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Showing posts with label Networking Hints. Show all posts

Wireless Network Watcher - Scan your Wirless Network...



Wireless Network Watcher is a small utility that scans your wireless network and displays the list of all computers and devices that are currently connected to your network.

For every computer or device that is connected to your network, the following information is displayed: IP address, MAC address, the company that manufactured the network card, and optionally the computer name.

You can also export the connected devices list into html/xml/csv/text file, or copy the list to the clipboard and then paste into Excel or other spreadsheet application.


System Requirements And Limitations


  • This utility works on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003/2008, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.
  • This utility can only scan a wireless network that you're currently connected to. It cannot scan other wireless networks.
  • In rare cases, it's possible that Wireless Network Watcher won't detect the correct wireless network adapter, and then you should go to 'Advanced Options' window (F9), and manually choose the correct network adapter.
  • although this utility is officially designed for wireless networks, you can also use it to scan a small wired network. 
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Multi - Tabbed PuTTY, SSH Client for Windows...

Multi-Tabbed PuTTY

PuTTY is the most popular SSH client for Windows. One, and probably the only one, of PuTTY drawbacks is that you need to start a new copy of PuTTY every time you open a new connection. So if you need e.g. 5 active connections you run 5 PuTTY instances and you have 5 PuTTY windows on the desktop.



MTPuTTY is a small and reliable utility designed to enabe you to wrap unlimited number of PuTTY applications in one tabbed interface. You are still continue using your favorite SSH client, but you are no longer messing around with PuTTY windows - each window will be opened in a separate tab



Key Features of "MTPuTTY":

All PuTTY features:

· Supports all PuTTY protocols - SSH, Telnet, Rlogin, Raw. Supports PuTTY session. You can control and change PuTTY command line parameters. You can run PuTTY configuration from within the program.

Automation:

· Can automatically login the remote servers and "type" your passwords. Can run any script after login. Can "type" a script in several PuTTY tabs simultaneously.

Easy to use:

· Clear tabbed user interface. Servers are grouped in a sidebar. Taskbar to quick access to basic program tasks. Any PuTTY tab can be detached and converted into a general PuTTY window.

Smart code:

· Native Win32 code - no need to have any libraries (like .NET, VB etc). Multithreaded automation tasks - freezing in one PuTTY tab will not freeze the other ones.

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Instant Messenger for LAN or internet...

Instant Messenger for LAN or internet. Server is Php + MySQL. The administrator can choose for all options, display, contact manage, set maximum users number, lock, and more.



Features:


- Server is PHP/MySQL (opensource), make easy for the administrator to choise all options, for display, contact manage, lock...

- Can force nickname to Windows username or let users choise by themself.

- Can force or not user to use password, limit (or not) maximum simultaneous users, online users, contacts numbers...



- Can be public or locked by password.

- Can ban usernames and censure words (replaced by '...').

- Can (if necessary) hiearchic users management : can add to contact only lower or equal level users.

- No file transfert, no VoIP, no webcam, only safety and easy chat.

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Network Inventory Expert...

Network Inventory Expert allows you to make up a network inventory without installation the software on user's PCs.

Network Inventory Expert gives you possibility to get quick and full information about operational system, service pack, hotfixes, hardware, installed software and running processes on remote PCs.



Network Inventory Expert is a software that helps you to create a network inventory. You can also create reports about the hardware, installed software, and running processes on the computers in your local network.



The inventory software program will collect the following information about the user workstation in your network:

· operational system type, version and build;

· installed service pack and hotfixes;

· host name, user name and operational system product ID;

· processor type and frequency, from the vendors: Intel, AMD, VIA, Cyrix, Alpha, PowerPC, SiS, Transmeta, National Semiconductor, MIPS, Centaur, UMC, NexGen, WinChip and Rise Technology;

· motherboard BIOS information, serial number and chassis;

· network adapter, IP-addresses and MAC-addresses, DHCP, DNS and WINS settings;
· memory size and memory modules;

· name and type of HDD, CD-ROM, FDD, video card, monitor, multimedia devices;

· total and free size of HDD volumes;

· installed software on remote PCs;

· installed software quantity all over the network;

· all running processes;

· all windows startup programs;

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Homedale - monitor the signal strength of multiple WLAN Access Points...

Monitor the signal strength of multiple WLAN Access Points

The Homedale application was designed to be a small tool that lets you monitor the signal strength of multiple WLAN Access Points.





You can view a summary of all available access points with their

- signal strength
- encryption [WEP/WPA/WPA2]
- speed
- channel
- other settings

You can also see the signal strength of selected access points in a graph over the time. With a right mouse click, you can start logging and create a screenshot.

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OpenVPN GUI - Freeware...

OpenVPN is a full-featured SSL VPN solution which can accommodate a wide range of configurations, including remote access, site-to-site VPNs, WiFi security, and enterprise-scale remote access solutions with load balancing, failover, and fine-grained access-controls.

OpenVPN is normally run in a console window, which can be a little annoying to have lying on the taskbar all the time. OpenVPN GUI lets you run OpenVPN without this console window. Instead you get an icon in the notification area (the area on the right side of the taskbar) from which you can control OpenVPN to start/stop your VPN tunnels, view the log, change your password and other useful things.



Features:

* tunnel any IP subnetwork or virtual ethernet adapter over a single UDP or TCP port,
* configure a scalable, load-balanced VPN server farm using one or more machines which can handle thousands of dynamic connections from incoming VPN clients,
* use all of the encryption, authentication, and certification features of the OpenSSL library to protect your private network traffic as it transits the internet,
* use any cipher, key size, or HMAC digest (for datagram integrity checking) supported by the OpenSSL library,
* choose between static-key based conventional encryption or certificate-based public key encryption,
* use static, pre-shared keys or TLS-based dynamic key exchange,
* use real-time adaptive link compression and traffic-shaping to manage link bandwidth utilization,
* tunnel networks whose public endpoints are dynamic such as DHCP or dial-in clients,
* tunnel networks through connection-oriented stateful firewalls without having to use explicit firewall rules,
* tunnel networks over NAT,
* create secure ethernet bridges using virtual tap devices, and
* control OpenVPN using a GUI

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Who Is On My Wifi - Network Tool...

Find unknown computers on your internal network

Who Is On My Wifi will help you detect any intruders on your corporate network. Who Is On My Wifi will show you every computer on your network and notify you if it finds a computer that it does not recognize. Is someone using my wireless?





Are employee's plugging in home laptops on the corporate lan? Find out now with Who Is On My Wifi. It is an ideal internal security network monitoring system for your small to medium sized business.

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InterMapper 5.3.2 - View Traffic Flows..

A software application that performs network monitoring and alerting actions

Inter Mapper's active maps give a visual, real-time view of traffic flows through and between critical network devices and links. It also queries your servers to let you know when you have problems even before your customers call.



You'll be up and running in just a couple hours, viewing the state of your network and responding to problems as they occur. Inter Mapper can even locate problems that have eluded other monitoring tools within the first few minutes of use.

Inter Mapper uses SNMP to provide utilization statistics to help you optimize performance, as well displaying error, traffic and outage information so you can be aware of trouble spots.



Here are some key features of "InterMapper":
Intuitive Graphic User Interface:
· Customizable maps provide real-time views of traffic flows to highlight trouble spots and outages clearly.

Detailed traffic and network information:
· InterMapper queries routers, switches, and hubs using SNMP to receive and display critical data about traffic, utilization and errors.
Monitor key servers:
· In addition to network traffic flows, InterMapper monitors web, mail, directory, and dozens of other types of services. Use the built-in probes, write your own TCP or SNMP-based probes, or Nagios or Big Brother programs.
Historical Strip charts:
· InterMapper provides a historical view of various data. You can easily create strip charts to show how different traffic, utilization, error rates, etc. have changed over time.

Remote viewing and control:
· View your maps using a standard web browser, or view and configure maps from the built-in console or using the separate InterMapper Remote program.
Sub-maps:
· InterMapper now includes the ability to view the state of another map through an icon on the main map, and lets you drill down to see the details of the sub-map.

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SoftPerfect Network Scanner, with several advanced Features...

A free multi-threaded IP, SNMP and NetBIOS scanner with several advanced features. The program pings computers, scans for listening TCP ports and shows what types of resources are shared on a network (including hidden). In addition,it allows you to mount shared resources as network drives, browse them, filter the results list and more. The scanner can also check for a user-defined port, resolve host names and auto-detect your local IP range.

Features:

  • Pings computers.
  • Does not require administrative privileges.
  • Detects hardware (MAC) addresses even across routers.
  • Detects hidden shared folders (normally invisible on the network) and write accessible shares.
  • Detects your internal and external IP addresses.
  • Scans for listening TCP ports and SNMP services.
  • Retrieves currently logged-on users.
  • You can mount and explore network resources.
  • Can launch external third party applications.
  • Exports results to HTML, XML, CSV and TXT
  • Supports Wake-On-LAN and remote shutdown.
  • It is absolutely free, requires no installation, and does not contain any adware/spyware/malware.

What's New in version 4.4.6:

  • Added WOL manager button on the toolbar.
  • Improved sorting in third-party applications in the options.
  • Added passing host name to a third party application as %3.
  • Added ignored IP addresses manager.
  • Added /wolfile and /wakeall command-line switches related to Wake-On-LAN. See the manual for details.
  • Added new MAC address discovery method. It works by querying the default gateway provided it is SNMP capable and enables you to determine MAC address of devices behind the router.
  • Added a configurable delay between sending two WOL packets to avoid power consumption peaks.
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Connection Meter 7.9.9 - Protect your computer against non-required connections to Internet...

Protect your computer against non-required connections to Internet

Connection Meter allows you to analyze what is happening on the phone line, ISDN, ADSL, WiFi, cable-TV or other connection.

All in all, this handy toolbox will help you manage every connection you have to the Internet.

At the development of program we lay stress on:
· universality, easy change of prices for connection
· independence on setting of computer and operating system
· the highest stability and uncostingness
· easy and tabular attendance, we don't want oppress user and his computer by unnecessary mambers
· ability of program to communicate in Czech, Slovak, English, German, Polish and Hungarian

The SE edition should only be used on permanent connections (WiFi, ADSL, cable, etc).





Here are some key features of "Connection Meter":

· connection speed and amount data transfer monitor
· program measured connection time
· Wlan, WiFi connections status and level monitoring
· includes SMS gateway for czech cellular networks
· includes safe storage and easy insert of passwords (in all browsers)
· generation passwords, their evaluation
· mail notification (also for Gmail)
· includes calendar with task reminder
· includes unit and currency converter
· protect connection with antidialer
· set system time according to timeserver
· CPU load monitor, battery status monitor, etc.

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Net Profiles - Change your Network Settings with the Click of a Button...

Net Profiles



With Net Profiles, mobile computing becomes a whole lot easier. It eliminates the need to manually reconfigure your network settings when you move your desktop/laptop computer to another location. Once a profile is created, Net Profiles can configure your IP settings, proxy settings, mapped drives, default printer, wallpaper, and screen resolution with a click of a button; as well as run any number of user-defined applications upon activation of a profile.



Features
* Save your network settings as profiles.
* Automatically activate wireless profiles when specified wireless connections are detected. (XP only)
* Change IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, Primary and Secondary DNS Servers, WINS Server, and DHCP settings with the click of a button.
* Specifiy different mapped drives for each profile.
* Change your default printer based on which profile you're currently using.
* Automatically change your profile via program shortcuts created with Net Profiles.
* Change the default homepage for Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera.
* Proxy settings for Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera.
* Run a user-defined list of programs when a profile is activated.
* Maintain seperate desktop wallper for each profile.
* Change screen resolutions and color quality when profiles are activated.
* Can be easily translated into other languages using the enclosed XML language file.

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Maxtor Central Axis™ Business Edition

Maxtor Central Axis™ Business Edition

For small offices and businesses up to 20 networked computers, the Central Axis Business Edition storage server provides a data storage and protection solution with simplicity and business continuity in mind. It offers easy backup for both PCs and Macs to one central, safe location that holds as much as 2TB of data.


Features and Benefits

Automatic Data Backup

Automatically backup a small network up to 20 PCs and Macs to one central, safe location

Data Security

Automatic data mirroring to duplicate your files across with 2 internal drives

Flexible Configuration

User configurable - up to 2TB total available storage or 1TB of data mirrored

Data Rotation

Offsite data rotation enabled with USB port for additional external drive

Secure Web Access

Secure and easy web access from anywhere with permissions and controls - no client software required

Secure File Sharing

Invite select clients to view, download or upload securely via the Web

Printer Sharing

Enable network printer sharing by connecting a USB printer to your Central Axis storage server

Drag and Sort™

Just drag documents onto the Central Axis icon and Maxtor's Drag and Sort organizes your files, placing them in appropriate shared folders

Maxtor SimpleView™

Provides at-a-glance views of back up and storage status for all users

Password Protection

Set privacy levels on shared folders for full public access or limited access for an extra measure of security

Specifications and More Details : Click Here

The Dude - Manage your Network Environment.



The Dude network monitor is a new application by MikroTik which can dramatically improve the way you manage your network environment. It will automatically scan all devices within specified subnets, draw and layout a map of your networks, monitor services of your devices and alert you in case some service has problems.

The Dude demo system: Our RouterOS demo routers are viewable from within the Dude, install The Dude and connect to our Demo dude system with the Dude Secure connection to 159.148.147.209



Some of it's features:

* The Dude is free of charge!
* Auto network discovery and layout
* Discovers any type or brand of device
* Device, Link monitoring, and notifications
* Includes SVG icons for devices, and supports custom icons and backgrounds
* Easy installation and usage
* Allows you to draw your own maps and add custom devices
* Supports SNMP, ICMP, DNS and TCP monitoring for devices that support it
* Individual Link usage monitoring and graphs
* Direct access to remote control tools for device management
* Supports remote Dude server and local client
* Runs in Linux Wine environment, MacOS Darwine, and Windows
* Best price/value ratio compared to other products (free of charge)

More Information :
http://www.mikrotik.com/thedude.php

Download :
http://www.mikrotik.com/download/dude/3.4/dude-install-3.4.exe

Ethereal - The world's most popular network protocol analyze

Ethereal
The world's most popular network protocol analyze



Powerful Multi-Platform Analysis

Ethereal® is used by network professionals around the world for troubleshooting, analysis, software and protocol development, and education. It has all of the standard features you would expect in a protocol analyzer, and several features not seen in any other product. Its open source license allows talented experts in the networking community to add enhancements. It runs on all popular computing platforms, including Unix, Linux, and Windows.



Features

Ethereal is still technically beta software, but it has a comprehensive feature set and is suitable for production use. Here is the list of features, current as of version 0.9.14, in no particular order:

* Data can be captured "off the wire" from a live network connection, or read from a capture file.

* Ethereal can read capture files from tcpdump (libpcap), NAI's Sniffer™ (compressed and uncompressed), Sniffer™ Pro, NetXray™, Sun snoop and atmsnoop, Shomiti/Finisar Surveyor, AIX's iptrace, Microsoft's Network Monitor, Novell's LANalyzer, RADCOM's WAN/LAN Analyzer, HP-UX nettl, i4btrace from the ISDN4BSD project, Cisco Secure IDS iplog, the pppd log (pppdump-format), the AG Group's/WildPacket's EtherPeek/TokenPeek/AiroPeek, or Visual Networks' Visual UpTime. It can also read traces made from Lucent/Ascend WAN routers and Toshiba ISDN routers, as well as the text output from VMS's TCPIPtrace utility and the DBS Etherwatch utility for VMS. Any of these files can be compressed with gzip and Ethereal will decompress them on the fly.

* Live data can be read from Ethernet, FDDI, PPP, Token-Ring, IEEE 802.11, Classical IP over ATM, and loopback interfaces (at least on some platforms; not all of those types are supported on all platforms).

* Captured network data can be browsed via a GUI, or via the TTY-mode "tethereal" program.

* Capture files can be programmatically edited or converted via command-line switches to the "editcap" program.
Download Page : http://www.ethereal.com/download.html


Welcome to Apache Friends!



Apache Friends is a non-profit project to promote the Apache web server. It was founded in the spring of 2002 by Kai 'Oswald' Seidler and Kay Vogelgesang. The following activities are our contribution towards promoting the web server and related technologies:

1. Easy to use software (see our Apache distribution XAMPP below).

2. Easy to read documentation (Sorry, all texts apart from the FAQ are only available in German, our »Apache für Dummies« book for example).

3. The creation of an online community for helping each other out should any questions or problems arise (see our Forums or Chats for further resources).

Link : http://www.apachefriends.org/en/index.html

PopTray 3.2 - OPEN-SOURCE Mail Notifier

PopTray started as a little POP3 mail checker I wrote, because I couldn't find a freeware program that had all the features I wanted. Since then, new features have been added by request. After years of refinement PopTray 3.0 has now become a full-featured, customizable, e-mail notifier, but keeping its ease of use.



Main Features:
  • Unlimited number of Accounts
  • Show number of messages directly on the TrayIcon (rotating by account)
  • Quickly preview a message
  • Delete messages from the server without downloading them
  • Rules that identify a message according to your criteria, then does one of these actions:
    • Play different notification sound
    • Delete from the server
    • Run any EXE file
    • Mark as Spam
    • etc ...
  • Configurable Hot-keys/Mouse-Buttons/Command-Line options for most functions
  • Plug-in Support:
    • Protocol plug-ins (e.g. IMAP4, Hotmail, Gmail, etc.)
    • Notify plug-ins (e.g. Flashing scroll-lock light, ScreenSaver)
  • Spam management using rules and white/black lists
  • Mulitple notfications (play sound, pop-up, etc)
  • Translated into 30+ languages
  • Complete Install / Uninstall
All this for FREE and Open-Source !

Download and Details :
http://www.poptray.org/downloads.php

Angry IP Scanner : Open-Source and Cross-Platform Network Scanner

Angry IP Scanner (or simply ipscan) is an open-source and cross-platform network scanner desi gned to be fast and simple to use. It scans IP addresses and ports as well as has many other featur es.

It is widely used by network administrators and just curious users around the world, including large and small enterprises, banks, and government agencies.

It runs on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X, possibly supporting other platforms as well.

It can scan IP addresses in any range as well as any their ports. It is cross-platform and lightweight. Not requiring any installations, it can be freely copied and used anywhere.

Angry IP scanner simply pings each IP address to check if it's alive, then optionally it is resolving its hostname, determines the MAC address, scans ports, etc. The amount of gathered data about each host can be extended with plugins.

It also has additional features, like NetBIOS information (computer name, workgroup name, and currently logged in Windows user), favorite IP address ranges, web server detection, customizable openers, etc.

Scanning results can be saved to CSV, TXT, XML or IP-Port list files. With help of plugins, Angry IP Scanner can gather any information about scanned IPs. Anybody who can write Java code is able to write plugins and extend functionality of Angry IP Scanner.

In order to increase scanning speed, it uses multithreaded approach: a separate scanning thread is created for each scanned IP address.
Download : http://www.angryziber.com/w/Download

Wireshark - Network Protocol Analyzer



Wireshark

Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer, and is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many industries and educational institutions.

Features

Wireshark has a rich feature set which includes the following:

* Deep inspection of hundreds of protocols, with more being added all the time

* Live capture and offline analysis

* Standard three-pane packet browser

* Multi-platform: Runs on Windows, Linux, OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and many others

* Captured network data can be browsed via a GUI, or via the TTY-mode TShark utility

* The most powerful display filters in the industry

* Rich VoIP analysis



* Read/write many different capture file formats: tcpdump (libpcap), Pcap NG, Catapult DCT2000, Cisco Secure IDS iplog, Microsoft Network Monitor, Network General Sniffer® (compressed and uncompressed), Sniffer® Pro, and NetXray®, Network Instruments Observer, NetScreen snoop, Novell LANalyzer, RADCOM WAN/LAN Analyzer, Shomiti/Finisar Surveyor, Tektronix K12xx, Visual Networks Visual UpTime, WildPackets EtherPeek/TokenPeek/AiroPeek, and many others

* Capture files compressed with gzip can be decompressed on the fly

* Live data can be read from Ethernet, IEEE 802.11, PPP/HDLC, ATM, Bluetooth, USB, Token Ring, Frame Relay, FDDI, and others (depending on your platfrom)

* Decryption support for many protocols, including IPsec, ISAKMP, Kerberos, SNMPv3, SSL/TLS, WEP, and WPA/WPA2

* Coloring rules can be applied to the packet list for quick, intuitive analysis

* Output can be exported to XML, PostScript®, CSV, or plain text


Download : http://www.wireshark.org/download.html

IP-Tools : TCP/IP utilities in one program



IP-Tools offers many TCP/IP utilities in one program. This award-winning program can work under Windows 98/ME, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000/XP/2003, Windows Vista and is indispensable for anyone who uses the Internet or Intranet (if you are a network administrator, you should try our powerful network monitor: Advanced Host Monitor and program for wireless messaging from our partners: NotePage).



Features:
  • Program allows multitask operation - You may use all utilities at the same time.
  • Many utilities can obtain information from a single host, from all hosts within a range of IP addresses (ex. 195.128.74.1 - 195.130.200.5) or work with list of hosts and IP addresses.
  • IP-Tools can save obtained information into text file or create cool HTML reports.
  • Highly intuitive interface makes operation easy for users
  • Easy Install / Upgrade / Uninstall program
  • After registration you gain the right to use ALL future IP-Tools updates and releases, on the same OS platform, in the registered mode.
Download Page : http://www.ks-soft.net/ip-tools.eng/downpage.htm

UltraVNC - Remote Control Software for All



UltraVNC is a powerful, easy to use and free software that can display the screen of another computer (via internet or network) on your own screen. The program allows you to use your mouse and keyboard to control the other PC remotely. It means that you can work on a remote computer, as if you were sitting in front of it, right from your current location. If you provide computer support, you can quickly access your customer's computers from anywhere in the world and resolve helpdesk issues remotely! With addons like SingleClick your customers don't even have to pre-install software or execute complex procedures to get remote helpdesk support.



Who should use UltraVNC?

Anyone who needs to support local or remote Windows users will find UltraVNC a must-have tool. It was specifically designed to answer the needs of:

  • Help desk (Internal & External)
  • IT departments
  • Remote Computer Support companies
  • Remote Computer Access
  • Remote demonstration
  • eLearning, classroom control
  • Individuals that want to help their relatives and friends, or access their home PC from work or cybercafes
Download and Details : http://www.uvnc.com/download/index.html