Net Commander Network Engineering Toolkit for Visual Studio Code

If you spend your day bouncing between terminal tabs, browser lookups, scattered spreadsheets and half-written incident notes, you already know the real cost:

1. frustration
2. decreased team collaboration
3. context switching
4. missed details
5. best guess troubleshooting when pressure is high

Net Commander for Visual Studio Code

is my attempt to fix that. It’s a network engineering toolkit inside Visual Studio Code, built to keep you in one place while you troubleshoot end-to-end from quick checks to structured, data-driven Root Cause Analysis.

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The idea of Net Commander

Most of us already live inside our IDEs. But when a network issue hits, we still bounce between terminals, browser lookups, config files, SSH tools, screenshots and notes, oh yeah and don’t forget context switching is where mistakes happen specially when we have dozens of windows opened.

So I built Net Commander aimed to be a free, open-source network engineering toolkit built inside VS Code, designed to keep troubleshooting data-driven and consistent.

What it includes today:

1. Ping + traceroute, supercharged (single host, multiple targets or entire CIDRs for convenience)

2. Lookups: IANA ports, ASN/public IP info, PeeringDB

3. Calculators: RFC-compliant CIDR + “what-if” subnet simulation

4. Wi-Fi quick surveys + capture workflows (for wireshark deeper analysis later)

5. SSH profiles for fast host jumps

6. Network config colorizer with inline detection + useful tooltips for private/public IPs

7. Root Cause Analysis checklist ready to use with platform-specific commands (Cisco, Arista, Ciena, Azure, AWS, GCP)

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Who Net Commander is for

Net Commander is built for:

• Network Engineers doing real troubleshooting in the field
• DevOps / SRE teams who need fast, repeatable checks
• Solution Architects validating designs, migrations and address plans
• Anyone who wants to reduce “guessing” and move toward evidence-driven troubleshooting

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What makes Net Commander different

The goal isn’t “more commands”. The goal is a workflow:

• Find evidence faster
• Capture consistently
• Export results cleanly in CSV format
• Reduce distractions (especially browser rabbit holes and ads)
• Stay inside the environment where you already work

Get the extension

You can search the Net Commander extension in the IDE marketplace or get them here:

• Net Commander for Visual Studio Code
• Net Commander for VSCodium