IPmanager

Infobox_Software
name=IPmanager


caption= Screenshot of IPmanager
developer=ISPsystem
latest_release_version=4.3.0
latest_release_date=25 Oct 2007
operating_system=FreeBSD Linux
Control Panel
license=Proprietary
website= [http://www.ispsystem.com www.ispsystem.com]

IPmanager is a centralized application that manages IP addresses, allocating them between servers where VDSmanager or DNSmanager are installed. The control panel was developed by ISPsystem Company in 2002.

The control panel Administrator assigns blocks of IP addresses for the certain goals, eg Virtual Dedicated Servers, extra IPs, slave domain name servers. Then, IPmanager process VDSmanager or DNSmanager requests and assigns the required IP addresses from the blocks.

IPmanager advantages

* Auto assignment of IP space from required pool, recording of assigned and free IP addresses.
* Full control trough the web-interface
* DNS reverse zone auto-record creator
* IPmanager has plug-ins and an open Application Programming Interface (API) that has been utilized to integrate and deploy new services
* Supports billing systems integration.
* IPmanager is available in many languages and themes
* Auto-updating system provides clients with the latest versions

IPmanager disadvantages

* The product is interconnected with VDSmanager and DNSmanager. But manual configuration of DNS reverse zone through web-interface is possible as well as comments adding to IP addresses
* Unlike IPPlan, IPmanager is not a program for statistics gathering about the used/free IP addresses.
* Unlike IPPlan, IPmanager requires the purchase of a license after the 14-day demo expires.

Similar products

* IPplan is a web based, multilingual, IP address management and tracking tool based on php 4, simplifying the administration of your IP address space.
* IPCalculator is a script written in perl that lets you to calculate every aspect of your subnet configuration. For the information entered, the Calculator generates a color-coded bit map breaking down the network, subnet and host portion, shows you the subnet host address range, the subnet ID and subnet broadcast address. Important features like CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing), the binary representation and hexadecimal representations of IP addresses are supported.

External links

* [http://ispsystem.com/en/support/changelog/ipmgr.html IPmanager change log]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/iptrack/ IPplan IP address management system]
* [http://jodies.de/ipcalc IP Calculator]