Product Overview

ActiveSocket is a Network Communication control for Windows developers. It features: HTTP, HTTPs, FTP, ICMP Ping, RSH, SSH, SNMP v1/v2c (Get, GetNext, Set), SNMP Traps, TCP, UDP, Telnet, IP-to-Country, NTP, Wake-On-LAN and more. The product can be installed on the follwoing platforms: Windows 2008, Windows Vista, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000. It supports both 32- and 64 bits Windows Operating Systems.

Samples are included for: Visual Basic .NET, Visual C# .NET, Visual Basic, Visual C/C++, , ASP .NET, ASP, Java, Javascript, PHP, ColdFusion, Borland Delphi, Borland C++ Builder, HTML and more.

With ActiveSocket, you can use the following objects:

Icmp object	See if you can reach another computer; Determine how long it takes to bounce a packet off of another site, which tells you its distance in network terms. Learn more »
Http object	Log on to a web server, get the web pages and analyze the contents. Retrieve web headers. Use HTTP-Post. Support for Proxy servers, SSL and password protected web sites. Learn more »
Ftp/FtpFile objects	Log on to an FTP server, change the working directory and get/put files. Learn more »
DnsServer/DnsRecord objects	Query servers running a domain name service (DNS). Query DNS for specific information about hosts. Learn more »
Ntp object	Query NTP time servers and retrieve the actual date and time. Calculate offset between servers to see if your LAN time is set properly. Learn more »
Ssh object	Run a command or shell script on a remote UNIX or LINUX computer in a secure way using SSH. Use a private key file to logon. Read StdErr and StdOut of the remote shell script. Learn more »
Rsh object	Run a command or shell script on a remote UNIX or LINUX computer that runs the RSH (Remote Shell Script) daemon. Read StdErr and StdOut of the remote shell script. Learn more »
SnmpManager object	Use the following SNMP operations: Get, GetNext, Set and Trap; support for SNMP v1 and SNMP v2c. Learn more »
SnmpTrapManager object	Send and receive SNMP traps to (remote) SNMP agents. Support for SNMP v1 and SNMP v2c. Learn more »
SnmpMibBrowser object	Load a MIB database into memory and iterate over all objects and view all properties. Learn more »
Tcp object	Write your own TCP-based client/server applications; the server application listens for an incoming connection on a specific port, while the client application connects to it; Support for ASCII and binary data, bidirectional. The Tcp object can also be use to automate telnet sessions. Learn more »
Udp object	Create your UDP-based client/server applications; create UDP-based broadcast application. Learn more »
IPtoCountry object	The IPtoCountry object translates IP address to countries. Use it for web server log analysis, marketing purposes etc. Learn more »
Wake-On-LAN object	Wake up (power-up) machines on your LAN, based on their MAC address. Learn more »

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.
Learn more »

The core of ActiveSocket consists of one DLL: ASocket.dll (an ActiveX/COM component). It can be used in single- and multi-threaded environments. It has proven its strength in many business environments over the years.

Development platforms

ActiveSocket can be used by any of the following development and scripting languages:

Visual Basic .NET - Windows .NET based applications. Requires Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. More...
Visual C# .NET - Windows .NET based applications. Requires Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. More...
ASP .NET (VB) - Web site based on Active Server Pages and the .NET Framework. Requires Internet Information Services (IIS). More...
ASP .NET (CSharp) - Web site based on Active Server Pages and the .NET Framework. Requires Internet Information Services (IIS). More...
Visual Basic 5.x/6.x - Requires Microsoft Visual Studio 5.x/6.x. More...
ASP 2.x - Web site based on Active Server Pages (server-side scripting). Requires Internet Information Services (IIS). More...
Visual C++ 5.x/6.x - Windows based applications. More...
VBScript - Windows based scripts. More...
HTML - Client scripts within HTML pages. More...
Delphi 7.x or higher. More...
PHP. More...
ColdFusion. More...
Any other ActiveX/COM container application.

Software Requirements

ActiveSocket runs on the following Operating Systems:

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

Standard License, Professional License, Distribution License

There are three different licenses for the ActiveSocket Toolkit: Standard License, Professional License and Distribution License:

	Standard License	Professional License	Distribution License
ICMP	X	X	X
HTTP(s)	X	X	X
FTP	X	X	X
Telnet	X	X	X
Socket	X	X	X
IPtoCountry	X	X	X
DNS	-	X	X
NTP	-	X	X
SSH	-	X	X
RSH	-	X	X
SNMP	-	X	X
SNMP Traps	-	X	X
SNMP MIB Browser	-	X	X
Wake-On-LAN	-	X	X
Use it on any PC/Server in your organization	-	X	X
Distribution of component	-	-	X

Click here for detailed information about the License Schemes.