York at its core looks like yet another networking monitor that is using the WinPcap packet capture library. If you look closer though, you will notice that it makes some things more comfortable than other programs of its kind. Alternatives include the Open Source application Open Monitor, NetWorx or NirSofts’ Network Traffic View. The program [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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NetworkTrafficView, Network Monitoring, Statistics Tool
The software collection at Nirsoft is held in very high regard by the majority of Windows users. Nir Sofer’s latest program is NetworkTrafficView, a network traffic monitoring software that captures network packages that display statistics and information about a computer’s network traffic in its interface. The network software works best with either the freely available [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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The Dude, Network Environment Management Software
Third party software can assist network administrators in their tasks, from basic monitoring tasks like making sure the computers or servers are up to more sophisticated operations like link monitoring or device management tools. The Dude is a professional network monitoring software, available as a stable version and a beta version for the Windows operating [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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BlackBox Security Monitor, Monitor Computer Systems In A Network
Monitoring other computer systems in a local area network is always a delicate matter. Those administrators who understand the risks, both legal and technical, associated with monitoring other systems might find BlackBox Security Monitor useful in this regard. The free software program is available for download after a short registration process on the developer’s website. [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
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Easily extend Nagios’ functionality
My last article described how to “Quickly install Nagios on Ubunut“. That article had you up and running with the powerful open source network monitoring tool, but not much more. If you really want to make Nagios useful you have to do a bit of work. Some might see this work as too time consuming [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Karen’s Net Monitor
Webmasters need to make sure that their websites are up and accessible to site visitors and search engine bots. Downtime can have different impacts from negative perceptions of website visitors to being kicked out of search engines for not being accessible. There are three options on how to stay informed about downtimes. The first two [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 9
Computer System Monitor Prism Hud [Windows]
The Windows operating system monitors several computer parameters and events in the event monitor. Users who prefer a direct visual indication of the system resources that are used can install third party software to do that. Prism Hud is one of those system monitors that can be installed. The program is different from most computer [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Karen’s Lan Monitor
Karen’s Lan Monitor is a lightweight Windows application that can display various information about a computer system’s network adapters and related information. The application is divided into multiple taps that display the various information. The default tab will list all available network adapters and their settings including the adapter’s speed, type, physical address and about [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Network Monitor Experts Extension For Microsoft Network Monitor
Version 3.3 of the Microsoft Network Monitor has been released a few months ago. The Network Monitor application has been designed for capturing and analysing of network traffic. The new version of Network Monitor added a few exciting features to the network monitoring software including the ability to add so called Experts – standalone applications [...]