It also allows you to remotely shutdown a PC, supports Wake-On-LAN feature. Speaking of geeky IT tasks, there’s a lot more to Advanced IP Scanner than just identifying IP addresses.

On one hand, assigning a static IP can allow you to keep track of each computer on your network, but seriously, who wants to do that? That’s what the IT department is for. In the example below, it looks like I have a lot running on my network - probably too much. it will then analyze your network and find your computers and other devices. Just download and install (link below) it on one of the computers connected to your home network, launch it, and click Scan. Instead, I remembered the Advanced IP Scanner app which is free and finds every device with an IP address on your home network and shows it to you quickly. Since it’s a box that sits in another room without a computer monitor connected to it, I just can’t quickly do an ipconfig to find its address. I actually ran into this issue with my Windows Home Server the other day because and I wanted to remotely connect to it (WHS geeks, I know, I should be better prepared). It’s a free utility called Advanced IP Scanner and it will quickly do the work for you. Whatever the reason, you don’t want to run to each computer or other devices to find its IP address, there’s a much easier way.

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