How to Monitor Your Network
Whether you want to optimize your network or stay abreast of any attempts by unauthorized users to access your network, there are plenty of networking power toys available that can help you monitor your network in real time. And some of the best network monitoring tools are free. Find out details on everything you ever wanted to know about your network settings and more, with the help of some free software.
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Spiceworks is an intuitive software that entry level users can set it up on small networks, while also powerful enough to handle mid-sized network setups. Spiceworks allows you to monitor disk space on network computers, view Windows alerts on computers in your network and monitor the amount of bandwidth (Internet speed) available on your network. Spiceworks includes network troubleshooting and power management utilities so you can not only monitor your network, but optimize it as well.
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Digital Matrix's AirSnare utility monitors your wireless network for unauthorized computers. AirSnare let's you generate a list of MAC (Media Access Control) address for the network adapters in your wireless network and will alert you when an unauthorized address connects to your network. AirSnare's tracking feature let's you record the activity of the an unauthorized user and the IP (Internet Protocol) addresses of the websites that the intruder visits.
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Fing is another network monitoring software. Fing's "Network Discovery" feature let's you map out the network devices on your network, while the "Service Discovery" feature let's you find out what type of TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) services are being used by a component to transfer data with other network devices. Fing also features a "ping" tool for querying a network component and gauging the device's response time.
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