WildPackets Omnipeek Personal is a free network monitoring tool for personal use. The .Net 2.0 tool has many features which most free packet sniffers/packet analyzers lack, especially when it comes to statistical analysis and visualization. Omnipeek is even better than Ethereal/Wireshark.

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When I started using VMware Workstation, I took the name of the tool literally and installed it on my workstation. Although I had a high-end PC with 2 GB RAM (which was quite much at that time), I often ran into performance problems. Usually, I test software for servers which are dependent on other systems. So, I often had three or four virtual machines running at the same time. You can imagine that 2 GB is not enough for this. CPU power and hard disk space were also often a problem. The conclusion is that you shouldn’t install VMware Workstation on a workstation if you test software for server systems.

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Just saw it at Microsoft’s Download Center. A 180 day trial version of ISA Server 2006 final is now ready for download. As with former versions there is a Standard Edition and an Enterprise Edition. I already played with the beta version a while ago. My review is long overdue. I hope I will find some time to have a closer look soon.