Network Monitoring Software Reviews and Downloads

Nsauditor Network Security Auditor

Nsauditor Network Security Auditor is a complete networking utilities package that includes a wide range of tools for network auditing, scanning, monitoring and more. You can discover network services and check them for vulnerabilities, list all TCP and UDP endpoints with their associated process, discover NetBios names, audit MS SQL servers, scan for common Adware traces and more. The program also includes real-time network packet filtering and analyzing, web proxy scanning, password auditing, IP address lookup and more than 35 network tools for scanning, sniffing, enumerating and gaining access to machines, DNS and WHOIS lookups, e-mail validation, HTTP traffic generator and intrusion detection based on security events log. Reports can be generated in HTML and XML format. Overall, this is a very complete package for a surprisingly low price.

DEKSI Network Monitor

DEKSI Network Monitor is an advanced, powerful and feature network monitor that monitors your servers and notifies you when a problem exists.

NetGong

NetGong is a network monitoring tool that enables you to keep an eye of servers and network devices and be alerted when problems arise. It supports notifications by sound, pop-up dialog, email and file execution. NetGong can monitor devices by ping or connect to a specific port via TCP/UDP. Overall a an easy-to-use monitor with mostly basic features - suitable for home users.

ShareAlarmPro

ShareAlarmPro enables you to monitor network shares and be alerted when files are added, changed or removed or when share policies are changed. Alerts can be sent via tray icon, sound or email message. The program also logs all network session and file changes, allowing you to review anything that happened on your PC. The session viewer provides an overview of all currently active sessions with the option to terminate a session, block users or send a message to the user. ShareAlarmPro can also monitor the Windows Event Log and alerts you of certain events like failed logins, user log-offs, expired password and more. Other features include LAN browsing, folder monitoring, and more.

Intellipool Network Monitor

Intellipool Network Monitor is an easy to use, browser based network monitor that can help you to monitor a variety of different protocols and services on LAN or internet machines. It runs as a service and consumes minimal system resources. The modern interface is web based and all you need is a device with a web browser to control Intellipool Network Monitor from the SSL protected web interface. Sentry is structured into actions, objects and agents as well as configurable operators and groups. Monitoring agents include RDP 5.0(Windows Terminal Server), ICA (Citrix Metaframe 1.7-1.8), ODBC, LDAP, HTTP, FTP, SMTP, POP3, DNS, TFTP, IMAP4

Bandwidth Monitor Lite

Bandwidth Monitor Lite is a simple network monitor to keep track of your upload and download bandwidth statistics. It also displays a real-time graph of your current bandwidth usage and maintains a long-term log of daily statistics. The monitoring features are very basic and limited to a graph display and basic log, however if that is all you need, you may want to give it a try. The interface is very modern and fully customizable. Bandwidth Monitor Lite offer a graphical design mode that allows you to completely alter the looks and choose the data to be displayed in the monitor.

WebWatchBot Website & Server Monitoring Software

WebWatchBot is a monitoring and analysis software for web sites and IP devices including Ping, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, POP3, FTP, Port, and DNS checks. It provides in-depth monitoring and alerting functionality as well as tools to analyze and visualize historical data with real-time charting and graphs. Additional features include an option to run as a Windows Service, customizable 3D charts with print support, SQL database storage, and more.

HttpWatch

HttpWatch is an HTTP viewer and debugger that integrates with Internet Explorer to provide seamless HTTP and HTTPS monitoring without leaving the browser window. HttpWatch is an HTTP viewer and debugger that integrates with Internet Explorer to provide seamless HTTP and HTTPS monitoring without leaving the browser window.

ipMonitor

Do you know whats up with your network? Whats going on right now with all those network devices, servers, and applications that are the magic behind your business? To keep on top of whats happening with all of those moving parts, you need an easy-to-use, reliable monitoring solution that enables you to get a leg up on problems before you get swamped with calls from those high-maintenance users over in accounting. ipMonitor delivers out-of-the-box availability monitoring so that you always know exactly whats happening with your applications, servers, and network devices. With a built-in database and Web server, you dont need to install anything but ipMonitor making it fast, affordable, and easy, even if you dont have a PhD in network management. ipMonitor simplifies network management by: Quickly discovering IP-based network devices and automatically recommending monitoring settings for each device a huge time savings as no manual configuration is required Performing out-of-the-box monitoring of Active Directory, DNS, Microsoft Exchange, FTP, Web, IMAP, MS SQL Server, SMTP, and more Monitoring end-user experience with synthetic transactions Automating recovery and remediation actions to reduce downtime Providing a cutting-edge user interface that enables you to quickly navigate through detailed network data, locate information quickly, and get a clear view of the health of your network and program infrastructure.

DomainScan

This network monitor tracks computers and users in real time. DomainScan also works as an audit and logging tool, which makes it a useful tool for system administrators and support personnel. Tools include a WMI browser, network search tools, domain report, port test and a hardware browser.

TrafMeter

This program provides accounting and real-time monitoring of Internet traffic to and from a local network. The read-out can be presented in both numerical and graphical formats.

NetShareWatcher

NetShareWatcher monitor network shares and folder permissions and alerts you every time a user changes the ACL of a share to a group that violates your access policy (e.g changing ACL to `Everyone`). If a change is detected that matches your rules, it can automatically disable the share, send an email or network message message or alert you from the system tray.

Bandwidth Meter Pro

Bandwidth Meter Pro monitors your bandwidth usage and displays real-time graphs for one or more selected network connections. It also generates daily, weekly and monthly reports, itemizing your upload and download usage along with the total bandwidth consumption. The program also includes a notification option that can notify you when less than X bytes were downloaded within the last X seconds, as well as a simple connection stop watch and options to export reports to .txt, .csv and HTML format.

Interface Traffic Indicator

Interface Traffic Indicator enables you to measure incoming and outgoing traffic for SNMP-capable (MIB-2) interfaces, including compatible network cards, switches, routers, and other devices. You can customize the polling interval from 1-120 seconds, and optionally write a log file. The current traffic is displayed in a bytes or bit/sec graph display.

NetPalpus

NetPalpus is an easy-to-use network management tool, that can discover, organize and monitor all devices on your network. It can monitor the device status, as well as availability of specific services (http, smtp, ftp, mssql etc.) and alert you via sound or email when a device becomes unavailable. The network devices are automatically organized by subnet and service type, and you can also create custom groups to manage them based on your own criteria. NetPalpus lacks advanced monitoring and alerting features, but for basic network monitoring it offers good features at a low price.

Oleansoft Hidden Camera

Oleansoft Hidden Camera is an employee monitoring software that allows you to view desktop capture of up to 250 computers simultaneously. The program provides a thumbnail size preview (size depends on number of monitors) as well as a full size view of the desktop. You can choose between a view-only mode and a record mode, which will automatically save screen captures into an archive for later review. In addition to the desktop captures, Hidden Camera also allows you to send a simple text message to an employee. The program must be configured manually by typing IP addresses (no import) and also installed manually on each computer to be monitored (requires a license for each).

Activity Monitor

Activity Monitor is a remote surveillance program, that monitors networked machines in real time. You can view real-time (and history) desktop snapshots, programs that have been used and are currently running, websites visited, typed keystrokes and more. The administration interface is easy to use and allows you to simply switch between the machines in order to view and investigate real-time details or to retrieve history logs from each agent. Additional remote control features include options to start programs or execute commands remotely, turn off or restart remote computers, log off users, copy files from remote systems, and send instant messages to remote users. Activity Monitor Agent can be easily deployed over the network to all computers in the LAN, using the built-in remote installer.

NetVizor

NetVizor is a powerful network surveillance tool, that allows you to monitor your entire network from one centralized location. It enables you to track workstations and individual users that may use multiple PCs on a network. NetVizor combines real-time remote surveillance, administration, and individual user monitoring and can record keystrokes, web/email activity, program activity, documents viewed, screenshots and much more. All logs are store on the central server and a detailed report can be viewed from a browser interface.

Ascendant NFM

Ascendant NFM (Network File Monitor) enables network administrators to centrally monitor and record file actions that occurs on your network, including file modifications, deletions, and additions of new files. Every action is recorded along with the exact time and the user that performed the action. Furthermore, the program can automatically archive copies of specified files whenever they are modified, and alert you via email of the changes. In addition to file changes, Ascendant NFM can also keep a log of all websites and programs that were accessed on the monitored machines. Other features include HTML reports, network enumeration and more. No client installations required to monitor a workstation.

PRTG Traffic Grapher

PRTG Traffic Grapher enables you to log and monitor data flowing in and out of any SNMP enabled network device, like routers, switches, firewalls and others. It provides a graphical interface with real-time charts and long term statistical reports covering daily and monthly periods. It also provides an option to generate interactive HTML reports. The version you are downloading is a featured limited, free version, that can be used with up to 3 devices. It has some features disabled and a nag screen, but does not expire.

10-Strike LANState

LANState is a visual network mapper with monitoring functionality which allows you to see the state of your network at any time. It displays network map and monitors device state (active/inactive) in real-time. LANState monitors shared resources, shows traffic speeds, and notifies you on miscellaneous events.The program includes a number of features for administrators such as sending messages, shutting down and turning on remote computers, ping, name lookup, trace route, obtaining information on remote computers, creating reports, etc. LANState does not require installing any client software on the remote computers on your network. Main features:1. Modeling a local area network diagram in a visual mode and then saving the result as a map with images.2. Monitoring hosts (ICMP ping and connecting to specified TCP port are supported).3. Monitoring the usage of your shared resources by other users of the network.4. Monitoring load of your network card (incoming/outgoing traffic).5. Searching hosts by ICMP ping or scanning TCP ports.6. Retrieving computer's network name by its IP address.7. Notifying on events by playing a sound, writing to log, running program, sending e-mail, etc.8. Performing actions on devices via the configurable context menu.

AdventNet ManageEngine OpUtils

AdventNet ManageEngine OpUtils 3 provides real-time monitoring tools to troubleshoot poor network performance, heavy bandwidth utilization and connectivity or link problems before they turn into outages, delayed response times, high CPU usage, hard disk utilization, device availability, software inventory, etc. It has a collection of 40+ real-time troubleshooting tools. OpUtils being web-based gives instantaneous results for any network node.

NetResident

NetResident is a network traffic monitor that captures, stores and analyzes all packet traffic from selected protocols. It reconstructs each event and displays a preview of the web page, email message or other communication that took place, including transmitted (unencrypted) passwords. NetResident supports standard HTTP, FTP and Mail protocols, as well as special protocols via plug-ins (ICQ, MSN, News). The program is easy to use and organizes the logged data by date, machine and protocol, and also offers several basic filters to exclude stations, sites or file types from logging. NetResident runs as a local service.

Microsoft Network Monitor

Microsoft Network Monitor 3 is a network protocol analyzer that can capture network traffic for further inspection by a network administrator. It supports regular expression filters, scriptable parsers, custom data types and other advanced features. Network Monitor 3 can simultaneously capture packets on multiple network adapters and provides real-time display as well as frame and tree view to manage the captured data.

FirePlotter

FirePlotter is a real-time session or connection monitor for your Cisco or FortiNet firewall. Installed and operational in less than a minute. FirePlotter supports all Cisco PIX/ASA Firewalls and FortiNet FortiGate Firewalls. FirePlotter provides tabular listings and summary of sessions by Service (HTTP, FTP etc), Destination IP, Source IP and more. FirePlotter displays clear and meaningful graphical representation of service sessions inbound and outbound by bandwidth usage.

SoftPerfect Network Scanner

SoftPerfect Network Scanner is a multi-threaded IP, SNMP and NetBIOS scanner with a modern interface and several advanced features. It is intended for both system administrators and users who are interested in computer security. The program pings computers, scans for listening TCP ports and shows what types of resources are shared on a network (including system and hidden). In addition, it allows you to mount shared resources as network drives, browse them using Windows Explorer, filter the results list and more. SoftPerfect Network Scanner can also check for a user-defined t port and report if it is found open, resolve host names and auto-detect your local IP range.

CommView

CommView is a utility for monitoring network activity capable of capturing and analyzing packets on any Ethernet network. It gathers information about data flowing on a LAN and decodes the analyzed data. With CommView you can see the list of network connections, vital IP statistics, and examine individual packets. IP packets are decoded down to the lowest layer with full analysis of the main IP protocols: TCP, UDP, and ICMP. Full access to raw data is also provided. Captured packets can be saved to log files for future analysis. A flexible system of filters makes it possible to drop packets you don t need or capture only those packets that you wish to capture. CommView is a helpful tool for LAN administrators, security professionals, network programmers, or anyone who wants to have a full picture of the traffic going through one s PC or LAN segment.

Nexeye Monitoring Enterprise

Monitor network users web, e-mail and MSN Messenger activities on a real-time basis with nexeye Monitoring. Monitor on a real-time basis the network traffic from/to the Internet as well as the traffic generated by the individual users. Analyse the logged data and create professional reports with the report templates. Transform the huge amount of network information to reports that make sense.

DomainScan Light

Free network monitor for Windows based networks with user and device tracking, monitors and network search capabilities. There is also support for SNMP and WMI queries. Everything is presented in an easy-to-learn user interface, and because of the fact that DomainScan Light is using existing network technologies, no client software needs installing. Formerly known as NetScanG

ShaPlus Bandwidth Meter

ShaPlus Bandwidth Meter runs in the system tray and displays the current, daily and monthly bandwidth usage for selected network adapters. You can limit monitoring to certain periods during the day, adjust transparency of the meter display, and also choose to disable Flash and images in Internet Explorer. Useful if you have a limited Internet connection and need to keep track of your bandwidth usage.

NET Traffic Meter

NET Traffic Meter allows you to monitor the traffic on a selected network or modem interface. The main interface displays a simple traffic graph, but looking closer reveals that it includes many useful features to monitor your volume, down and upload rates as well as general statistics (daily, weekly, monthly). The program also includes a connection speed stopwatch and an alert feature that enables you to set alerts and be notified when specific upload/download conditions are met. It also offers a unique audio ticker that can play a short notification sound whenever a specified amount has been transferred (e.g a beep for every 1 mb downloaded).

NetLimiter

This program monitors applications that access the Internet and actively controls their Internet traffic. You can use it to set upload and download speed limits for applications or even a single connection. It allows you to share your Internet connection bandwidth between all running applications.

Network Eagle Monitor

Network Eagle is a network monitoring program, that supports Ping checks, HTTP checks, Database checks (with SQL query verification), disk space checks and more. It can also notify you of Eventlog entries and check NT services/processes for their status. Advanced users can write their own script checks using JS and VBS or any other script provider like ActivePerl or Active Python installed on your system. In case any check returns an error, Network Eagle provides several alert options, including email, Eventlog, sound notification, custom scripts and more. It also notifies with a popup from the system tray and keeps long term statistics for failures, overall downtime per server and more.

LANState

LANState is a visual network manager that allows you to create an interactive map of your network and monitor the status of all connected devices in real-time. LANState monitors shared resources, traffic, and notifies you on miscellaneous events. In addition, you can send messages, shut down remote computers, review system information, and run network tools including ping and traceroute. Other features include a network traffic monitor, and export to BMP or XML scheme.

Bandwidth Controller

Bandwidth Controller Personal Edition enables you to monitor and limit bandwidth usage on your computer or local network. You can create rules for upload and download activities and limit the bandwidth usage to X bytes/sec with the option to further filter the rule by local or remote IP address. The program also includes a real-time traffic monitor with detailed statistics for each ongoing upload or download. Bandwidth Controller Personal Edition is limited to the TCP protocol.

ManageEngine VQManager

It can monitor any device or user-agent that supports SIP (RFC 3261) and RTP / RTCP (RFC 3550). VQManager monitors real-time VoIP QoS metrics to give instantaneous reports, self-configurable alerts & in-depth fault probing all from a single web interface. How does VQManager help keep your VoIP infrastructure up and optimized? Real-time, 24x7 non-intrusive monitoring of various QoS metrics allows speedy identification of VoIP faults and quality deterioration. VQManager pro-actively notifies faults by means of operator alerts, Email notifications and SNMP traps.Complete call level and end-point level 24x7 QoS analysis makes possible in-depth fault probing through call traces and call summaries.VQManagers support for processing Cisco (4, 4.x, 5), Swyx 6.0, Vovida Vocal, Tekelec 5.6, Shoretel 6.1 and Asterisk CDRs keeps you updated with the happenings in your VoIP network regardless of devices used.The tools powerful and flexible reporting generates over 30 different reports giving insight into usage trends, bandwidth utilization & capacity planning. VQManager requires no other special hardware/software for support and its remotely accessible, user-friendly interface saves precious time & excellently improves administrator productivity. With minimal to zero deployment, VQManager is your fastest and most cost-effective way of ensuring an optimized VoIP communication infrastructure. NOTE: Downloaded software would have support for monitoring unlimited IP phones for the first 30 days of usage. On completion of 30 days, support is reduced to monitoring of 10 IP phones.

TracePlus Ethernet

This network monitoring and capture tool supports 10-1000 MIPS Ethernet networks. Statistics include bandwidth by node, protocol and address pair. Network dashboard displays network performance updated each second. IP activity view details bandwidth by IP, top URLs, port activity and traffic flow. IP Sleuth tracks addresses and provides contact information. Supports VLAN features of the 802.1Q/802.1P protocols.

TesterNet

You can monitor URLs, ping any server or establish TCP connections with them. If your server cannot be reached after a number of times, TesterNet will notify you by a message popup or by e-mail. You can review the history of network events in the event list.

Network Probe

Network Probe is a free 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. Windows NT/2000/XP and Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris/MacOS X is supported.

X-NetStat Pro

This program displays information on your Internet or network connection in real time. These connections are established each time you visit a Web page, send an instant message or check your e-mail. They also appear when outside computers attempt to connect to your machine.

EventMeister

EventMeister enables to to Windows Event Logs and provides features to be notified if events are logged that match your criteria. The program provides a log viewer that allows you to easily view data from all monitored eventlogs, using an easy to read format. In addition, it offers powerful filters to retrieve only the information in which you are interested and merge data from multiple logs for easier timeline analysis. You can filter, sort and reorganize columns to assist with detailed analysis and data presentation, and create multiple views of the same data. Additional features include export to CSV, HTML, XML and RSS, as well as email notifications, audio alerts and more. Using the email notification feature, you can be quickly notified if any computer is experiencing technical problems, failures or other problems. A single installation can harvest Windows Event Logs throughout your network without the need for multiple licenses.

Buddy Spy

Buddy Spy allows you to keep track of what your Yahoo Messenger buddies are doing, even if they are in Invisible Mode. The program shows if the user is online, what chat room is used (if any) and if their web cam is online.

IPPulse

ipPulse is a Remote Status Monitoring Tool. Use ipPulse to monitor the up/down status of IP connected devices (nodes) on any IP connected network. ipPulse uses a variety of methods, including ping, tcp connects, and SNMP to poll and check the network connectivity of a list of user-defined nodes. ipPulse alerts you to failures using a variety of techniques ranging from audible messages to email and pager notification.

Axence NetTools

Host monitoring with alerting and long term charts of response time & packet lost. With alerting you can set e-mail, message, sound, and tray notifications. Other features: graphical ping, fast traceroute (full trace in 1 second), lookup, port scanner, TCP/UDP service scanner, network scanner (it finds hosts, their IP/MAC, running services etc.), and full SNMP browser. It has the most highly intuitive user interface and may run in the Icon tray to continuously monitor hosts. Free version available!

Bello Network Monitoring WinGUI

Detect network and Web site failures early, minimizing downtime and avoiding economic impact with Bello Network Monitoring WinGUI. The service periodically checks your Web site as well as your other servers. As soon as outages are discovered you will be notified via e-mail, SMS pager or ICQ message. For the free starter account the monitoring interval is 60 minutes, for full service accounts you can choose monitoring intervals down to one minute. Sensor types include PING, PORT, HTTP, HTTPS, Advanced HTTP, HTTP Transaction, DNS, SMTP, POP3, SNMP and FTP.

Net Orbit

Do you suspect employee or student network abuse? Increase productivity by supervising your entire network. Watch employee or student screens simultaneously. Visually pinpoint problem individuals with ease. Send users a message, lock their PC or take FULL control with your mouse and keyboard. Perform various admin commands such as Lock, Reboot or Shut Down PC's. Commands can be performed on some or all workstations. Get their attention fast!

CommTraffic

CommTraffic is a network utility for collecting, processing, and displaying traffic and network utilization statistics for network connections, including LAN and dial-up. It shows traffic and network utilization statistics for each computer in the segment. The software provides a very attractive an customizable interface, with an optional tray icon menu that displays general network statistics. You can also generate reports that reflect the network traffic volume and Internet connection expenses (if any). CommTraffic supports virtually any rate plan your ISP might use, such as the one based on connection time, traffic volume, time of the day, and other measures. You can set alarms, that will inform you when certain criteria (e.g. amount of traffic, expenses) are reached. A configuration wizard will guide you through the setup and automatically detect your network or connection settings.

GEO Spider

GEO Spider enables you to automatically trace all network activity on a world map display. It automatically monitors all network applications including browsers, FTP and email and resolves the IP address to the geographical location down to the city level, which is then marked on a world map display. GEO Spider also integrates additional network utilities including traceroute, WHOIS and ping that can be invoked from any of the captured Ip addresses. The program can be used in automatic mode, capturing all network activity in the background, or on a as-needed n basis for manual lookups. You can also set the world map as interactive desktop wallpaper. Other features include integrated screen capture, ping alerts and more.

Colasoft EtherLook

Colasoft EtherLook is an easy to use TCP/IP network traffic monitor that offers real time monitoring of all traffic flowing around the local network and to/from the Internet. It automatically sorts the captured traffic into tabs by protocol (e.g Web, Email, TCP etc.), allowing for easy navigation and inspection of the captured data. The program includes three advanced analysis modules for email, web and login data, enabling you to capture all emails sent and received, websites visited as well as logins and all related data. The information is formatted for easy reading and does not require any technical expertise. Other features include capture filters, customizable display, support for custom port configuration and more.

NetGraph

NetGraph is a small network connection monitoring tool, that shows a real-time graph of your download and upload activity for the selected interface. In addition to the graph display, it also comes with a dynamic tray icon and an option to auto-hide the graph when there is no activity. Additional features include a handy move-out-of-the-way feature that automatically moves the graph display if your mouse comes near it, as well as customizable graph and support for transparency.

Proactive Windows Security Explorer

Proactive Windows Security Explorer (PWSE) is security testing tool that is designed to allow Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP-based systems administrators to identify and close password related security holes in their networks. It performs an audit of account passwords, and exposes insecure account passwords (if any). If it is possible to recover the password within a reasonable time, the password is considered insecure. PWSE supports retrieval from dump files (pwdump/pwdump2/pwdump3 and others), local registry, binary registry files (SAM and SYSTEM), local memory, and memory of remote computers including machines that are running Active Directory. It can also be used to perform brute-force and dictionary attacks on LM and NTLM password hashes. Several options allow you to limit the range of passwords to a specific lenght, charset, mask and more.

DU Meter

This program will help you use your Internet connection more efficiently. It works with dial-up, ISDN, cable modems, Ethernet cards, ADSL and T1s. It can display information graphically, numerically or both.

Bandwidth Vista

Bandwidth Vista is a bandwidth meter that includes several useful features to track your internet usage and to check for common problems. It monitors all network interfaces and maintains daily, weekly, monthly and yearly logs for upload and download activity. The program can also alert you if your bandwidth exceeds a certain value within a user defined period (min, hour, days). The alert can be sent by email, pop-up or sound. Bandwidth Vista offers a real-time bandwidth graph that can optionally indicate the origin of the connections on a world map display, and includes a dynamic tray icon that indicates current network activity. Despite the nice set of features, we found the interface to be rather sluggish and slow responding, and it crashed every time we rebooted.

Free Online Meter

This online meter will record your online time and cost. It has a smart detection system to determine what ISP you are dialing, record the time and calculate the price for you.

IMterrupt Home Version

IMterrupt controls enables parents to block access to popular Instant Messaging and Peer to Peer (P2P) services, chat websites, Web To Phone Messengers and more. You can also block the use of popular web browsers and prevent the use of iTunes or access to the iTunes website. IMterrupt will automatically close the program window of a blocked application, which includes browsers (if a blocked site is accessed). The program supports MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, ICQ, AIM, Skype, eMule, many other messenger services. The blocking can be scheduled to be active all day, or only during certain times.

AW Ports Traffic Analyzer

Atelier Web Ports Traffic Analyzer is a network traffic sniffer and logger that allows you to monitor all internet and network traffic on your PC and view the actual content of the packets, showing you exactly what was transmitted and to where. This includes all traffic initiated by software products, web sites etc. The capability to audit what flows in and out of every piece of software is critical for security aware users. Atelier Web Ports Traffic Analyzer providesReal-time mapping of ports to processes (applications and services) and shows the history since boot time of every TCP, UDP or RAW port opened through Winsock. Optionally, AWPTA can also log (up to 500mb) all traffic since the last boot to a file.

Net Spy Pro

Net Spy Pro is a full-featured activity monitor that allows network administrators to inspect user activities remotely, using any web browser. The program installs in optional stealth mode and lets you specify which activities to monitor, and then runs automatically whenever the computer is started. The browser interface allows you to view recent activities (web site logs, documents used, chat conversations, open ports and more), view a live snapshot of desktop or logs of previous captures and more. In addition to user surveillance, you can also perform several administrative functions such as rebooting the PC, locking the desktop and interact with the user by sending a message, launching a website and more. Additional features include emailing of logs, as well as website and program filtering. The displayed price applies to the first PC to be monitored, any additional license cost $19.95 per machine.

602LAN SUITE Content Filter

602LAN SUITE Content Filter can enforce your acceptable Internet use policy by monitoring and filtering network web access to objectionable content. This next generation content filtering solution from Software602 is based on PureSight Active Content Recognition (ACR) technology that provides real-time content analysis within the context of the web page without the need for annual updates or subscriptions. The filter will automatically categorize any web page based on many parameters including images, text, page layout, and more. Filter access to 22 categories of web content such as Sex, Gambling, Violence, Hate, Weapons, Drugs, Warez, Shopping, Sports, News and more, providing you with complete network control. All Content Filter rules can be set for individual users using proxy authentication and/or for any IP address or subnet. Rules can be based on a specific time and day of the week. Use the advanced rules to block access to inappropriate content or just enable logging to simplify network monitoring. Automatically redirect user requests to another URL or show an error message when inappropriate content is accessed. Real-time web content analysis is stored in a cache to increase the performance of web browsing through the HTTP proxy server. The cache guarantees fast access to frequently visited web pages.

Alchemy Eye Pro

Alchemy Eye Pro is a system management tool that continuously monitors server availability and performance. In the event of network errors, Alchemy Eye PRO can alert the network administrator by cell phone or pager BEFORE problems get seriously out of hand. This helps protect your company's data and reduces the likelihood of costly network failures. If a server goes down, Alchemy Eye automatically notifies the network administrator.

VE Network Catcher (Lite)

Network Catcher, from Shunra, is a free network monitoring tool that records latency and packet loss between your PC and any internet site. Use Network Catcher to monitor the quality of your network link. Network Catcher also integrates with Shunra's network simulation technology, enabling users to capture and import production conditions directly into network simulation scenarios and test applications under real-life network conditions.