view added to the translation strings #440

Other

• Code refactored / cleanup
  • async void with async task replaced #383
• Percent completed in the settings\language removed, because the statistics are broken and hard to maintain since the transifex github integration was added #584

2021.3.14.0

Date: 14.03.2021

What’s new?

• Bugfixes & improvements only

Improvements

• WiFi - Refresh network in background when button is clicked or autorefresh is enabled #445
• WiFi - Display the SSID from hidden networks as “Hidden Network”. This is the same way Windows displays them. #487
• WiFi > Channel - Add refresh and autorefresh button/checkbox #486
• Host added to profiles view

Bugfixes

• Documentation restructured #568
• Network Interface - Disable Add IPv4 address... button if network adapter is not connected #484
• Dialog button style fixed and button order changed #328

Other

• Code refactored #485
• Transifex Github integration added
• Language files updated

2021.2.17.0

Date: 17.02.2021

What’s new?

• Profile files can be encrypted with a master password. Backup your profile files %AppData%\NETworkManager\Profiles or in APPLICATIONROOT\Profiles (portable version) before you use this feature. There may be some issues :) More infos in the FAQ. You can review the changes and code here #226 #464
• CodeQL for automated code security analysis added
• Code of conduct, security policy and contributing guidelines added #450
• Change version number to YEAR.MONTH.DAY.PATCH #474

Improvements

• Move profile files reworked / improved #226 #472 #473
• Move settings improved #472 #473

Bugfixes

• Prevent app crash if profile is corrupted #270
• Prevent app crash if network interface (type 53) has no mac address #458
• Wrong flags sl-SI and zh-TW fixed #438
• UI improved / Link color fixed

Other

• Libaries updated
• Language files updated

2021.1.2

Date: 26.01.2021

Bugfixes

• Profiles won’t load on start #444

Version 2021.1.0

Date: 09.01.2021

Note: Due to the migration to x64 you have to uninstall the x86 version manually in the control panel

New system requirements

• Windows 10 / Server x64 (1809 or later)
• .NET Desktop Runtime 5.0.0
• Microsoft Edge - WebView2 Runtime

What’s new?

• WiFi view reworked #428
• Migrated to x64
• Language Slovenian added #433 (Thanks to Jadran Rudec)

Improvements

• Build size reduced / cleanup output folder #431
• Last selected profile is remebered after app restart #432

Bugfixes

• App crash fixed if tray icon is used #435

Other

• Language files updated

2020.12.2

Date: 28.12.2020

What’s new?

• UI reworked / tab size reduced #398

Improvements

• WiFi
  • y-axis is now displayed correct (reversed -100 to 0 dBm) #366
  • Space between channel 64 and 100 added (they won’t overlap anymore) #366
• Add version to title bar #402
• Improve title if tab is dragged out (version and application name added) #414
• Settings\Language
  • Sort languages by Official, Community and Name #403

Bugfixes

• IP Scanner
  • JSON export fixed it MAC address is null #392
• WebConsole
  • Fix dependency (require Edge WebView2 runtime instead if Edge Chromium) / prevent app crash #404
• Context menu icons color fixed #391
• Build script fixed if there are spaces in path #384
• ToolTip background fixed for LvlCharts #414
• Settings
  • Link color/size in About and Language fixed #391
  • Groups are now translated #279

Other

• Language files updated

2020.12.1

Date: 14.12.2020

What’s new?

• Ping Monitor
  • Export as CSV, XML, JSON added #389 #287

Improvements

• Network Interface
  • NetworkInterfaceType 53 added #375
• About
  • Version is now displayed correctly 2020.12.1 (YEAR.MONTH.PATCH)

Bugfixes

• DNS Lookup
  • Custom dns resolver fixed #390

2020.12.0

Date: 06.12.2020

Note: If you’ve installed the preview, uninstall it first!

New system requirements

• Windows 10 / Server (1809 or later)
• .NET Desktop Runtime 5.0.0
• Microsoft Edge - WebView2 Runtime

What’s new?

• Migrated to .NET Desktop 5.0
• Migrated to MahApps.Metro 2.x
• Migrated to WebView2 (Microsoft Edge Chromium)
• Port Scanner
  • Port profiles added #346
• Profiles
  • Port Scanner - Ports are now optional #332

Improvements

• SplashScreen can be disabled in the settings #331

Bugfixes

• Discovery Protocol
  • PowerShell fixed #326
• Settings reset from GUI fixed #330
• Browse folder/file button in textbox fixed #329
• About page
  • Open license folder app crash fixed #327

Other

• Libraries updated
• Language files updated
  • China (Taiwan) added
  • Hungarian added
  • Polish added
• Resources (OUI, Ports, Whois) updated
• Settings > Language
  • Contributors moved to .md file in GitHub repo. Link added to Settings > About.

2020.9.0 [Preview]

Date: 05.09.2020

New system requirements

• Windows 10 x64
• .NET Desktop Runtime 5.0.0-preview.8
• Microsoft Edge Canary

Kown issues

• Application crash on fullscreen #325
• More…

What’s new?

• Migration to .NET Core 3.1 .NET 5.0!!! (requires .NET Desktop Runtime 5.0.0-repview.8) #309
• Migration to MahApps.Metro Version 2.x
• Migration to WebView2 (requires Microsoft Edge Canary) #252

Improvements

• WebConsole
  • Untrusted SSL certificates can now be accepted #266

Bugfixes

• Subnet Calculator
  • Subnetting - App crash fixed if subnetmask was used #319

Other

• Libraries updated

2020.5.1

Date: 12.05.2020

Bugfixes

• Subnet Calculator
  • Subnetting view fixed
• Connections
  • View fixed

2020.5.0

Date: 11.05.2020

What’s new?

• Ping view removed #272
• Ping Monitor
  • Latency graph added #286
• HTTP Headers removed #276
• View improved

Improvements

• Network Interace
  • Bandwidth graph animation disabled to increase performance
  • Graph improved
• WiFi
  • Channel graph animation disabled to increase performance
  • Graph improved
• IP Scanner
  • IPv6 support added #283
  • Statistik removed
• Port Scanner
  • IPv6 support added #283
  • Statistik removed
• Traceroute
  • Statistik removed
• DNS Lookup
  • Statistik removed
• PuTTY
  • Private key option added to settings, profile and connect dialog #282
  • Log path drag and drop support added #285
  • PuTTY profile can now contain spaces
• Command line arguments
  • Help added

Bugfixes

• IP Scanner, Port Scanner, Ping Monitor, Traceroute, Remote Desktop, PowerShell, PuTTY, TigerVNC, WebConsole, Whois
  • Disable Enter key while searching for profiles #275
• DNS Lookup
  • View fixed
• Ping Montitor
  • Searching by Host fixed
• PuTTY
  • Fixed some bugs with “Username” and “PuTTY Profile”

Other

• Libraries updated
• Language files updated
  • Hungarian added

2020.4.0

Date: 21.04.2020

What’s new?

• Code has been refactored and improved to simplify future developments.
• New documentation at https://borntoberoot.github.io/NETworkManager/

Improvements

• Network Interface
  • Button “Clear DNS cache” moved tab “Information” #248
  • Button “Release & Renew” moved tab “Information” #248
• PuTTY
  • PuTTY log can be enabled in the settings/profile. Session output will be saved in a file. #278

Bugfixes

• Settings
  • Portable modus was not displayed correctly. #277
• Crash on Server 2019 when select WiFi fixed #267
• Crash in IP scanner when IP address could not be detected fixed #268

Other

• Libraries updated
• Language files updated
• Resources (OUI, Ports, Whois) updated
• Code cleanup #261, #262

2020.1.0

Date: 26.01.2020

What’s new?

• Discovery Protocol - Capture LLDP and/or CDP network packages and display informations like Port, Description, VLAN, etc. #196
• Web Console added #244
• Settings > Appearance
  • Transparency feature removed. Remote Desktop, PowerShell, PuTTY and TigerVNC don’t work while transparency is enabled. #220

Improvements

• Network Interface > Bandwidth
  • Labels / values improved in the network usage section #235
  • ToolTip improved #219
• DNS Lookup
  • Error message now shows the ip address of the dns server #256
• Command Line Parameter added
  • --application:[Dashboard|IPScanner|etc.] #237
• After restarting the application, the last view is displayed again #237
• Settings > Language
  • View improved #231
• Profiles
  • Rows (profiles) should now load faster (tested with ~5k profiles)
  • Search improved on slow systems with many profiles #227

Bugfixes

• IP Scanner
  • Context menu redirect ro Ping Monitor #225
  • Context menu icons are now correct #257
• Traceroute
  • Context menu redirect ro Ping Monitor #225
  • Context menu icons are now correct #257
• Some bugs in the UI fixed (label, translation, placeholder, etc.)

Other

• Libary Microsoft.Toolkit.Wpf.UI.Controls.WebView added
• Libraries updated
• Language files updated

2019.12.0

Date: 25.12.2019

New system requirements

• Windows 10 Build 1809
• .NET-Framework 4.7.2

What’s new

• WiFi (Networks, Channels)
• Ping Monitor
• Profile - You can now add multiple profile files and select them in the window title bar in a drop down
  • If you want to migrate your profile file from one of the pre-releases… copy the file %appdata%\NETworkManager\Settings\Profiles.xml to %appdata%\NETworkManager\Profiles\Profiles.xml or in the portable version from the settings folder into the new profiles folder.
• Version number changed from Version 1.x.x.x to Version {year}.{month} Patch {number}
• Credential feature removed
• Settings - Make portable feature removed

Improvements

• Dashboard
  • New icon
• Network Interface - Bandwidth
  • Measure bandwidth over time
  • TooTip improved
  • Legend added
• WiFi
  • Channel - Signal strength sections added
  • Channel - Values (signal strength / channel) are visible, even if no network has been scanned yet
  • Channel - ToolTip improved
• IP Scanner
  • New icon
  • The selected profile can be used with the Enter key when the search textbox or listview is in focus
  • Hostname lookup –> DNS replaced with DnsClient
• Port Scanner
  • The selected profile can be used with the Enter key when the search textbox or listview is in focus
  • Hostname lookup –> DNS replaced with DnsClient
• Ping
  • The selected profile can be used with the Enter key when the search textbox or listview is in focus
  • Hostname lookup –> DNS replaced with DnsClient
• Ping Monitor
  • The selected profile can be used with the Enter key when the search textbox or listview is in focus
  • Hostname lookup –> DNS replaced with DnsClient
• Traceroute
  • Performance improved when resolving hostnames. Default DNS replaced with DnsClient for reverse lookups.
  • The selected profile can be used with the Enter key when the search textbox or listview is in focus
  • Hostname lookup –> DNS replaced with DnsClient
• DNS Lookup
  • Heijden.DNS replaced with DnsClient.NET
  • The selected profile can be used with the Enter key when the search textbox or listview is in focus
• Remote Desktop
  • Animation when closing a dialog is now smooth
  • Settings - Display - “Use current view size as screen size” is now default
  • The selected profile can be used with the Enter key when the search textbox or listview is in focus
• PowerShell
  • New icon
  • DPI issues fixed
  • Animation when closing a dialog is now smooth
  • The selected profile can be used with the Enter key when the search textbox or listview is in focus
• PuTTY
  • New icon
  • Animation when closing a dialog is now smooth
  • DPI issues fixed
  • The selected profile can be used with the Enter key when the search textbox or listview is in focus
• TigerVNC
  • Animation when closing a dialog is now smooth
  • DPI issues fixed
  • The selected profile can be used with the Enter key when the search textbox or listview is in focus
• HTTP Headers
  • The selected profile can be used with the Enter key when the search textbox or listview is in focus
• Whois
  • The selected profile can be used with the Enter key when the search textbox or listview is in focus
• Lookup
  • New icon

Bugfixes

• IP Scanner
  • Heijden.DNS replaced with DnsClient.NET #209
• Ping Monitor
  • ScrollBar fixed

Other

• Language files updated
• Resources (OUI, Ports, Whois) updated
• Libary Heijden.DNS removed from source
• Libary DnsClient.NET added
• Libary Microsoft.Windows.SDK.Contracts added
• Libraries updated
• Some small bugfixes and improvements

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You can find the changelog for version 1.x here.

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