Next Release

Name: NETworkManager
Author: BornToBeRoot

Version: Next release
Release date: xx.xx.2026

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System requirements

Breaking Changes

Removed the ThreadPool additional min. threads setting (Settings > General) and the application-wide ThreadPool.SetMinThreads workaround it configured for the IP Scanner and Port Scanner. It's no longer needed now that both scan engines use non-blocking async concurrency instead of blocking calls. #3564

Traceroute

New Map view below the hop list, visualizing each resolved hop's geolocation on an offline world map. Consecutive hops are connected with curved, directional arrows; hovering a marker shows its location, ISP/ASN, hostname, IP address and average round-trip time, while hovering an arrow shows the source and destination location of that segment. The map supports mouse-wheel zoom and drag-to-pan, and can be collapsed via a toggle button on the map itself, similar to the Profiles panel. The map is only shown if Check IP geolocation and the new Show map setting are both enabled, since hops need a resolved geolocation to be plotted. #3520

The collapsed/expanded state of profile groups (e.g. linux-server) is now remembered per profile file and shared across all tools, instead of resetting every time you switch tools or restart the application. #3539

IP Scanner

Added a live count of hosts up/down next to the Result header. Stays visible after the scan finishes. #3572
Host input now accepts newline-separated hosts (one per line, e.g. a column pasted from Excel), converted automatically to the semicolon-separated form. Thanks to @dearmb #3568
Host input now supports shorthand IPv4 ranges like 192.168.0.1-100, in addition to the existing 192.168.0.0-192.168.0.100 and 192.168.[0-100].1 range formats. #3568
Added 135 (RPC) and 9100 (raw printing) to the default Ports list used to detect if a host is reachable. #3564
Reduced the default Max. concurrent port threads from 5 to 4. #3564
Reduced the default Max. concurrent host threads from 256 to 64, a more conservative default that puts less simultaneous load on the scanned network. #3564

Port Scanner

Added a port status icon column to the results, matching the port icon used in the IP Scanner's extended port info, to indicate at a glance whether a port is open (green) or closed (red). #3558
Added a live count of ports open/closed next to the Result header. Stays visible after the scan finishes. #3572
Host and Ports input fields now accept newline-separated entries (one per line, e.g. a column pasted from Excel), converted automatically to the semicolon-separated form. #3568
Host input now supports shorthand IPv4 ranges like 192.168.0.1-100, in addition to the existing 192.168.0.0-192.168.0.100 and 192.168.[0-100].1 range formats. #3568
Reduced the default Max. concurrent host threads from 5 to 4. #3564
Reduced the default Max. concurrent port threads from 256 to 64, a more conservative default that puts less simultaneous load on the scanned host. #3564
Added a new Well-known ports (1-1024) default port profile. #3564

Ping Monitor

Added a live count of hosts up/down (and paused, if any) to each group header. #3572
Added Start and Pause actions to each group header (next to the existing Close), to start every paused host in the group or pause every running one at once. Click/tap the ⋮ icon to open the group's action menu. #3575
Reworked each monitored host's card: the collapsed quick info now shows labeled values (Received: X · Lost: Y · Packet loss: Z%) instead of unlabeled numbers, the expanded view shows only the latency chart (with more room, since Hostname/IP address are already visible in the header) and the last status change time moved to a tooltip on the connectivity icon. The Status change field was also renamed to Last status change. #3572
Host input now accepts newline-separated hosts (one per line, e.g. a column pasted from Excel), converted automatically to the semicolon-separated form. #3568
Host input now supports shorthand IPv4 ranges like 192.168.0.1-100, in addition to the existing 192.168.0.0-192.168.0.100 and 192.168.[0-100].1 range formats. #3568

Dashboard

Fixed the Network Connection widget running a full connection check on every application startup, even if the Status Window or Dashboard was never opened. It now only checks when actually shown - via the tray icon, on a network change, or when the Dashboard tab is opened. #3553
Fixed the DNS status (Computer/Router/Internet) in the Network Connection widget showing as an error when no PTR record exists for the address, which is common and expected for private IP ranges. This is now shown as informational instead of critical. #3553
Fixed a race condition in the Network Connection widget where results from a superseded check could overwrite the results of a newer, still-running check after quickly reopening the widget. #3553

IP Scanner

Fixed NetBIOS lookups (computer name, domain/workgroup, user name) not starting until a host's entire port scan had finished, since the port scan wasn't actually running asynchronously despite being awaited alongside it. Ping, port scan, and NetBIOS resolution now genuinely run concurrently for every host. #3564
Fixed the application becoming unresponsive (including the window not reacting to input) during a large scan (e.g. a /24). Scan results and progress were both being pushed to the UI one item/update at a time via a dispatcher call per host/port, which could flood the UI thread's message queue on large scans. Both are now batched and flushed periodically (every 150ms) instead, for IP Scanner and Port Scanner alike. #3564

Code cleanup & refactoring
Converted the IP Scanner and Port Scanner engines from Parallel.ForEach with blocking calls to genuinely asynchronous Parallel.ForEachAsync, removing the risk of exhausting the application's ThreadPool at high concurrency settings. #3564
Refactored the Network Connection widget's check logic to reduce duplicated code and share the local IP address detection between the Computer and Router checks instead of detecting it twice. #3553
Consolidated the duplicated Profiles side panel (search, tag filter, grouped list, context menu, add/edit/copy/delete) used across 15 tool views into a single shared control, reducing code duplication. As part of this, the profile panel's expanded/width state is now shared across all tools instead of being tracked per tool. #3537
Language files updated via #transifex
Dependencies updated via #dependabot