ActiveSocket is a Network Communicationcomponent for Windows developers.
 

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Add network capabilities to any Windows or .NET application

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ActiveSocket is a Network Communicationcomponent for Windows developers.

  • Easy to use API
  • Provides popular TCP and UDP protocols
  • Runs on all 32-bit and 64-bit Windows platforms
  • 32-bit ActiveX and 64-bit ActiveX included
  • Samples available in C#, VB, ASP.NET, HTML, PHP, Javascript, Delphi and more
How to use ActiveSocket Visual Studio.NET project Web Application GUI Application Console Application
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With ActiveSocket, you can use the following objects:

  • Dns - Query servers running a domain name service (DNS).
  • Ftp - Read web pages, analyze content. Supports HTTP-Post, proxies, SSL and more.
  • Http - Read web pages, analyze content. Supports HTTP-Post, proxies, SSL and more.
  • Icmp - See if you can reach another computer and determine how long it takes.
  • IPtoCountry - Translates IP addresses to countries. Use it for web log analysis, marketing purposes, etc.
  • Msn - Connect to Microsoft's Live Messenger Service, send basic messages to MSN recipient(s).
  • Ntp - Query NTP time servers and retrieve the actual date and time.
  • Radius - Networking protocol to provide centralized authentication and authorization management.
  • Rsh - Run commands or scripts on a remote UNIX or LINUX computer through RSH.
  • Scp - Securely transfer files between two computers using the SSH (Secure SHell) protocol.
  • Sftp - Allows secure network file transfer over an insecure network, such as the Internet.
  • Snmp - Use SNMP operations Get, GetNext, Set and Trap; supports SNMP v1 and SNMP v2c.
  • Snmp Trap - Send/receive SNMP traps to/from SNMP agents (v1, v2c) in the network.
  • Snmp MIB - Load a MIB database into memory and iterate over all objects and view all properties.
  • Ssh - Run commands or scripts on LINUX computer in a secure way using SSH.
  • Tcp - Write your own TCP-based client/server applications or Tenet application.
  • Tftp - Get/put files from/to a remote TFTP host.
  • TraceRoute - Tracks the route packets taken from an IP network on their way to a given host.
  • Udp - Create your UDP-based client/server applications; create UDP-based broadcast application.
  • Wake-On-LAN - Wake up (power-up) machines on your LAN, based on their MAC address.

ActiveSocket ships with a service to receive incoming traps in the background:

  • SNMP Trap Receiver Service - Receive incoming traps in the background and save them in a database.

ActiveSocket includes samples for many development tools, including:

Software Requirements

ActiveSocket is available as a 32-bit component and as a 64-bit component (both part of the product):

  • ASocket.dll - 32-bit component;
  • ASocketx64.dll - 64-bit component.

ActiveSocket runs on the following Operating Systems:

  • Windows 2008 - 32 bit and 64 bit;
  • Windows 2003 - 32 bit and 64 bit;
  • Windows 2000 - 32 bit;.
  • Windows 7 - 32 bit and 64 bit;
  • Windows Vista - 32 bit and 64 bit;
  • Windows XP - 32 bit and 64 bit.

Licensing

There are three different licenses for the ActiveSocket Toolkit:

Protocol Standard License Professional License Distribution License
FTP X X X
HTTP(s) X X X
ICMP X X X
IPtoCountry X X X
MSN X X X
TFTP X X X
Telnet X X X
Socket X X X
UDP X X X
DNS - X X
NTP - X X
SCP - X X
SFTP - X X
SSH - X X
RSH - X X
SNMP - X X
SNMP Traps - X X
SNMP MIB Browser - X X
TraceRoute - X X
Wake-On-LAN - X X
Use it on any company computer - X X
Distribution of component - - X

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