Everything NodeRoster does is aimed at one job: walking onto a site, finding out what’s on the network, and leaving a record the next tech can use.
Scanner
Pick a network adapter and range, and NodeRoster pings every address, reads MAC addresses, looks up the manufacturer, resolves hostnames and checks common service ports. Slow, power-saving Wi-Fi devices get a second, slower try, so they aren’t missed on the first scan.
- Best-guess identification for AV, control, IT and smart-home gear, with the reason shown
- Open a device’s web page, SSH or Telnet straight from the results
- Filter as you type; export to CSV
- Explains what’s going on when you’re on a guest or public Wi-Fi network that hides other devices
Get Device Details (in development)
Right-click a supported device and NodeRoster asks it directly, using the device’s own read-only protocol, for its model, name, firmware and more. Once a device has reported its model, NodeRoster remembers it as a confirmed identity.
Support is early. We’re building and testing it one manufacturer at a time with real equipment, starting with common AV gear, and adding more through the beta. Tell us what you work with on the beta sign-up and we’ll put it on the list.
Device Database
Save the devices that matter with a friendly name, customer, site, room, project, expected IP and notes. Devices are identified by MAC address, so a projector that picked up a new DHCP lease is still the same projector.
- Search and filter by customer, site and room
- Flags devices that aren’t at their expected IP
- Import names from Advanced IP Scanner exports
- Back up and restore; export to CSV
Watch Mode
Start a Watch before you leave for the night. NodeRoster rescans on a schedule and logs what appeared, disappeared, came back or changed IP, with a time stamp for each. A device has to miss two scans in a row before it’s reported gone, so a single dropped ping doesn’t cry wolf.
- Mark phones, tablets and smart-home gadgets as “expected to come and go” to hide their noise (NodeRoster suggests them for you)
- Name each session, e.g. “Acme HQ overnight”
- Keeps the computer awake while it watches
- Export the log to CSV for the service report
What Changed?
Compare today’s scan against an earlier one for the same site to see what’s new, what’s missing and what moved.
Switch ports and PTP clocks
Add a managed switch and scans show which port each device is plugged into. The PTP Clocks window listens for Dante (PTPv1) and AES67 / SMPTE 2110 (PTPv2) clocks and shows the leader and followers for each domain, more than one leader at a time, and clock traffic that stops. It only listens and never sends.
Private by design
NodeRoster runs entirely on your computer. There’s no account to create, nothing is uploaded, and the app doesn’t phone home. Switch credentials stay on the computer they were entered on.