eToolz is a nifty GUI tool that allows you to perform a number of network queries: DNS, ping, traceroute,...
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FREE: NTop-XTRA – Shows network usage
Submitted by Jeffrey Botts From the developers website: What is NTop-XTRA? When all is said and done, network traffic...
FREE: TCPView – displays active TCP and UDP connections

TCPView is a free Sysinternals tool from Microsoft allowing you to monitor TCP and UDP endpoints. It has the...
Download Wireshark 1.0.0

Wireshark 1.0 is available for download. Wireshark, formerly Ethereal, is in third place on the 4sysops list of free...
FREE: Netcat – Swiss army knife for network troubleshooting

Netcat certainly belongs in every admin's toolbox. This tiny free command line tool has been available since 1995. It...
FREE: Wireshark – Powerful network analyzer

Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer, and is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across...
FREE: Nmap + Zenmap – Network scanner with Windows GUI

Nmap is probably the most powerful network security scanner. You can use this nifty Open Source tool for security...
FREE: Netsetman – Switch network settings
Submitted by Christoph Kral Another tool I am using on a daily basis: netsetman let you switch network settings...
Microsoft Network Monitor 3.1 supports wireless sniffing

Microsoft Network Monitor 3.1 can now be downloaded for free. There are a couple of interesting new features. Most...
Public download of Microsoft Network Monitor 3.0

The final of Network Monitor 3.0 has beend available at Microsoft Connect for sometime, already. I reviewed the beta...
WebDrive and SftpDrive: Map a Linux folder to a Windows network drive letter using SSH/SFTP

If your desktop machine runs Windows and you have to edit files on a Linux server, then you usually...
FREE: Network Monitor – A free network protocol analyzer

Update: Network Monitor 3.1 is available now. I just played with Network Monitor 3.0 , Microsoft's network sniffer. It...
Map a network drive and access folder options in Windows Vista

I am currently playing a little with Windows Vista Beta 2. I guess many system administrators will wonder how...
Poptop: Linux VPN server for Windows clients using PPTP

Poptop is an open source VPN server supporting Microsoft's PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol). It allows you to use a...
OmniPeek Personal – free network monitor, better than Wireshark

WildPackets Omnipeek Personal is a free network monitoring tool for personal use. The .Net 2.0 tool has many features...
Backup of a Windows DHCP server

Did you ever wonder if your backup software also secures your DHCP database? I often did, but never found...
SmartSniff, a smarter packet sniffer than Ethereal/Wireshark

Last Friday I posted a list of free packet sniffers. There, I promised to write about my favorite tool....
Free packet sniffers for Windows

A packet sniffer is used to analyze the network traffic. Sometimes they are also called network analyzers, protocol analyzers...
Integrating PuTTY in WinSCP

WinSCP is an Open Source SFTP Client while PuTTY is a free SSH client. Both are must-have tools for...
Using the network port scanner nmap with a Windows GUI

Nmap probably is the best network port scanner and a must have tool for any system administrator. nmap 4.0...