Tools Page

 Fing Desktop and Mobile App offer tools to solve your network issues, improve security and easy network troubleshooting, including Intruder Alerts, Security Checks and Timeline of Events.

To access Fing Tools:

Fing Desktop: Click the Tools tab on the left sidebar

Fing Mobile App: Click Tools on the bottom toolbar

Tools: Headings

The Tools page in both Fing Desktop and Fing Mobile App includes three sections:

• Verify Internet performances/connectivity
• Improve your network security
• Troubleshoot Your Network

Verify your Internet performances/connectivity

This section checks your network performance using the following tools:

• Run speed test/Test speed: Calculate how fast you can download and upload data
• Detect Outages: Check ongoing and recent Internet outages in your area
• Compare providers: Find the best ISP in your area

Improve your network security

This section monitors and improves the security of your network using the following tools:

• Find open ports: Probe a server or host for open ports and verify the security policies of a network
• Router vulnerability check/Test router vulnerabilities: Find and fix open ports via UPnP and NAT-PMP that may lead to external access
• Find hidden camera/cameras: Detect hidden cameras in the current network. Separate searches will need to be done for 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz to fully verify cameras on your network

Troubleshoot your network

This section diagnoses problems with your network or connection using the following tools:

• Ping: Check the network round trip delay and reach device, servers and web domains.
• Trace route/Traceroute: Check the path and measure the transit delay of packets across a network.
• Wi-Fi Scanner: Scan nearby Access Points, and display signal strength and the likelihood of a collision.
• DNS Lookup: Perform forward and reverse DNS resolutions to a standard or custom server.
• MAC Lookup: Identify a device's brand, type and model from its MAC address.
• DHCP Discovery: Debug DHCP requests, and investigate and solve devices that cannot get online.
• DNS Benchmark: Benchmark your DNS servers and find the optimal configuration.

Tools: Availability on Fing Mobile App

On Fing Mobile App, some tools are not available in particular conditions due to connection restrictions:

• Wi-Fi disabled or not connected, mobile cellular data active: Router Vulnerability Check, Find Hidden Camera, and Wi-Fi scanner are disabled
• Wi-Fi and mobile cellular data disabled: All tools not available

On the Fing Mobile App, the following tools are not available:

• DNS Benchmark
• DNS Lookup
• MAC Lookup
• DHCP Discovery

Tools: Subscription plans

Some features are only available on Fing Starter and Fing Premium subscription.

Features available on the free Fing App and all subscription plans

Internet:

• Run speed test/Test speed
• Detect Outages
• Compare providers

Security:

• Find open ports

Troubleshooting:

• Ping
• Traceroute
• Wi-Fi Scanner
• DNS Lookup
• MAC Lookup

Features only available on Fing Starter and Fing Premium

Security:

• Router vulnerability check/Test router vulnerabilities
• Find hidden camera/cameras

Features only available on Fing Premium

Troubleshooting:

• DNS Benchmark
• DHCP Discovery

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