Do you often have a chat with your friends over the Internet with your habitual instant messenger such as MSN, AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ or IRC, etc? However, do you know that you can do the same thing on your LAN in your office or home? Yes, you can, as long as you have a LAN messenger! With a LAN messenger you can chat each other with your friends without an Internet connection as long as you and your friends or colleague on the same LAN. Following is a popular and excellent LAN chatting tool I will recommend to you. That is Akeni LAN Messenger. Following are the detailed introductions of this LAN messenger. Want to know how powerful and useful it is? Let's go now!

Akeni LAN Messenger is an IM system designed for our LAN. It is easy to setup and does not requires a dedicated server or Internet connection. The rich client support chat, notification, conferencing, and file transfer. Also with its intuitive user interface, those familiar with public IM clients such as MSN Messenger or AOL AIM, will be using Akeni like a pro in no time. Akeni LAN Messenger can be used by IT support personnel who needs a way to communicate and send files with each other anywhere in their network easily, without the need to connect to the Internet or to a centralized server. The key functions and advantages of Akeni LAN Messenger:

There is no need of server with Akeni LAN Messenger. Simply run Akeni LAN Messenger and we'll be communicating with our co-workers immediately. We don't need a dedicated server or an administrator to run Akeni LAN Messenger.

We don't need administrator privileges to install or run the program under Windows 2000 and Windows XP. If the computer can access the Internet, then it is already setup and ready to go; there is also no need to install any extra network protocols such as printer and file sharing.

Unlike public IM systems, Akeni LAN Messenger only requires a LAN (Local Area Network) to function. We can continue communicating with our co-worker even if our company's Internet connection is interrupted.

By design, Akeni LAN Messenger does not allow us to talk to people outside of the LAN. This will decrease the amount of time people spend talking to outsiders on non-work related issues using public IM systems.

With Akeni LAN Messenger we can ceate our own informative away and exit (offline) status messages. Akeni LAN Messenger runs inside the company LAN, so only people who are inside the firewall will have access to the system. The system cannot be spammed from the outside. The data does not leave the LAN so it cannot be snooped by outsiders.

Unlike public IM systems, Akeni LAN Messenger is designed from the ground up with security in mind. There are no "unsafe" ways to run the program. Only people on the contact list can send/receive messages from us.

For users that have many simultaneous conversations and don't want dozens of chat windows open. Akeni LAN Messenger provides an option to place all the chat conference sessions into one tabbed window.

All activities are logged to HTML files so that they can be browsed later using our favorite browser. We can send out notification even to users who are not currently online. They will receive the notification as soon as they sign on to the system.

Akeni LAN Messenger is the simplest way to transfer files between two computers (even between Linux and Windows). Simply select the person we want to send the file to and choose "Send File". No need to setup FTP servers, figuring out ports, etc. Akeni LAN Messenger supports the sending of arbitrary large files, resume of interrupted transfers, automatic transfer of multiple files, etc.

Most operations are available via drag and drop. Drag a file from our desktop and drop it on top of the recipient's name to start a file transfer, drag the names of co-workers and drop them in a conference window to invite them to a conference, etc.

Almost all aspect of Akeni LAN Messenger can be changed and tailor to suit our work habits. For example, all the toolbars are fully customizable to maximize our productivity. Akeni LAN Messenger is available for both Microsoft Windows and Linux. All versions of the software inter-operates seamlessly, making this a good solution for heterogeneous computer environments.

In addition, Akeni LAN Messenger provides a free trial for us but many functions of it are disabled. It is standalone software and does not need any extra software and hardware requirement. Akeni LAN Messenger does not contain any adware or spyware. It works with most recent variants of Windows. Do you want to have a chat on your LAN freely? Why not download Akeni LAN Messenger and try it yourself now!

This cross-platform instant messenger works on your LAN without requiring an Internet connection or a dedicated server. It supports all the standard IM features, including chat, group conference, presence management, file transfer, and emergency alert and notification. Extra features include contact management and optional tabbed chat sessions.

The license of this software is Free Trial Software, the price is $16.95, you can free download and get a free trial.