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It's no wonder that Visualware's products are so popular. They run on Apple Computer Mac OS 9 and 10, BSD, Linux, Sun Microsystems Solaris, and Windows, with functionality that ranges from a single option running on a single workstation to combined suites that run in a distributed computing architecture. Oh, and that's how the pricing is as well--if you need only a single function, save your lunch money for a couple of days and you have it.

While we were testing VisualRoute, the company's Web site became unavailable from our location. VisualRoute diagnosed the problem and fingered Verio. Our mamas told us not to point, but darn it, it's nice to have a network tool that steers you in the right direction.

VisualRoute, $39.95. Visualware, (866) 847-9273, (703) 802-9006; fax (703) 832-8979. www.visualware.com

Bruce Boardman is executive editor of Network Computing, testing and writing on network systems and management. He has 12 years of IT experience managing networks and distributed computing for a financial service provider. Send your comments on this article to him at [email protected].

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