A network toolkit for AV engineers. Find every device on a network, bring back the ones nobody can reach, and keep the site details you need for the next visit.
IP discovery · Device Rescue · Sites · macOS
Actual AV NetKit screen · sample devices
Actual AV NetKit screen · Sites · sample venues
Actual AV NetKit screens · tested on a Lightware UCX stuck on a 169.254 address, reachable two seconds after starting
Scan once. Save the site. Return ready.
Start with the network in front of you. Discover what is there, rescue what can't be reached, save useful context, and bring it back on the next visit.
Choose an active interface and scan up to 1,024 addresses. See each device's name, manufacturer (from its MAC address, works offline), MAC and open ports, with one click to its web page. Duplicate IPs and conflicts with your own address are flagged, and likely free addresses are listed. Free addresses are a best guess: a sleeping device may not answer.
Plug straight into a device stuck on a 169.254 address and AV NetKit hands it an address, lists it with its manufacturer and opens its web page. Switch on internet sharing to give it your Wi-Fi's internet for firmware updates, cloud registration and time sync. Stop & Restore puts your Ethernet back as it was.
Keep each venue's networks: the IP your Mac needs there, scan ranges and the device list. Apply a site's IP in one review. Import sites from Excel or CSV, and back them up to a CSV file you can restore later.
Switch Wi-Fi or Ethernet between DHCP and a static IPv4 address with mask, gateway and DNS. Review the change first; the original settings are kept so one click puts them back.
See the negotiated speed, duplex and live error counts on an Ethernet adapter. A 100 Mbps link on a gigabit run or climbing errors point to a cable or port. This is a link check, not a cable certifier or PoE meter.
Continuous or counted ping with min, average, max and packet loss, plus trace route. Copy a plain-text field summary into your handover note.
AV NetKit separates looking from changing. Nothing on your Mac's network changes without a review screen first, and macOS then asks for administrator approval.
Its temporary DHCP server, and internet sharing when switched on, are for a cable straight to one device. On a live venue, office or home network it would act as a second DHCP server, so the app warns and asks you to confirm.
Scanning, connection details, ping and link checks never change your network settings.
See the adapter, address, mask, gateway and DNS before a static IP or DHCP change is applied.
The original settings are kept after an IP change, and Stop & Restore undoes Device Rescue and internet sharing.
Scans and sites stay on your Mac and are never sent to us. Export what you need, then clear device lists or delete a site.
Beta 1 is out with testers on macOS. Everything below is in the app today. Feedback from the field decides what comes next.
Beta 1 is a free download for AV and IT engineers. Every feature is unlocked for 60 days; after that Discover, Ping & Trace, Cable & Link and up to 3 sites stay free.
The beta isn't notarised by Apple yet. The first time you open it, right-click AV NetKit in Applications and choose Open, then Open again.
Feedback and bug reports: use Send Feedback in the app, or email [email protected] ·