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