Network Monitoring

BitMeter 2 is a small bandwidth meter, that allows you to monitor your Internet connection with the help of a real-time graph that shows your upload and download speed over time. It offers long-term upload/download history to track your usage over time, as well as customizable speed and volume alerts. It also includes a download time calculator and a download stopwatch. The small graph can be placed on your desktop as a floating window or in click-through mode.

ServersCheck Monitoring Free Edition is a tool for monitoring, reporting and alerting on network and systems availability. The standard version can be used for free with up to 15 devices, which is probably more than adequate for personal use. It can monitor any TCP Port (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, NNTP, POP3, SMTP, VNC, DNS, etc.), check ODBC, Oracle, MySQL databases, trap SNMP values (disk space, free memory, CPU usage,...), verify content served from a web server and check NT services and process availability. In addition, it also can monitor environmental devices like temperature, humidity, flooding. Alerting can be done via email, MSN or network message. ServersCheck Monitoring runs as a local service and is administrated through a browser interface by connecting to the built-in web server. Additional features include alerts and graph output for long-term statistics tracking.

PRTG Traffic Grapher enables you to log and monitor data flowing in and out of any SNMP enabled network device, like routers, switches, firewalls and others. It provides a graphical interface with real-time charts and long term statistical reports covering daily and monthly periods. It also provides an option to generate interactive HTML reports. The version you are downloading is a featured limited, free version, that can be used with up to 3 devices. It has some features disabled and a nag screen, but does not expire.

IPCheck Server Monitor allows you to monitor your server(s) and be notified via email when they are down. The interface is browser based and provides a detailed overview with statistics on each of the monitored devices. IPCheck Server Monitor supports a variety of web services, including PING, HTTP, SQL, Disk Space, DNS and others. It can alert you via email, network broadcast, HTTP post, program execution or sound notification in the event that a device becomes unavailable. The free version is limited to 5 devices and limits checking intervals to 15 minutes.

TCPView will show you a detailed listings of all TCP and UDP endpoints on your system, including the remote address and state of TCP connections as well as the application or process that is using the connection. In addition, you can end selected processes and close selected connections. Much improved over previous versions.

Bandwidth Monitor Lite is a simple network monitor to keep track of your upload and download bandwidth statistics. It also displays a real-time graph of your current bandwidth usage and maintains a long-term log of daily statistics. The monitoring features are very basic and limited to a graph display and basic log, however if that is all you need, you may want to give it a try. The interface is modern and fully customizable. Bandwidth Monitor Lite offer a graphical design mode that allows you to completely alter the looks and choose the data to be displayed in the monitor.

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 keywords. You have the choice of text or HTML emails, set time and day restrictions and more. An excellent tool for EventLog monitoring, the free version will do great for most small networks.

Interface Traffic Indicator enables you to measure incoming and outgoing traffic for SNMP-capable (MIB-2) interfaces, including compatible network cards, switches, routers, and other devices. You can customize the polling interval from 1-120 seconds, and optionally write a log file. The current traffic is displayed in a bytes or bit/sec graph display.

Karen s Net Monitor perodically tests web servers and email servers of your choice, and attempts to download a specific page. It reports any errors that occur, so you can take corrective action. In addition, it can check for a signature that must be contained in the source code of the page, and alert you if it is not present. The testing interval can be adjusted.

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 automatically discover your local network and draw a preliminary layout that can be further customized and saved. You can manually add items, customize the icons and captions used for each device and connect nodes with lines and other drawing tools. The program supports various network monitoring tasks from simple ping checks to port probes and service checks. Other features include history logging, outage notifications (email, beep, popup, eventlog), SNMP support, map export to PDF or PNG as well as customizable interface layouts and more.

Kiwi Log Viewer is a specialized text viewer designed to open large log files (up to 700mb). It only reads a small section of the file at a time, which saves memory and allows you to view a file that could otherwise be too big to fit in memory. The program also includes a keyword highlighting option, that allows you to define up to 2 keywords (string or RegEx) that will be automatically highlighted within the log file. An additional TAIL option monitors the file in real-time and displays new data as it is being added. The free version is limited to 2 keyword monitors and files up to 700mb in size.

NetGraph is a small network connection monitoring tool, that shows a real-time graph of your download and upload activity for the selected interface. In addition to the graph display, it also comes with a dynamic tray icon and an option to auto-hide the graph when there is no activity. Additional features include a handy move-out-of-the-way feature that automatically moves the graph display if your mouse comes near it, as well as customizable graph and support for transparency.

Look@LAN Network Monitor is an advanced network monitor, that is easy to use and automatically detects and analyzes your network nodes, including operating system. The program can monitor the nodes and alert you of any changes (new nodes, offline nodes etc.). The main window lists all available nodes and detailed statistics and scan results are available for each individual machine, including a real-time traceroute report, ping results, active services (open ports) and more. In addition to the auto-detected nodes, you can also customize the scan ranges and add additional networks. Additional features include HTML reports, statistical graphs, network tree view, single node scanning and more. The program comes with a unique, user-friendly interface, but no documentation.

EtherSnoop is a basic network sniffer, that can capture all packets going through the network, including dial-up connection or network Ethernet card. It lists the captured data in real-time, using an easy-to-understand interface with a hex and text display of the packet content. EtherSnoop also offers basic filtering by protocol type and a tree-style packet explorer. The output can be saved to file and reloaded later if needed.

Morten s HostAlive is a multi-ping tool to easily check the online status of computers in a TCP/IP network like the Internet. It pings those hosts in a configurable time interval and reports the online status. Reports can also be exported to HTML or sent by email. The program can also take a list of server names or IP addresses for bulk processing.

Tong Software LAN Monitor is a small network monitor that automatically keeps track of send and received data. It displays statistics for total send/received amounts for the current, last and overall connections, as well as small real-time graph display that can be shown on the desktop.

PortPeeker is a standalone port listener, that uses whatever TCP/UDP port you specify and logs all incoming requests in detail. It provides a simple text log overview of all connections that have taken place, as well as their details. In addition, a handy drop-down box on top lists all the IP addresses that have connected, and selecting on will let you jump to the associate log entries. Useful for application testing (errors can be logged as well) and security monitoring for vulnerable ports. No install neeeded, just run the EXE file.

MZL & Novatech TrafficStatistic allows you to monitor and log your Ethernet traffic statistics, and provides a detailed breakdown on daily usage, as well as per service and target host. If your Internet connection has a bandwidth limit, you can also configure the program to provide you with details and remaining bandwidth for the current billing period. The program works on the IP packet level, therefore it can report on all the traffic, regardless whether this traffic was made by a browser, a files haring software. email or any other connection. Additional features include optional exclusion of LAN traffic, user-friendly report interface and more.

LinkMonitor is a simple host monitor that allows you to monitor a single host and alerts you if it becomes unavailable. The program can run in the system tray, changes icon color on failure and can also alert you via sound.

Huge Brother is an easy to use server monitoring utility that runs in the system tray and changes the tray icon color if a server goes down. Just enter the server addresses and the port, then choose the check interval (e.g every 20 minutes) and you`re done. The tray icon will change color, and sound alert is triggered if there are connection problems with any of the monitored servers.

Who Is Connected? allows you to monitor and manage your local area network connections. It shows you which users are currently connected, and allows you to view details about what files/folders are used, connection time and more. In addition, you can choose to terminate any connection, choose to be notified on new connections, send a message to the user and also view a list of open IP ports, as well as the program associated with them. The program runs in the system tray and provides a convenient interface.

ShareWatch allows you to monitor your network shares and see who is connected and what files they are accessing. It allows you to disconnect any file, user, computer, or share and supports detailed user lookup via address book. You can limit the display to active shares and choose to automatically resolve domains. ShareWatch can run in the system tray from where it shows the number of currently connected users as a tooltip. Very small, standalone executable. Great tool for network administrators.

PingLog can be used as a server or connection monitor. It allows you to specify an IP address and will then ping the given IP every X seconds. IN addition, it keeps detailed statistics about availability, downtime, total downtime and more. Great for keeping an eye on your web site or internet connection, while gathering statistics and proof of failures at the same time, which can be useful when complaining to your ISP or web host.

Look4 is a handy networking tool that allows you to watch for people or machines that sign on or off the LAN. Simply enter the username, IP or computer name you want to monitor and the program will alert you when the user logs on with an option to send a message. In addition, you can also be notified on log, allowing you to catch them before they leave the office. Does not require any client installs, just run it on your machine and start looking. Very handy!