In reply to Matthew1471!.

Hi Matthew,

Thanks for taking the time to comment. FindIT Network Manager is packaged as virtual machine images and as an installer for Ubuntu Linux. The application can not be installed on Windows other than as a virtual machine. The two VM images are essentially identical, just packaged differently for different hypervisors - the zip file for use with Hyper-V, and the ova file for use with VMWare or VirtualBox. There is a lot more detail in the admin guides that are linked off the product page referenced above.

I do take your point about terminology. We prefer to use the term ‘Network Management’ or ‘Network Management Application’ as the word controller tends to have a very specific meaning, especially in the context of wireless. FindIT is not a controller in that sense, and is not limited to just working with wireless access points.

As for the refreshed UI, this is something that will be happening for new products going forward. Some current products will be updated where it makes sense, but typically the more mature products will not. It does not really make sense to have a firmware update for a device where the only change is to the look and feel, without any substantive change that would justify the user upgrading the device.

Cheers,
Dave Harper
FindIT Product Manager