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PRTG - Paessler Router Traffic Grapher Listing updated: April 23, 2007

PRTG Traffic Grapher is a Windows application for monitoring and classifying bandwidth usage. It provides system administrators with live readings and long-term usage trends for their network devices. PRTG is mainly used for bandwidth usage monitoring, but may also be used to monitor many other aspects of a network such as memory and CPU utilization. With PRTG Traffic Grapher the user receives bandwidth and network usage data that helps to optimize the efficiency of the network.

Understanding bandwidth and resource consumption is the key to better network management: Avoid bandwidth and server performance bottlenecks; Find out what applications or what servers use up your bandwidth; Deliver better quality of service to your users by being proactive; Reduce costs by buying bandwidth and hardware according to actual load. The Freeware Edition of PRTG Traffic Grapher is completely free for personal and commercial use and may be downloaded for free. PRTG Traffic Grapher is designed to run on a Windows machine in your network for 24 hours every day, and constantly records the network usage parameters. The recorded data is stored in an internal database for later reference. Using a Windows interface you can configure the monitored sensors as well as create usage reports. For remote access PRTG Traffic Grapher comes with a built-in web server to provide access to graphs and tables. All common methods for network usage data acquisition are supported: SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol is the basic method of gathering bandwidth and network usage data. It can be used to monitor bandwidth usage of routers and switches port-by-port as well as device readings like memory, CPU load etc.
  • Users' Rating: 4.53 [51 votes] - Vote
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Spiceworks' Network Monitoring Software Listing updated: April 4, 2011

Download Spiceworks' completely free network monitoring software for IT pros in small to medium businesses to manage their networks. *This is NOT a free trial, "freemium", or stripped down verision.* Spiceworks provides access to the entire software suite whether you're a one-person operation or you manage 1,000 network devices. And it's free forever - including live support and all product upgrades! In addition to a state-of-the-art network monitoring and management solution, Spiceworks software also offers free access to: a full-featured help desk, troubleshooting tools, asset management software, power management tools, and an online community of IT pros like you to answer questions, share tips, and solve IT problems. Download today - and share with your peers!

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  • Users' Rating: 4.52 [21 votes] - Vote
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Total Network Monitor Listing updated: December 10, 2010

Total Network Monitor allows continuous control over the performance of your network, separate computers, network and system utilities that make the essence of your network place and need to be thoroughly monitored. Total Network Monitor will alert you in case of failures and unpredictable errors before the situation becomes threatening to your work. It will create a detailed report on the type and time of the error or failure. You always have an opportunity to check any aspect of this or that utility, server or file system: HTTP, FTP, SMTP/POP3, IMAP, Event Log, Service State, Registry and many others.

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  • Users' Rating: 4.52 [21 votes] - Vote
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Policy Central Pro Listing updated: December 17, 2004

Policy Central Pro helps eliminate computer abuses by promoting your organisation's Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) while monitoring for violations.

It puts the responsibility back into the hands of the computer user, and reports misbehaviour directly to the administrator! Screen captures of violations are stored in a secure database with user info, date, time, application and violation stamp.
  • Users' Rating: 4.52 [23 votes] - Vote
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DirectoryAnalyzer Listing updated: September 16, 2005

DirectoryAnalyzer proactively monitors, diagnoses and troubleshoots Active Directory and DNS. With DirectoryAnalyzer, you’re instantly notified via e-mail the moment a problem arises. Click on the alert and you’re presented with a graphical representation of the situation and guided through the steps required to rectify the issue. When used with ChangeAuditor, your administrators can identify the Who What, When, Where and Why information about the change that may have initiated the problem.
  • Users' Rating: 4.5 [56 votes] - Vote
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NetStat Agent Listing updated: October 22, 2004

A tool for diagnosing network and monitoring network connections. Displays all your computer's inbound and outbound connections and lists all open ports, much like the standard Windows netstat command-line utility, but in graphical interface, with protocol statistics, network properties of the local computer. Helps to detect host's activity. It includes the following tools: Netstat displays list of network connections, including the information on open TCP and UDP ports, IP address, and connection states. Also it displays protocol statistics; Ping helps to detect computer's or host's activity; Tracer allows you to know what hops are being used to route a packet of data from your computer to the end point; Route retrieves the interface–to–IP address mapping table and the IP routing table.
  • Users' Rating: 4.5 [10 votes] - Vote
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Spiceworks' SNMP Network Management Software Listing updated: January 20, 2011

Spiceworks will provide a free SNMP network management tool for SNMP v3 support as part of their upcoming free IT management software suite, Spiceworks 5.0 (available Sept. 2010). For now, download Spiceworks 4.7 now, featuring a state-of-the-art, full-featured help desk, network monitoring tools, troubleshooting fixes, software audit and inventory tools, and more. Once Spiceworks 5.0 is live with SNMP network management, you’ll be the first to know how to grab the update. Download today – and share with your peers!

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  • Users' Rating: 4.5 [8 votes] - Vote
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ENow Compass Listing updated: September 27, 2011

Compass is an innovative systems management tool that combines all of the key elements for Active Directory monitoring and reporting - delivered in a single, user-friendly dashboard. Developed by Active Directory Architects who have real world experience managing and troubleshooting numerous enterprise environments, Compass is affordable, installs in minutes and will help you improve system uptime, simplify troubleshooting AD, identify and resolve DNS issues, and improve security.

Compass protects the foundation of your network by continually monitoring and reporting on all the various aspects of Active Directory. Identify logon failures, account lockouts and replication issues. With over 30 built-in reports, Compass serves as a powerful reporting tool for AD Administrators and Help Desk Technicians. The user-friendly, web-based interface enables users to easily manage and audit user accounts, groups, computers and domain controllers. Keep all key members of your team informed through our award-winning personalized dashboard views that automatically self-generate, always displaying the most current data. Identify issues before they cause outages or security breaches - Request a free trial of Compass!

  • Users' Rating: 4.5 [2 votes] - Vote
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Network Monitor Listing updated: July 2, 2002

Network Monitor runs permanently to monitor the machines on your network, for faults and changes. The Network Monitor can monitor the machines that you have previously audited, using the Network Auditor. It compares the hardware and software that it finds on these machines against what you have recorded in your Inventory and alerts you of changes.

Network Monitor will gather information on remote machines using the Remote Registry service, which is part of the Windows operating system. It will then compare this against the information that you have recorded in your inventory databases from the last time that the machine was audited, and alert you of any changes.

Alerts can be sent either directly to your e-mail (using any SMTP server) or, using PageGate, to any alphanumeric pagers, numeric pagers, cell phones, PIMs, billboards or pcmcia pager cards.

  • Users' Rating: 4.5 [2 votes] - Vote
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ServiceKeeper Listing updated: October 3, 2011

ServiceKeeper controls the status of your network's devices, services and resources: Windows Services Status (running, pending, etc.), TCP/IP Services (HTTP, SMTP, FTP, TELNET, PING, etc - It allows you to check regularly the availability of your network ports and to monitor Internet Services and multiple web sites from one server), File system (file sizes, file count, free disk space), Event Log filtering (Watches for specific events in the event log), Process memory and CPU usage, Windows system Counters, Custom scripts (Write your custom VBScript, includes access to ServiceKeeper internal variables) It also recovers failing critical applications using a variety of methods: Restart Services, Kill Service processes (No need to reboot), Start service on a different server (redundancy), Reboot servern Run custom programs/scripts or batch files, Clean up files (move, delete, copy etc.)Notifies downtime via: Email (SMTP), pager, SMS, Windows messaging (Net Send), Phone call notification using computer-generated speech, HTML and Event Log Users have the possibility to notify all group members and combine multiple notification tools. ServiceKeeper also produces Statistic Reports on overall availability, downtime detection and recoveries. Services scheduling: Stops services at night during backups, Restricts server access at specific times, Restarts services every night to clean up resources (memory, handles etc.)
  • Users' Rating: 4.47 [19 votes] - Vote
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