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10 Network Admin Apps for iOS
Among the hundreds of thousands of apps in the iTunes App Store, there are numerous tools and
utilities to help in network administration. They can assistance with monitoring, managing, tracking,
troubleshooting, and connecting. Here we’ll look at 10 of these apps.
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Published: Sep 22, 2011
Author: Eric Geier
Company: NoWiresSecurity
1. Spiceworks (Free)
This is a client for the Spiceworks IT management solution, which is 100% free ad-based software. It
helps with network monitoring, helpdesk and ticketing, UPS power management, and asset inventory.
The iOS and Android app lets IT staff view devices, work tickets, access user info, read IT
discussions, and more.
The app lets you view your network and PC inventory. You can view, create, edit, close, and re-open
trouble tickets. You can lookup contact info for end users and manage user details, with support of
Active Directory. Additionally, you can communicate with other IT pros in the Spiceworks
community.
2. Rove Mobile Admin Client (Free)
This is a client for the Rove Mobile Admin IT management solution and is designed for both the
iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad. It helps you manage and track your IT issues, your network and
computers, and integrates with a variety of third party systems and services. Though the app is free,
you must have separately purchased and installed the Rove Mobile Admin server on your network,
for which they offer a 14-day free trial for.
You get real-time alerts from the Rove Monitoring System, Microsoft System Center Operations
Manager, BMC Performance Manager Portal, Nagios Monitoring, BMC Remedy Service Desk, CA
Service Desk, and Symantec Backup Exec. You get also monitoring capabilities for Microsoft System
Center Operations Manager, BMC Performance Manager Portal, and Nagios Monitoring.
Additionally, virtualization control supported for VMware Infrastructure and Microsoft Hyper-V.
It offers incident report editing and searching for BMC Remedy Service Desk and CA Service Desk
and Change Orders. It features mail system administration support for Microsoft Exchange and
Domino. It provides numerous Windows management capabilities, including Command Prompt,
Event Viewer, Local Users and Groups, File Explorer, Printers, Restart, Scheduled Tasks, Shared
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Folders, Services, System Information, Task Manager, Terminal Services, PowerShell, and Dial-up
Connections
It supports the Active Directory and Novell Console directories. Database support includes Microsoft
SQL Server and Oracle. Also supported is backup system administration of Symantec BackupExec
and Symantec NetBackup. Additionally, it features management of the Microsoft IIS web server.
3. Network Utility (Free or $0.99)
This app lets you ping websites or servers using a hostname or IP address, useful during
troubleshooting connectivity issues or for occasional checks. Additionally, it can do simple TCP/IP
port scans, GeoIP lookups with Google Maps, or Whois queries. It also offers IP address information
and can save remote addresses.
The free version includes the same features but the Pro version eliminates the Ads.
4. Scanny ($5.99)
This is a fairly advanced port scanner with additional network tools. It’s great for looking up info on
devices, troubleshooting, and network security auditing. It scans the network and displays detailed
device information on clients. This includes the IP and MAC address, vendor name, Windows and
Bonjour hostnames, device names (UPnP, SSDP, DLNA), and opened ports. It also includes the basic
networking utilities: ping, traceroute, Wake-on-LAN (WOL), Whois, and Geo IP. Additionally, it
shows information about your active network connection, along with the public IP address.
You can type in a single domain name or IP of a server/device or enter a range to scan specific
addresses or the entire network. Scan for devices via ICMP, TCP and UDP located on the local
network or out on the Internet. Though all the popular services/ports are predefined, you can add
custom entries.
To better analyze the scanning results, you can sort, copy, or email them. You can sort alphabetically
by name or by the IP. It can also group the results into multiple histories.
5. AD HelpDesk (Free or $7.99)
This app lets you do Active Directory (AD) user account management. It securely connects directly to
the AD server and doesn’t require any server-side software. You can diagnose and fix user account
issues, such as disabled, locked, and password expired accounts.
It enables you to reset user passwords, force reset at next login, unlock accounts, enable/disable user
or computer accounts, edit user and computer attributes, and manage groups and group membership.
You can even send new password reminders to users via text message from your iPhone.
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The free version includes all the same features and functionality of the full paid version but doesn’t
offer the native iPad interface.
6. ADManger Mobile ($4.99)
This is another Active Directory (AD) management tool, designed for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
You can create and modify user accounts, including passwords, unlocking, and force change on next
login. In addition to user account management, it offers management of contacts, computers, groups,
and organizational units. It also offers search capability of Active Directory by keyword and/or object
type.
7. VMware vSphere Client for iPad (Free)
This offers a mobile interface to the VMware vSphere client so you can monitor and manage your
vSphere hosts and virtual machines. You have the ability to start, stop and suspend virtual machines,
and view and restore their snapshots. You can also reboot vSphere hosts or enable maintenance mode.
Additionally, the built-in ping and traceroute tools come in handy when troubleshooting.
This app requires VMware vSphere or VMware vCenter Server 4.x or higher. Additionally, the
vCenter Mobile Access (vCMA) virtual appliance is required. You must also have a network
connection to the vCMA virtual appliance, which you can do via the built-in VPN client.
8. iSSH - SSH / VNC Console ($9.99)
This is a SSH, Telnet, VNC, and RDP client, also with an X server. It’s designed for both the iPhone/
iPod Touch and iPad. Multiple concurrent connections are supported on standard or custom ports.
You can save unlimited connection configurations, organize them into groups, and import/export
between devices. Additionally, it can generate RSA and DSA keys and distribute them via email,
password-connected SSH or pasteboard.
9. MySQL Mobile Database Client ($7.99)
You can directly connect to MySQL databases (versions 3 – 5), to browse, search, and update data.
You can also run queries or use custom SQL, generate charts, and build reports. It features exporting
data to Numbers, Mail, CSV files, or saving for offline access. For secure access, it has a built-in SSH
client or you can use a third-party VPN client.
10. iRemoteWin (Free or $2.99)
This is a Remote Desktop client for connecting to Windows PCs via the native Microsoft RDP
protocol. iRemoteWin is the iPhone and iPod Touch version and iRemoteWin HD is version designed
for the iPad. These can be useful to view your files or use your applications, or for troubleshooting
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other computers. You can save the connection settings for the PCs. It even supports multiple
simultaneous sessions and the ability to easily switch between sessions.
It lets you scroll/pan/zoom the screen in both portrait and landscape, operate the mouse, and drag and
drop. It also includes a tool bar for copy/cut/paste, the Windows key, Tab key, and other shortcuts.
All the Windows editions that natively support RDP are supported. You can connect to Windows XP
Professional or Media Center 2005, Windows Vista Business, Ultimate and Enterprise; and Windows
7 Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise. Windows Server and Windows Small Business Server are
also supported.
About Eric Geier
Eric Geier (Dayton, Ohio) is a tech writer and author specializing in computer networking.
He's also the founder and CEO of NoWiresSecurity, which provides an outsourced RADIUS/802.1X
service to help businesses secure their Wi-Fi networks with the Enterprise mode of WPA/WPA2
encryption.
Additionally, he's a Field Technician for Fast-Teks, an on-site computer services company that has
hundreds of locations across the US.