Paessler PRTG Traffic Grapher

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Traffic Grapher monitors network traffic and classifies it by IP address, protocol and other parameters. It acquires traffic information through SNMP, LAN and WLAN packet sniffing and Cisco’s NetFlow. It can also monitor latency by measuring PING times. Graphs show live data (for the past five minutes to an hour), averages for up to 48 hours, hourly averages for up to 60, daily average for up to a year, and more. An internal database can export results as CSV files and zip and purge old data. Reports are available in HTML, PDF, Excel and other formats. An internal Web server offers public or authenticated access to the monitoring results.

There’s a freeware version for up to 10 sensors, a 30-day trial of the commercial version, and the full commercial version, all available here. If you download this software and find it useful, come back and rate it. And if you’ve got links to useful downloads, e-mail ‘em to us using the the e-mail link.


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Posted on July 4th, 2008 by Dave Webb and filed under Network Analysis |

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Angry IP Scanner

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This one gets the thumbs-up on the basis of the name. It scans IP addresses and ports, returns NetBIOS information and detects Web servers. Anyone proficient in Java can write plug-ins to extend the functionality. It’s open source and free from creator Anton Keks. Download it here.


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Posted on July 2nd, 2008 by Dave Webb and filed under Network Analysis |

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pt360 Tool Suite (PacketTrap Networks)

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PacketTrap ’s pt360 Tool Suite combines a number of network analysis, monitoring and management functions into a single interface and dashboard. Among the tools offered are port scans, ping scans, SNMP scans, a syslog server, MAC address scan, configuration management, network inventory and mapping and more.

There are two versions: the free version includes a 21-day trial of the pro version. After three weeks, you still get the functionality of the free version whether you’ve upgraded to pt360 Tool Suite Pro or not. 


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Posted on May 26th, 2008 by Dave Webb and filed under Network Analysis, Network Management |

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