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Survey of freeware utilities: Networking
See also: Internet server software
- Lizard Systems Network
Scanner enables you to scan your network and produce a list of all
machines that are currently connected, along with their IP address and
host name.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/lizscanner.html - Snort is a network
intrusion detection and prevention system. It is the most widely
deployed technology of its kind in the world. It performs detection
using a variety of methods including rules-based detection, anomaly
detection, and heuristic analysis of network traffic. Its rules
language is open source and available to the public as well.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/snort - Netwag is a graphical network toolbox.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/netwag - WirelessNetView is a small utility that monitors wireless networks that are
available within the reach of your adapter
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/wlnetview.html - NetCon Manager
Network switcher
http://apps.nozavi.com/netcon-manager-overview
- Access Road helps you model
and learn about access rights in complex information systems, by the
mean of user-friendly and powerful diagrams. It provides a set of very
basic functions for the user, without data update. It allows you to
model and display some predefined operating systems and simple
software, to model and display graphical views about the access rights
between any elements, and to justify these rights.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/aroad - Aeo3 Pingo is a networking connectivity testing utility.
http://aeo3.com/pingo/ - Active Directory Query
Active
Directory is an advanced hierarchical directory service used in Windows
environments that store information about organizational attributes
about component locations, users, groups, passwords, security, and
other COM information. Chily Active Directory Query is a freeware that
helps the administrator to keep the user information on finger-tips.
This is a simple Active Directory query tool that displays detailed
information of all objects saved by the user.
http://www.chilysoftware.com/active-directory-query.html - Dialupass
Extract dialup/RAS/VPN passwords stored by Windows.
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/dialupass.html - NetXMS
is a monitoring system with a modular architecture. It can be used for
monitoring an entire IT infrastructure, starting with SNMP-capable
hardware (like switches and routers) and ending with applications on
servers. The system has a three-tier architecture; the information is
collected by monitoring agents (either its own agents or SNMP agents)
and delivered to the monitoring server for processing and storing,
where it can be accessed by using the management console. It features
centralized configuration and centralized agent upgrades.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/netxms/
- AdvancedRemoteInfo allows you to gather various information about a remote Windows PC on the network.
http://masterbootrecord.de/docs/advancedremoteinfo.php - Wireshark is used by
network professionals around the world for troubleshooting, analysis,
software and protocol development, and education.
http://www.wireshark.org/ - CAADR, or Cheap Ass Active Directory Reporter, is a set of scripts that can query and display user information from Active Directory.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/caadr - AnalogX AnonyMAC enables you to change the MAC address for any selected network
adapter. You can choose to type your own MAC address or use a randomly generated
one from a list of manufacturers that is supplied via an IEEE OUI database which
can be updated over the Internet.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/anonymac.html - Pulse 2 is a tool that simplifies application deployment, inventory, and
maintenance of an IT network. It has been designed to handle anywhere from
dozens of computers on a single site to 100 000+ computers spread on many sites.
It is an easy-to-use, safe, and flexible solution that lets you deploy new
software and security updates on all your IT assets, perform software and
hardware inventory, and perform remote diagnostics and remote management.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/pulse2 - Remote Process Explorer enables you to manage processes on your local machine as
well as on remote computers on the network (remote access rights must be
available).
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/remprocexplorer.html - JPPF (Java Parallel Processing Framework)
is an open source Grid Computing platform written in Java that makes it
easy to run applications in parallel, and speed up their execution by
orders of magnitude. Write once, deploy once, execute everywhere!
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jppf-project/ - FreeMeter Revival
This
is a new implementation of the FreeMeter application. FreeMeter Revival
is a simple, friendly network monitoring and diagnosis tool.
http://freemeterrevival.codeplex.com/ - Likewise Open is an
application that joins Linux, Unix, and Mac OS machines to Microsoft
Active Directory and securely authenticates users with their domain
credentials. Features include: joining non-Windows systems to Active
Directory domains in a single step from the command line or from a GUI;
authenticating users with a single user name and password; enforcing
the same password policies for all platforms; supporting multiple
forests with one-way and two-way cross forest trusts; caching
credentials in case your domain controller goes down; and providing
single sign-on for SSH and Putty. It does not require Active Directory
schema changes for installation.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/likewiseopen - Open DHCP Server is a
multi-subnet DHCP server. It supports both dynamic and static leases.
It supports multiple domains. It supports relay agents. It supports
BOOTP and PXEBOOT. It has user-defined options. Options can be global,
range-specific, and client-specific. DHCP ranges can be filtered by MAC
address ranges.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/opendhcp - Real-Time NetFlow Traffic Analyzer
monitors your NetFlow enabled device to help you determin the types of
traffic traveling through the network, where it is coming from, and
where it is going. The pr....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/swnetflow.html - phpLogCon is a Web
front-end for syslog and other network event data. It provides easy
browsing, searching, basic analysis, and some graphics. Data is taken
from databases or plain syslog text files, so phpLogCon does not
require changes to an existing logging infrastructure. Depending on the
log data present, it can process syslog messages, Windows event log
entries, and some more exotic things. Its troubleshooting support
enables users to quickly find solutions to problems seen in the log
data.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/phplogcon/ - Hotspot Shield
provides security as you travel to different wi-fi locations
http://www.anchorfree.com/hotspot-shield/
- Bonjour for
Windows
Bonjour, also known as zero-configuration networking,
enables automatic discovery of computers, devices, and services on IP
networks. Bonjour uses industry standard IP protocols to allow devices
to automatically discover each other without the need to enter IP
addresses or configure DNS servers.
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/bonjourforwindows.html
- NetWrix Bulk
Password Reset
is a simple tool that enables network administrators to quickly change
a user password across multiple network computers. The free version is
suitable for small networks a....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/netwrixpwreset.html
- Zenoss
is an
enterprise network/systems management application that provides an
integrated software package for monitoring availability, performance,
events, and configuration across layers (network, servers,
applications, environment, etc.) and across platforms (Linux, Windows,
Unix, etc.).
http://freshmeat.net/projects/zenoss/
- Find MAC
Address is
a simple and easy-to-use tool for finding the MAC addresses of
computers on the network. You can scan for MAC addresses and vendor
information on your entire network or a specifie....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/findmacaddr.html
- WirelessKeyView
Recovers wireless
network keys (WEP/WPA) stored in your computer.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/WirelessKeyView_program_23791.html
- RadialNet
is a
network visualization tool. It consists in a graphical visualization of
the networks mapped with Nmap, with some efforts to make it easy to
find security problems.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/radialnet/
- Bopup Scanner
Freeware LAN scanner
http://www.blabsoft.com/products/scanner/
- Lansweeper
A free solution to make a software, hardware inventory of your windows
network.
http://www.lansweeper.com/
- Eusing Free IP Switcher
Eusing Free IP Switcher enables mobile users to quickly switch between
different network settings with the click of a button. You can create
up to 5 different profiles that define IP address and DNS....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/eipswitcher.html
- BeyondCopy
is a LAN hosts clipboard synchronism tool. BeyondCopy allows you to
copy something in one computer, and paste it in another computer
directly. It is useful if you have to work using two or more computers
at the same time.
http://beyondcopy.sourceforge.net/
- Wake On LAN Ex
Remotely turn network computers on.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Wake-On-LAN-Ex_program_16876.html
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/134636
- NetResView is
an alternative to the `My Network Places` applet, that displays a list
of all available network resources from all domains/workgroups,
including computers, disk shares, and printer shar....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/netresview.html
- RogueScanner
is a network security tool for automatically discovering rogue wireless
access points by scanning a wired network. It can also find all other
network connected devices like printers, routers, Web cameras, and PCs.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/roguescanner/
- WMI Asset Logger
Returns a great deal of information about windows based computer
systems on your network.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_236_27650.html
- Focus VideoPhone
is a standalone video phone application that allows you to connect to
other machines on the network and start a video conversation. The
program provides a simple interface and an IP....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/focusvideophone.html
- WinRemotePC Lite
enables you to control a desktop remotely over the LAN or Internet. You
can control the remote PC with your mouse and desktop, just as if
sitting in front of it. The program comes wi....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winremotepclite.html - VNC Navigator
enables you to manage up to 3 VNC servers from a simple control
interface, that allows you to quickly connect to a selected server by
simply double-clcking on the entry. It can save you....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/VNCNavigator.html
- IP Sniffer
A suite of IP Tools built around a packet sniffer.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_98_14675.html
- Axence Nettools
Measure network performance and diagnose network problems.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_98_16565.html
- PRTG - Paessler Router Traffic Grapher
Bandwidth & network usage monitor
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/27683
- NetGraph
Small realtime network connection monitoring tool
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Network-Tools/Network-Monitoring/NetGraph.shtml
- Smartsniff
Captures TCP/IP packets and view the captured data as sequence of
conversations.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_98_15601.html
- AccountAudit
enables network administrators to examine the user account database of
a Domain Controller in a Windows Domain. It can report on common
security risks such as accounts without password,....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/haccountaudit.html
- FreePortScanner
Free Port Scanner is a small and fast port scanner for the Win32
platform.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_5_58_12691.html
- WinAgents RouterTweak
is a specialized terminal shell for easy configuration of Cisco
routers, switches and firewalls. You can use the program to view the
device configuration and automate the most c....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/waroutertweak.html
- Seconfig XP
Security configuration utility for Windows.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_208_20440.html
- CheckHost
Network management tool continuously monitors specific host
availability.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/CheckHost_program_19663.html
- myWIFIzone
enables you to prevent freeloaders from using your WIFI network to surf
the web without having to fiddle with your WIFI access point
configuration. It can be installed on any machine on th....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/mywifizone.html
- Mapper24
Secure command network mapper
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Mapper-V_program_19178.html
- Subnet Scanpro
PC Inventory and IP network scanner.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_98_18701.html
- SisIYA
is a system monitoring tool. You can monitor your Linux, Unix, Mac OS
X, and Windows machines, switches, Airports, printers, UPSs, power
switches, etc.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/sisiya/
- Tellu
collects hardware and software information from large FreeBSD, Linux,
and Windows client networks. It consists of a client, a server, and a
skin. The Tellu client resides on the client workstations and does its
job as invisibly as possible. The client program collects information
from the network and sends it to the server, which saves the data in a
MySQL database. The skin is an optional interface top of the database.
The server package also contains a monitoring server, which collects
information about Tellu server.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/tellu/
- Lanic
is a simple network intercom that enables you to (voice)communicate
between computers on the local network. The program needs to be copied
(no install needed) to every machine, and can then be....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/lanic.html
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Lanic_program_17447.html
- FreeSysInfo
Discover system and network information on local or network machine.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/FreeSysInfo-V_program_17349.html
- DhcpExplorer allows you to
discover DHCP servers on your local subnet or LAN.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/DhcpExplorer_program_16929.html
- FolderShare
Create a private peer-to-peer network. Synchronize or share files.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Windows-Live-FolderShare_program_13533.html
- Zoho Virtual Office
A groupware product for communicating and managing your office from
anywhere.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_5_55_16744.html
- AdvancedRemoteInfo allows you
to gather various information about a remote PC.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_9_169_10037.html
- ntop
is a network probe that shows network usage in a way similar to what
top does for processes. In interactive mode, it displays the network
status on the user's terminal. In Web mode, it acts as a Web server,
creating an HTML dump of the network status. It sports a NetFlow/sFlow
emitter/collector, an HTTP-based client interface for creating
ntop-centric monitoring applications, and RRD for persistently storing
traffic statistics.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/ntop/
- Winpopup NET Messenger
Winpopup chat replacement for all Windows versions.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_5_53_16345.html
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/54730
- Netwox is a toolbox that helps
to find and solve networks' problems.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/netwox/
- Network Password Recovery
Recover network passwords on Windows XP.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Network-Password-Recovery_program_15639.html
- Mila Netwhistler auto-detects
networks and presents them on graphical maps, which reflect
up-to-the-minute device and host status. It has powerful diagnostic
tools, including ping, main services (FTP, SSH, SMTP, POP3, HTTP)
monitoring, email alerts, network discovery, and SNMP tools (an MIB
browser and Trap Console for incoming SNMP traps from any SNMP-enabled
device in the network).
http://freshmeat.net/projects/netwhistler/
- h-inventory
provides Web-based hardware and software inventory management for
Windows, Linux, and BSD machines. It permits incident declaration
(breakdown) both anonymous and not. h-inventory provides incident and
intervention management, user management, network management, incident
types management, and scripts management
http://freshmeat.net/projects/hi/
- RunasSpc
enables you to run programs that require administrator privileges,
without the need to enter the administrator password each time. It
allows you to store the login information in an encrypte....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/runasspc.html
- SIW
System information tool
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/34872
- NetResView
Displays list of all network resources.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/49547
- BORGChat
LAN chat program.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/program_5_53_13792.html
- MerX .Network Scanner
is a network file explorer that can scan local and remote shares and
search for files and folders (by name or type). It includes a download
manager with resume functionality to....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/merx.html
- SecureCentral ScanFi
ScanFi is a web-based vulnerability assessment scanner for detecting and
assessing network vulnerabilities across heterogeneous ...
http://www.sofotex.com/SecureCentral-ScanFi-Free-Edition-download_L31955.html
- EMCO Remote Registry Exporter
is a tool for network administrators, that enables you to export
specified registry keys from a remote machine, and save them to a local
folder. The program can be usefu....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/emcoremreg.html
- opsi
(open PC server integration) is a software management and deployment
system. It consists of an automatic software deployment system for
Windows based PCs, a depot server which holds the software packages and
configuration information, and automatic OS installation.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/opsi
- Kiwi CatTools
This includes several free network management tools.
http://www.jumbo.com/file/17407.htm
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/22821
- NetworkActiv PIAFCTM
Network packet interceptor and
analyzer
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/29096
- Steel Inventory
is a network inventory auditing program, that allows you to keep track
of software and hardware changes across your network. After an initial
scan, you can generate a snapshot that in....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/steelinventory.html
- The Linbox Rescue Server (LRS)
is a tool to centralize hard disk images (like Ghost Enterprise
Server), file backups, hardware inventory, Windows PCs software
inventory, and remote access on a single server. It can be managed from
any PC through a Web-based administration interface, and disk images
can be restored using PXE boot and Multicast TFTP, or using a bootable
CD or DVD. It supports Ext2/3, ReiserFS, XFS, JFS.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/lrs/
- Nodezilla
is a secured, distributed, and fault tolerant routing system (or grid
network) that supports distributed services such as file sharing, chat,
efficient video multicast streaming, and secured file storage. It
provides cache features where any server may create a local replica of
any data object. These local replicas provide faster access and
robustness to network partitions, and reduce network congestion by
localizing access traffic. To ensure data protection, redundancy and
cryptographic techniques are used.
http://www.nodezilla.net/
- ManageEngine OpStor Free Edition
OpStor is an integrated storage network-monitoring tool offering fault
recording, performance measuring, inventory and business ...
http://www.sofotex.com/ManageEngine-OpStor-Free-Edition-download_L30222.html
- Bacula
is a set of programs that allow you to manage the backup, recovery, and
verification of computer data across a network of different computers.
It is based on a client/server architecture and is efficient and
relatively easy to use, while offering many advanced storage management
features that make it easy to find and recover lost or damaged files.
http://www.bacula.org/
- ServerMonitor Free
Monitor Windows servers
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/34623
- Packet Spy
Monitor incoming and outgoing packets from a given network.
http://www.freewarefiles.com/programs.php?ProgramID=12533&categoryid=9&subcategoryid=98
- OpenVPN GUI 2.0
VPN solution
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/40051
- Network Management Tool
Add all of your network devices into the Network Management Tool, and
you can quickly find vital information about any of your network
devices (serial numbers, support contact information, etc.). A log for
each device is kept so that you can enter service information about
each device. There is an automatic export feature which will create a
spreadsheet or database-ready file. Each list is easily edited with a
Web interface.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/netmgmt/
- Logalot
Logalot
is a Web-based Microsoft Windows EventLog and syslog management system
that allows users to centralize events to a bulletin board and create
policies that trigger notifications when certain events are processed.
http://freshmeat.net/projects/logalot/
- LanCalculator
LanCalculator is a tool to calculate subnet addresses and masks,
including broadcast address, net address, net prefix and net mask
inversion which is used in the access control lists (ACL) of Cisco n....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/lancalc.html
- ServersCheck Standard Edition
ServersCheck Standard 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 3 devices, which is adequate f....
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/servercheckstd.html
- tcpdump for Windows
Command-line network sniffer
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/38078
- LanSpy
Network scanner
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/lanspy.html
- Quest Reporter
Enables administrators, security officers and helpdesk staff to collect
the data they need, whether for ...
http://www.sofotex.com/Quest-Reporter-download_L28782.html
- AirSnare
Intrusion
detection system
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/32858
- TrafficEmulator
Nsasoft Network TrafficEmulator generates IP/ICMP/TCP/UDP traffic from
clients to server to stress test servers,routers and ...
http://www.sofotex.com/TrafficEmulator-download_L27303.html
- Quest Reporter - collect
network data
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/35933
- Quest Object Restore for Active Directory 1.0 - restore single, deleted objects in
Active Directory
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/35887
- PlasticSniffer - useful packet sniffer (.NET Required)
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/34690
- Quest Central - manage
Windows server environments with unified console
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/35864
- Remote Execute - execute
applications on remote hosts
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/35843
- AdventNet ManageEngine OpUtils
provides real-time monitoring tools to troubleshoot poor network
performance, heavy bandwidth ...
http://www.sofotex.com/AdventNet-ManageEngine-OpUtils-download_L26415.html
- Easy2Synf for Files
Synchronize files across a network.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/35015
- Emsa Port Blocker
Blocks TCP ports
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/20601
- ServersCheck Std. Edition
ServersCheck is an agentless Windows based product designed to monitor,
report and alert on the availability of network devices, servers and
applications on any operating system (Windows, Linux, Unix etc.). With
ServersCheck you can keep the pulse of your systems 24x7, without
requiring intrusive agents to be installed on production systems.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/27535
- EventSentry Light
Is an event log and system monitoring application that enables system
administrators to have eventlog messages ...
http://www.sofotex.com/EventSentry-Light-download_L22266.html
- FREEping
Do you want to know if all your Windows 2003-XP-2000-NT servers are
alive and pinging? Do you want to receive a pop-up message ...
http://www.sofotex.com/FREEping-download_L20908.html
- Interface Traffic Indicator
a graph utility to measure incoming and outgoing traffic on an network
interface in Bytes/sec. Works ...
http://www.sofotex.com/Interface-Traffic-Indicator-download_L19572.html
