The IT Toolbox – Community Based Resources for IT Professionals

[Support Team]

Hello RangerMSP-ers,

We thought it would be helpful to create a shared list of useful resource sites for IT professionals, and invite all of you to contribute.

It can include technology sites, tech forums, Blogs, IT business related sites and anything you find interesting.

Here’s a start:

1. www.dnsstuff.com - DNSstuff helps you configure, monitor and find problems with DNS settings.

2. www.mxtoolbox.com – Useful MX toolbox including MX lookup (done directly against the domain's authoritative name server, so changes to MX Records should show up instantly) and more.

3. www.ip2location.com – This is a geo IP solution to help you to identify visitor's geographical location by their IP address.

4. technet.microsoft.com – Microsoft’ resources for IT professionals.

Please post your recommendations below.

[ajgyomber]

Re: The IT Toolbox – Community Based Resources for IT Professionals

Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Connectivity Analyzer - https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com

Network Tools - http://www.yougetsignal.com

[lpopejoy]

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Pretty tame, but this site is nice sometimes: http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/

[natrat]

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Musn't forget www.whatismyip.com :)

[aaspeer]

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http://www.centralops.net/co

That site does MX checks, domain checks and more... its free and provides some useful tools.

[specialblendrs]

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http://www.experts-exchange.com is a lifesaver!

[paulNZ]

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http://www.reimage.com a lifesaver if you are repairing XP machines. Yes it costs but works extremely well ... only 1 failure in the last 3 months and used on 100's ... well maybe not 100's but many, many systems.

[computechcity]

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Another good and free online Meeting for support or meeting. http://www.mikogo.com/Welcome.aspx

[swallservices]

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Yet another Network Tools site: http://www.nwtools.com

Port scanner: http://www.grc.com [click on Shields Up! on the Services menu at top]

[inna.rz]

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http://network-tools.com/

[jtfinley]

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www.checkdns.net is pretty good also for mail/web issues. Use the "Quick Check"

[mrdjames]

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www.eventid.net - Used to lookup Event Log info

www.getdropbox.com - Share files across multiple machines and also use the public link to share files without having to FTP or Email

www.ccleaner.com - optimize a pc quickly

www.malwarebytes.org - get rid of any nasty spyware or trojans quickly

[Support Team]

Re: The IT Toolbox – Community Based Resources for IT Professionals

Hello Community,

We're happy to present another update to the IT toolbox:

SpeedTest.Net - Reports on your current available bandwidth
PingTest.Net - Measures packet loss & degradation

Reno Breen

[MxToolBox]

Re: The IT Toolbox – Community Based Resources for IT Professionals

Thank you for recommending our website for MX lookup and more! We are always interested in ways that administrators are using our tools in the wild.

If you have any suggestions of tools we can add to mxtoolbox.com, please let us know!

[mundycomputers]

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canyouseeme.org - type in a port number to see whether it is available to the rest of the world