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Utilities - Networking

BlueFive Software

Many small utilitiy programs.

CurrPorts

Network monitoring software that displays the list of all currently opened TCP/IP and UDP ports on your local computer.

Hamachi

Network your computers using the Internet

Hotspot Shield

Free software utility to ensure all your data is transmitted across the Internet through a VPN. Good to use if using public wifi.

Mulit Router Traffic Grapher

Monitors SNMP network devices and generate graphs

Net-SNMP

Various tools for the simple network management protocol (SNMP)

NetMeter

A small, customizable and free network bandwidth monitoring program.

NeWT

Nessus Network Security Scanner for Windows, scan your network for vulnerablities.

ntop

A program that shows network usage, similar to the Unix ntop command

OpenDNS

Route your traffic to their servers by changing your router''s DNS server addresses. Good to filter out porn sites.

OpenVPN

Create a free VPN

SolarWinds

Has some free tools.

Tonido

Set up cloud storage at home

Tor

Free software for anonymous browsing

What Is My IP Address

Find the IP address

Wi-Fi Heatmapper

Figure out wi-fi coverage in your home.

Wireshark

Network protocol analyzer

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