Download The Dude 1.1 & 2.0 beta 1

The developers of MikroTik recently released a new version of The Dude released. The Dude is a network monitor for the Windows platform and is able to recognize the connected network equipment in a subnet. The found devices are displayed graphically and then create a kind of map of the network. In addition, The Dude indicates which services are running on the various equipment and gives a warning when a service is no longer running. The latest stable version of The Dude has been given version number 1.1 and can be downloaded via this url can be downloaded as an installation package. The next version series of the program is also in development, which actually goes through life as version 2.0 and from this location if 2.0 beta 1 can be downloaded. The changelog of both releases looks like this:

1.1:

• secure connections could crash server or client
• layout of empty map could crash dude client

2.0beta1:

• tools ping, traceroute, snmpwalk can be performed as from server
• tools ping and traceroute can be performed as from any router os device
• added terminal and remote connection (telnet/ssh/mac-telnet) tool for routers devices
• force upgrade feature – ignore situations when router already has that version or not all packages are available on dude server
• upgrade accessible from network map context menu
• logic probe type added – group together many simple probes with logical elements and,or,not
• character encoding changed – server operates with utf8 encoded strings, web server shows correct characters
• remove resolved outages button added to outage table
• improved object window layout
• improved window dependencies
• ctrl+Z, ctrl+Y work as undo and redo
• dude window could lose focus in some situations
• added support for other languages ​​or user interface
• added fancy torch tool
• added ability to periodically export network maps to png or pdf
• easier input of some fields (combo boxes with common values)
• tree view for devices – represents parent/child relationships
• snmp mib parser – dude has mib database and can import new mibs
• improved snmp walk – oid names, organizes data in tree, nice tables etc
• oids can be selected via convenient oid chooser
• device and link labels on network maps can show values ​​of any snmp variable
• per device and device type configurable tools menu

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