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Essential Tools for Network Geeks (Free!)

If you run a home or small offfice network, these tools can be essential to manage, analyze and diagnose your networked computers.

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WakeMeOnLan WakeMeOnLan Free send WOL packet to network computers rating
Wireless Network Watcher Wireless Network Watcher Free network scanner rating
SoftPerfect Network Scanner SoftPerfect Network Scanner Free network scanner rating
NetSetMan NetSetMan Free switch between network settings rating
Axence NetTools Pro Axence NetTools Pro Free a set of essential networking tools rating
TamoSoft Throughput Test TamoSoft Throughput Test Free test network throughput rating
Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector Free troubleshoot your wi-fi connection rating
TeamViewer TeamViewer Free remote control and desktop sharing rating
MACAddressView MACAddressView Free MAC address lookkup tool rating
inSSIDer inSSIDer Free Wi-Fi network scanner rating
York York Free Trace and log all network traffic rating
EventSentry Light EventSentry Light Free monitor Eventlog entries rating
FreeNAS FreeNAS Free Open Source Storage Platform rating
EMCO Network Software Scanner EMCO Network Software Scanner Free audit installed software on your network rating
IP Tools (IP Sniffer) IP Tools (IP Sniffer) Free networking tools and packet sniffer rating
Nmap Security Scanner Nmap Security Scanner Free network security scanner rating
NetShareMonitor NetShareMonitor Free monitor network share access rating
EventLog Inspector EventLog Inspector Free monitor and forward EventLog entries rating
DNS Benchmark DNS Benchmark Free find the fastest DNS servers rating
Remote Desktop Organizer Remote Desktop Organizer Free manage Remote Desktop connections rating
Microsoft Network Monitor 3 Microsoft Network Monitor 3 Free network protocol analyzer rating
The Dude The Dude Free network mapping and monitoring rating
Total Network Monitor Total Network Monitor Free monitor network availability and performance rating
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WakeMeOnLan screenshot

icon WakeMeOnLan v1.35 by NirSoft

WakeMeOnLan enables you to turn on computers remotely be sending a Wake-on-LAN (WOL) packet to selected machines on the network. The program scans your network and automatically enumerates all nodes and their current status. Just select... [Read more]

Wireless Network Watcher screenshot

icon Wireless Network Watcher v1.45 by NirSoft

  • Our Rating: stars
  • User Rating: 5 (2)
  • Popularity:77

Wireless Network Watcher is a simple network scanner that scan your wireless (or wired) network and returns a list of all devices that are currently connected. It shows the IP address, MAC address, Device Name and Adapter Company. The... [Read more]

SoftPerfect Network Scanner screenshot

icon SoftPerfect Network Scanner v5.4.3 by SoftPerfect Research

  • Our Rating: stars
  • User Rating: 5 (4)
  • Popularity:88

SoftPerfect Network Scanner is a multi-threaded IP, SNMP and NetBIOS scanner with a modern interface and several advanced features. It is intended for both system administrators and users who are interested in computer security. The... [Read more]

NetSetMan screenshot

icon NetSetMan v3.4.4 by Ilja Herlein

  • Our Rating: stars
  • User Rating: 5 (5)
  • Popularity:66

NetSetMan allows you to quickly switch between pre-configured network settings. The program is ideal for people on the road, who frequently connect to different networks and need to update or reconfigure their network settings each... [Read more]

Axence NetTools Pro screenshot

icon Axence NetTools Pro v4.0.10.10926 by Axence Software, Inc.

  • Our Rating: stars
  • User Rating: 5 (4)
  • Popularity:77

Axence NetTools Pro is a set of essential networking tools that includes network monitoring, port scanner, NetStat, TCP/IP Workshop, graphical ping, Traceroute, Bandwidth measuring, SNMP browser and more. You can monitor ping responses... [Read more]

TamoSoft Throughput Test screenshot

icon TamoSoft Throughput Test v1.0.12 by TamoSoft, Inc.

TamoSoft Throughput Test lets you test the performance of a wireless or wired network. The program uses a server and a client component which need to be installed on at least two machines on the network. The client then connects to the... [Read more]

Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector screenshot

icon Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector v1.2.1.4 by Xirrus

  • Our Rating: stars
  • User Rating: 5 (1)
  • Popularity:77

Xirrus Wi-Fi Inspector is a tool for managing and troubleshooting your Wi-Fi connection. It enables you to see all available networks, verify their coverage, track signal history and view detailed network information including signal... [Read more]

TeamViewer screenshot

icon TeamViewer v7.0.12979 by Teamviewer Gmbh

  • Our Rating: stars
  • User Rating: 5 (7)
  • Popularity:55

TeamViewer is an easy to use solution for remote control, desktop sharing and file transfer that works behind any firewall and NAT proxy. All you need to do is run TeamViewer on both machines and exchange the automatically assigned ID... [Read more]

MACAddressView screenshot

icon MACAddressView v1.16 by NirSoft

MACAddressView enables you to look up the company name, address and country that is registered to the MAC address of a product (e.g. routers, computers and other network devices). You can also look up MAC address ranges by company name... [Read more]

inSSIDer screenshot

icon inSSIDer v2.1.1.13 by MetaGeek, LLC

inSSIDer is a Wi-Fi network scanner that shows all available wireless networks along with their SSID, speed, channel and security settings. It displays an real-time graph that tracks the strength of received signal in dBm over time and... [Read more]

York screenshot

icon York v1.56 by The SZ

York is an easy to use network traffic sniffer (a.k.a packet analyzer) that enables you to perform an in-depth analysis of all network traffic that passes through your network adapter. The traffic can be automatically categorized into... [Read more]

EventSentry Light screenshot

icon EventSentry Light v2.92.0.30 by NETIKUS.NET ltd

EventSentry Light enables system administrators to have eventlog messages sent by email. The free version allows you to specify one filter criteria, to limit notification to selected (or all) events, based on EventID, category and... [Read more]

FreeNAS screenshot

icon FreeNAS v8.0.3 by iXsystems Inc.

  • Our Rating: stars
  • User Rating: 5 (1)
  • Popularity:22

FreeNAS is an Open Source Storage Platform based on FreeBSD and supports sharing across Windows, Apple, and UNIX-like systems. FreeNAS includes ZFS, a combined file system and logical volume manager that supports high storage capacities... [Read more]

EMCO Network Software Scanner screenshot

icon EMCO Network Software Scanner v1.0 by Emco

EMCO Network Software Scanner is a network auditing tool that allows you to collect a list of installed applications and updates from remote machines on your network. The gathered information (software product name, version information... [Read more]

IP Tools (IP Sniffer) screenshot

icon IP Tools (IP Sniffer) v1.99.3.0 by Erwan L.

  • Our Rating: stars
  • User Rating: 5 (2)
  • Popularity:66

IP Tools (a.k.a. IP Sniffer) is a protocol analyzer that supports filtering rules, adapter selection, packet decoding, advanced protocol description and more. Detailed information about each packet is provided in a tree-style view, and... [Read more]

Nmap Security Scanner screenshot

icon Nmap Security Scanner v5.5.1 by Nmap.org

Nmap ( with Zenmap GUI) is a utility for network exploration and security auditing, that can help network administrators discover available hosts and find out what services they are running, operating systems installed and many other... [Read more]

NetShareMonitor screenshot

icon NetShareMonitor v1.1 by SecurityXploded

  • Our Rating: stars
  • User Rating: 4 (1)
  • Popularity:55

NetShareMonitor keeps an eye on your shared folders and alerts you if they are being accessed. It displays a list of active user sessions as well as a detailed overview of what files and folders have been accessed by each users. The... [Read more]

EventLog Inspector screenshot

icon EventLog Inspector v2.5.0.630 by Snmpsoft Company

EventLog Inspector monitors the Windows EventLogs and can forward log entries to an email address or Syslog server or notify you of new events via pop-up message. You choose to monitor all Event Logs or specify which ones to include or... [Read more]

DNS Benchmark screenshot

icon DNS Benchmark v1.2.3925.0 by Gibson Reasearch Corp.

  • Our Rating: stars
  • User Rating: 5 (2)
  • Popularity:55

DNS Benchmark enables you to test the performance of a list of DNS servers so you can determine which offer the fastest response time and optimize your Internet settings accordingly. The program comes pre-configured with a list of... [Read more]

Remote Desktop Organizer screenshot

icon Remote Desktop Organizer v1.4.4 by Appmazing

  • Our Rating: stars
  • User Rating: 4 (1)
  • Popularity:66

Remote Desktop Organizer enables you to manage multiple Microsoft Remote Desktop (Terminal Services) connections from a single interface. You can store login credential and connection preferences for each connection and organize them... [Read more]

Microsoft Network Monitor 3 screenshot

icon Microsoft Network Monitor 3 v3.4 by Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft Network Monitor 3 is a network protocol analyzer that can capture network traffic for further inspection by a network administrator. It supports regular expression filters, scriptable parsers, custom data types and other... [Read more]

The Dude screenshot

icon The Dude v3.6 by Mikrotik

  • Our Rating: stars
  • User Rating: 5 (5)
  • Popularity:66

The Dude is a unique network monitor that incorporates an interactive map of your network layout, that helps you visualize the structure of your network and provides direct access to network functions specific to each item. It can... [Read more]

Total Network Monitor screenshot

icon Total Network Monitor v1.1.3 by Softinventive Lab Inc

  • Our Rating: stars
  • User Rating: 5 (2)
  • Popularity:55

Total Network Monitor enables you to control and monitoring of the efficiency of your network. It supports various checks that monitor TCP/IP, FTP, SMTP, POP, IMAP connectivity, as well as Windows Probes (Eventlog, Registry state... [Read more]

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