MetaLAN2.7.5 Build 317

MetaLAN is a software program whose main purpose is to aid people in gathering information pertaining to the computers in your Local Area Network, as well as managing it, remotely controlling PCs and checking out their overall health.

Easy-to-use GUI

The setup process is a piece of cake, while the interface you are met with presents a pretty well-organized layout. It comprises a small menu bar, a few buttons and some panes which contain different kind of information and some navigation panels.Extensive Help contents are provided and therefore, this product is accessible to both beginners and highly experienced people can easily learn how to work with MetaLAN.

Information you can retrieve

This application enables you to start scanning your entire network with just a click of the button, and displaying all the information detected in the main window. All PCs found are listed along with information such as name, logon domain, power state, serial number, architecture, physical memory, IP and MAC address, added date and last boot time.In addition to that, in a dedicated panel you can check more detailed data such as currently running OS, type of computer, first discovered date, processor, notifications, partitions and installed apps.

Remotely control other computers and generate reports

You can easily take advantage of a wake on LAN feature, remotely shutdown or reboot a computer, as well as remotely control a PC, view information about storage and save the data to a CSV, HTML, XLS or XML file format, or copy it to the Clipboard.A list of all running processes can be brought up by simply selecting the machine that interests you, while you can also end them or create new ones. Multiple types of reports (e.g. computers, deleted, hardware, network, software) can be generated and exported to a TXT, HTML, XML, CSV or XLS file.

View logs and tweak other parameters

Last but not least, you can view real-time logs, adjust maximum number of threads, ping timeout and wake on LAN port, add NT domains or LDAP containers and filter target machines according to IP address or computer name.

A final assessment

All in all, MetaLAN is a pretty efficient piece of software when it comes to gaining control over computers from your LAN, as well as viewing and storing a great deal of data regarding them. The computer’s performance is not going to be affected at all, tasks are finalized in a timely fashion and there are sufficient options to keep you busy for quite a while.