The free Windows software TCPeye is basically a netstat frontend with several extra features that make it more than a viable alternative. Windows users who want to know about all the connections that are currently open on their machine can use the netstat -a command on the command line to find out about them. TCPEye [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

As promised (in my article “How do I find my network information in Linux?“) I am going to introduce you to the netstat command. This command is a very useful tool for discovering networking information such as routing tables, network connections, interface statistics, masquerade connections, and multicast memberships. But it’s not quite as simple to [...]

Categories: Advice, Linux, Networks, Open Source, Software, Tutorials Basic

How many times have you had networking issues and not known exactly where to start? With Linux there are so many tools you can choose from. Add to that the choice between console and GUI and you have the making for a rather confusing start. Most new Linux users (and many of those who have [...]

Categories: Advice, Hardware, Linux, Networks, Open Source, Server, Software, troubleshooting, Tutorials Basic

If you use Linux (especially on a server) it is important to be able to have plenty of information at the tips of your fingers. This includes all types of information. One of the first places to look for for information is /var/log, however that can be cumbersome and doesn’t always give you the specific [...]

Categories: Advice, Linux, Networks, Open Source, Security, Server, Tutorials Advanced, Tutorials Basic

Networx is the second network monitoring software on review at Ghacks in the last months. It was recently released in version 4 which is compatible to all Windows operating systems since Windows 98 including 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows XP, Vista and Windows Server 2008. The network monitoring software can be used to monitor [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Netstat is a free little tool that comes with a windows operating system and that is also available for linux and unix. Netstat shows all open ports on your machine.

Categories: Linux, Operating Systems, Tools