NetScan

The purpose of the scan network tool is to elicit a response from the network that a host is on.

For example say 205.234.111.214 was down and not responding. However, the machine next door at x.x.x.216 is up. The network scan tool will run through addresses near .214 (it will test .213, .215, .212, .216 in that order) and finally get a response from .216, which it will display.

This can then be used as an address to trace to in place of .214 as you can be fairly certain it is nearby, so the routes will be very similar.

If left, the net scan tool will run through the whole subnet 205.234.111.1 --> 205.234.111.254 until it gets its response.