ShareAlarmPro is a network tool that allows network administrators and users easily perform shared folders and resources monitoring. Using ShareAlarmPro you can monitor users attempting to access secured shares and confidential files, detect and log network access to shared folders, monitor security events and create alerts for specific events occurring on your computer, monitor open files, disconnect users from open files or deny network users access and send console messages.

ShareAlarmPro detects and notifies about remote connections to shared folders and resources, allows you to see parameters of the workstation, which tries to establish a connection with your computer. The remote workstation user and OS, permissions and path of the accessed folder, connection time will be available via this tool. ShareAlarmPro, optionally, will notify user on every new connection detection by playing any user selected audio file.

ShareAlarmPro includes an intrusion detection system based on security events log analyzer. Security Event Log Monitor monitors the security event logs of Windows servers or workstations and depending on configuration will notify user on selected events detection by showing a small popup window with event details. ShareAlarmPro also allows you to easily browse your LAN and view all shared resources whether they are hidden or not and connections to shared resources on remote workstations.

The program has a firewall system that allows you to block any unwanted connection to your shared resources. ShareAlarmPro keeps log for all detected events (access to shared folders, security events) in HTML format. This software also provide you ability to manage and monitor all shares on your workstation, disable or enable default administrative shares, hide your workstation in network, view how many users are currently connected to each shared resource on your workstation.

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If you're managing a major network and need some serious analysing power, then Colasoft Capsa professional network analyser packs an impressive punch.

Designed to provide 24/7 monitoring, in-depth protocol analyzing and packet decoding, it gives you more than enough power to diagnose the most serious of network problems. It goes without saying then that novices or those managing their first network should think twice before attempting to use this program as it takes more than a little fathoming. That said, the developers claim it's suitable for office managers wanting to oversee their office network so it hasn't been designed with experts solely in mind. Once configured, which is the tricky part, it does do a lot of the hard work for you. It constantly monitors your network to look for unusual activity and analyses data packets for malicious or potential problematic issues. The program employs a "safeguard" network which is specifically focused on security issues so anything your firewall is not dealing with, you should be able to pinpoint with it.

The overall aim of the program is to reduce the amount of network downtime, security threats and data bottlenecks that your organisation is victim to. Whilst some of these issues will be out of your hands, Collasoft Capsa gives you a remarkable amount of network analysis power in one package.

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Network Inventory Expert allows you to make up a network inventory without installation of software on the user's PCs. This program allows you to get quick and complete information about operational systems, service packs, hotfixes, hardware, installed software and running processes on remote PCs. You can also create reports about the hardware, installed software, and running processes on the computers in your network.

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Have you ever wanted to know what's happening between two machines in terms of the data packets they are sending and how they are being sent.

WinTrace is useful because it allows you to view the routing information of a website such as the IP address, response time, hostname and country. Simply enter a Web address or a valid host name or a valid IP address and WinTrace brings up a detailed breakdown of the traffic information. Note that if you're having problems installing it, it's probably because you don't have Microsoft .NET Framework version 2.0 or higher installed. The information yielded by WinTrace won't be of much use to the average home user but for network administrators or webmasters who have been experiencing network traffic problems, it's much easier than trying to identify the problem by isolating certain aspects of the connection and testing them separately. If your traffic is being intercepted or interfered with in anyway, then WinTrace should reveal abnormal packet readings.

A useful tool for network managers and webmasters worried about the security of traffic to their site or network or trying to identify a problem.

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If you're having trouble with traffic across your network then one solution is to test the ICMP packets (Internet Control Message Protocol) that are carried across it.

Ping Tester Standard runs on local, high speed connections and can ping (that's send a test message) to one or a group of IP addresses. There's no need to mess around with GUI´s either - Ping Tester Standard works from the DOS prompt although that's no real big deal because Windows can run it's own ping tests from the Command panel as well. Once analysed, you can generate reports to look more closely att he ping response times and identify any problems and easily export the test results to .txt or .csv or even an Excel file. The biggest plus of this program however is the fact that it can store several IP addresses for continual testing over a period of time to identify intermittent problems. You can perform multiple tests via one click "ping sweeps" and also test subnets or interval pings. Similarly, the IP Scanner is ideal for mass diagnostics because it can quickly scan a group of IPs for problems.

For network administrators or those trying to get to the bottom of a network communication problem, this is an excellent tool.

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SnifMon is a network sniffer, designed for capturing and analysis of the packets going through the network. Using the packet driver, it requests all the packets from the network card driver (even the packets not addressed to this computer).

Then the packets go to protocol analyzers which are written as separate modules and their set may be extended by the user himself. Various analyzers may be interdependent and are organized in a tree structure.

The results of each analyzer's work may be saved in the Database.

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NetResident is a network content monitoring program that captures, stores, analyzes, and reconstructs network events such as e-mail messages, Web pages, downloaded files and instant messages. NetResident uses advanced monitoring technology to capture the data on the network, saves it to a database, reconstructs it, and displays this content in an easy-to-understand format.

While NetResident is similar to network analyzers in many respects, it focuses on high-level protocols that are used to transfer content over the Internet or LAN. With NetResident, you don't need a profound understanding of networking technologies, have to use complex packet capturing and analysis software, or dig through network packets trying to reconstruct the actual data; NetResident does all the work for you and presents only the Web pages, e-mail messages, or downloaded files as requested.

NetResident is used by network administrators to enforce IT policy, by parents to monitor their children’s communication on the Internet, and also by forensic experts to gain important information.

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Who, what, where and when are the four questions that you usually need answered when it comes to who's accessing your network. Scrutinizer is a web application specifically designed to analyze and monitor traffic on networks and answers these questions and more in a few clicks.

Scrutinizer supports all the protocols required for interpreting the NetFlow of Cisco routers and can export that information to various third party applications for further analysis. Specifically, Scrutinizer has the power to to analyze all router ports and control, in real time, the incoming or outgoing traffic and the protocols or applications responsible. In this way, it pretty much eliminates the risk of misuse or unwelcome traffic.

Scrutinizer also includes an alarm system to monitor transfer ranges, dropped links, packets with specific protocols amongst many other possibilities.

In summary, Scrutinizer NetFlow & sFlow Analyzer is an interesting web application that will be of use to anyone working on Cisco traffic management.

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This is one IP scanner that both network administrators will appreciate because it does a simple but important job with minimum fuss. Free IP Scanner can scan hundreds of computers per second which is ideal for administrators. The developers claim that it can do this by virtue of its multi-thread scan technology. It pings each IP address to see if its is responding and then resolves the hostname, scans ports, etc.

Free IP scanner can also display NetBIOS information: host name, workgroup, currently logged user and MAC addresses. The information obtained can be exported into a file as a plain text file which is useful if you have to log the number and IP details of each PC on your network. Free IP Scanner doesn't require any installation or additional DLLs - you simply execute it from it's own folder and it will run immediately.

This is an incredibly quick and powerful program and should be in any network administrators toolbox.

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The standard edition measures download and upload connection speeds by timing actual data transfers between your server and customer. In addition MySpeed measures the bandwidth consistency and reports on the connection quality, a key factor in delivery of high-bandwidth applications such as VoIP or multimedia.

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Through its active maps, Imagemapper gives a visual, real-time view of traffic flows through and between critical network devices and links. It also queries your servers to let you know when you have problems—even before your customers call.

InterMapper provides a graphical view of a network and tests the various equipment attached to that network, such as routers, servers, workstations through pings, SNMP, and various server probes.

The program's on-screen maps can be printed to document the network configuration. InterMapper also monitors the utilization and traffic and error rates on WAN and LAN links within the network. When InterMapper detects a problem, it sends notifications to one or more responsible individuals. InterMapper also has a built-in web server that allows you to view the network health from any web browser.

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Network Monitor is a network diagnostic tool that monitors local area networks and provides a graphical display of network statistics. Network administrators can use these statistics to perform routine trouble-shooting tasks, such as locating a server that is down, or that is receiving a disproportionate number of work requests. Note that unless you are familiar with network protocols, you will need to read the extensive online documentation before using this program.

While collecting information from the network's data stream, Network Monitor displays the
source address of the computer that sent a frame onto the network, the destination address of the computer that received it, the protocols used to send the frame and the data, or a portion of the message being sent. If you need to get deep down into the behaviour of your network, then this range of statistics should be more than enough although obviously you'll need to know how to interpret them. Note that to use Network Monitor, your computer must have a network card that supports "promiscuous mode". A great tool for those that need highly complex information about their network.

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Ethereal is used by network professionals around the world for troubleshooting, analysis, software and protocol development, and education.

It has all of the standard features you would expect in a protocol analyzer, and several features not seen in any other product.

Its open source license allows talented experts in the networking community to add enhancements. It runs on all popular computing platforms, including Unix, Linux, and Windows.

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CommView is a program for monitoring Internet and LAN activity, capturing and analyzing network packets. It gathers information about data passing through dial-up connection, Ethernet or Token Ring card, or loopback interface and decodes the analyzed data.

With CommView you can see the list of network connections, IP statistics and examine individual packets, reconstruct TCP sessions that the selected packet belongs to. Packets are decoded down to the lowest layer with analysis of the most protocols. Full access to raw data is also provided. Captured packets can be saved to log files for future analysis. The program is capable of mapping packets to application that sent or received them. A flexible system of filters makes it possible to drop packets you don't need.

Other useful features include the ability to generate HTML reports, run in multiple instances for monitoring several adapters simultaneously, invisible mode, assiging aliases to IP or MAC addresses, and an advanced Packet Generator, alarms. CommView data can be shared with your own application using a TCP/IP interface. The program offers the remote network monitoring capability.

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Have you been port scanned lately? Completely ignoring network security is not smart and ignorance isn't exactly bliss. If you access the Internet via a cable modem, DSL, or even a dial-up connection, someone is always knocking on your virtual front door, giving your system the once-over.

Protect your data, privacy and valuable computer system with Advanced Administrative Tools. AATools is an essential security diagnostic tool for everyone who wishes to protect his computer and the data it contains.

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Network Probe is a network monitor and protocol analyzer that gives you an instant picture of the traffic situation on your network and enables you to identify and isolate traffic problems. Traffic statistics are graphically displayed in real-time. The network probe runs in Windows NT/2000/XP and Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris/MacOS X.

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AccessDiver is software which can detect security failures on your web pages. Its various tools can verify the robustness of your accounts and directories accurately. You will then be able to know if you, your customers and your users can safely use your web site. It contains fast security which uses up to 100 bots to do its analysis and detects directory failures by comparing hundreds of known problems to your site.

AccessDiver is a good way to make sure that you limit security failures on your web page, avoiding the associated problems.

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Paessler Netflow Tester dumps the data of all Netflow packets that a computer receives from a Cisco router. This can be useful when debugging bandwidth monitoring configurations based on Cisco's Netflow protocol. First the Netflow protocol must be enabled and configured on the router. Then the router must be given the IP address of the computer running Netflow tester so that the UDP data packets with Netflow data are sent to that computer.

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TCP Spy .Net is a small application used to trace TCP packets between a client and a server. Optimized for.Net Web Services or Web Site TCP Spy .Net will help you find any bottleneck and it will help you in analyzing your bandwidth usage. With TCP Spy .Net, you can inspect data in different views, track server calls or just redirect the host.

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IPMonitor is a sophisticated network monitoring solution that allows network administrators, webmasters, and Internet service providers to monitor any networked device on the Internet, corporate intranet, or TCP/IP LAN and receive alerts immediately via audible alarm, message, e-mail, or third-party software when a connection fails.

Main Features:

System tray application

Runs as a system tray application automatically on startup

Comprehensive monitoring

Monitors up to 500 network devices or services simultaneously

Global settings

Allows quick network resource configuration

Independent parameters

Allows all parameters to be set independently for each network resource

Maintenance mode

Permits you to temporarily disable monitoring of certain resources

Robust alerting

Alerts you to failures using a variety of techniques ranging from audible alarms to third-party software

Alert schedule

Allows you "fine tune" the alerting functions to avoid unnecessary alerting during an extended failure

Failure and recovery alerts

Alerts can be enabled for any combination of failure and recovery notices

Custom alerts

Allows custom alerts to be created for each monitored resource

Test alert configuration

Each alert type can be tested in order to verify that the alert is configured correctly prior to going live

E-mail notification

Allows e-mail notification via SMTP with the server of your choice

Custom messages

Supports keyword values and customized message information

Integrated reporting

Offers real-time and historical reporting capabilities to assist you in tracking network resources availability

HTML report output

Provides reports in HTML format to help keep track of network resources availability in an easy to view list

Remote access

Provides remote access to the monitoring results using a Web browser

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