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Contents Utilities and demos, Links, Visitors, Addition history, Introduction Suggesting Additions Network Monitoring Platforms Monitoring Tools Integrated with NMP Commercial Monitoring Tools, not Integrated with an NMP Analyzer/Sniffer, Application/Services monitoring, Flow monitoring, FTP, Klogie, Network security, SNMP tools, Topology, VOIP, Public Domain Network Monitoring Tools Application Monitoring, BGP, Finger Pointing, FTP, Mapping, Monitoring Infrastructures, Packet Capture, Path Characterization, Ping, RRDtool, SNMP, Throughput tools, Traceroute, Web Tools Auxiliary Tools to Enable Monitoring, Analysis, Report Creation or Simulation Further Information Disclaimer Useful utilities and Demos What is my IP address/traceroute? What is my IP address, OS, browser? Visual Traceroute Where am I? PingWorld Interactive PingER Map Test my network configuration from Stanford, from ANL Network Path & Application Daemon Bandwidth test to my host Bandwidth from Houston Calculate Latency Estimate Bandwidth Estimate Speed of my connection? RTT & bandwidth test Links Index of Links on this Page by Label

2008 BGPLay, BreakingPoint, Colasoft, Collectl, dopplerVUe, EffeDetect, Engineer's Toolset, EtherDetect, Ethergrouik, FreeNATS, GEM Network Monitoring, iBGPlay, Inventory Genie, IPAudit, IPHost Network Monitor, , MoniTiL, monitis, mon.itor.usd, Monitoring Genie, MTD Sentry, Netcop, NetGong, NetInfo, NetMRI, NetScope, Network Miner, Network Performance Daily, OPNET Modeler, Orion, Osmius, PacketTrap, Panopta, PC Inventory Advisor, Q3ADE, Remote Asset Tracker, Sentinel, Tembria, tcpillust, The Dude, ZettaView, 2007 Ace, APCON, akk@da, Andrisoft WANGuard, Anue, Aurora, Aware, BasicState, CommandCenter NOC, David, Denika, Dummmynet, GFI LANguard, Gomez, GroundWork, Heroix, Hobbit Monitor, Hyperic HQ, IMMonitor, Jiploo, Monolith, moods, Munin, Net::Flow, NetMapper, NetQoS Performance Center, NetQos VoIP Monitor, Network Enforcer, Network Management Tutorial, Network Weathermap, NetVoyant, OidView, op5 Monitor, Pandetix, Pingdom, Pingwy, Scrutinizer, ServersCheck, SimpleServerMonitor, skipole-monitor, SLA, SMARTHawk, Smarts, SuperAgent, Total Network Inventory, WAPT, WebPerform, WFilter, XRate1, 2006 arping, Axence nVision, BBMonitor, Cacti, CSchmidt collection, Cymphonix Network Composer, Darkstat, Etherape, EZ-NOC, Eye-on Bandwidth, Gigamon University, IPTraf, Jnettop, LITHIUM, mrtg-ping-probe, NetMRG, NetworkActiv Scanner, NimTech, NPAD, Nsauditor, Nuttcp, OpenSMART, Pandora FMS, PIAFCTM, Plab, PolyMon, PSentry, Rider, RSP, Pktstat, SecureMyCompany, SftpDrive, SNM, SpeedTest, SpiceWorks, Sysmon, TruePath, Unbrowse, Unsniff, WatchMouse, Webalizer, Web Server Stress Tool, Zenoss, 2005 Advanced HostMonitor, Alvias, Airwave, AppMonitor, BitTorrent, bulk, BWCTL, Caligare Flow Inspector, Cittio, ClearSight, Distinct Network Monitor, EM7, EZMgt, GigaMon, Host Grapher II, HPN-SSH, Javvin Packet Analyzer, Just-ping, LinkRank, MoSSHe, mturoute, N-able OnDemand, Netcool, netdisco, Netflow Monitor, NetQoS, Pathneck, OWAMP, PingER, RANCID, Scamper, SCAMPI, Simple Infrastructure Capacity Monitor, Spirent, SiteMonitor, STC, SwitchMonitor, SysUpTime, TansuTCP, thrulay, Torrus, Tstat, VSS Monitoring, WebWatchBot, WildPackets, WWW Resources for Communications & Networking Technologies, ZoneRanger, 2004 CleverEye, CueVision, D-ITG, FastCopy, FREEping, Ganglia, H.323 Beacon, GFI Network Services Monitor, internetVista, IPCheck Server Monitor, Little:eye, MonitorMagic, N-central, N-vision, Netmeter, NetMechnica, Network Physics (ACE Live as of Nov '07), NetVizor, Observer, OSSMon, Overseer Network Monitor, Orca, PRTG Traffic Grapher, QOVIA, QRadar, Route Explorer, Scriptroute, Server Nanny, SNMP Explorer, ServerFiles.com, SNMP Informant, STAB a Linux tracepath, SolarWinds Orion, Vantage, Vigilix, VitalNet, WatchTower Website Monitoring, WindowsNetworking.com, Wombat, ZTI, 2003 ABwE, ActivXpets, AdventNet Web NMS, Analyse It, Argus, Big Sister, CyberGauge, eGInnovations, Internet Detective, Intellipool Network Monitor, JFF Network Management System, LANsurveyor, LANWatch, LoriotPro, MonitorIT, Nagios, NetIntercept, NetMon, NetStatus, Network Diagnostic Tool, Network Performance Advisor, NimBUS, NPS, Network Probe, NetworksA-OK, NetStat Live, Open NerveCenter, OPENXTRA, Packeteer, PacketStorm, Packetyzer, PathChirp, Integrien, Sniff'em, Spong, StableNet PME, TBIT, Tcptraceroute, Tping, Trafd, Trafshow, TrapBlaster, Traceroute-nanog, Ultra Network Sniffer, Vivere Networks, 2002 ANL Web100 Network Configuration Tester, Anritsu, aslookup, AlertCenter, Alertra, AlertSite, Analyse-it, bbcp, BestFit, Bro, Chariot, CommView, Crypto-PAn, elkMonitor, DotCom, Easy Service Monitor, Etherpeek, Fidelia, Finisar, Fpinger, GDChart, HipLinkXS, ipMonitor, LANExplorer, LinkFerret, LogisoftAR, MGEN, Netarx, NetCrunch, NetDetector, NetGeo, NEPM, NetReality, NIST Net, NLANR AAD, NMIS, OpenNMS PageREnterprise, PastMon, Pathprobe, remstats, RIPmon, RFT, ROMmon, RUDE, Silverback, SmokePing, Snuffle, SysOrb, Telchemy, TCPTune, TCPurify, UDPmon, WebAttack, Zabbix, 2001 AdventNet SNMP API, Alchemy Network Monitor, Anasil analyzer, Argent, Autobuf, Bing, Clink, DSLReports, Firehose, GeoBoy, Packetboy etc, Internet Control Portal, Internet Periscope, ISDNwatch, Metrica/NPR, Mon, NetPredict, NetTest, Nettimer, Net-One-1, Pathrate, RouteView, sFlow, Shunra, Third Watch, Traceping, Trellian, HighTower, WCAT, What's Up Gold, WS_FTP, Zinger, 2000 Analyzer, bbftp, Big Brother, Bronc, Cricket, EdgeScape, Ethereal (now renamed Wireshark), gen_send/gen_recv, GSIFTP, Gtrace, Holistix, InMon, NcFTP, Natas, NetAlly, NetScout, Network Simulator, Ntop, PingGraph, PingPlotter, Pipechar, RRD, Sniffer, Snoop, StatScope, Synack, View2000, VisualPulse, WinPcap, WU-FTPD, WWW performance monitoring, Xplot 1999 Cheops, Ganymede, hping2, Iperf, JetMon, MeasureNet, MatLab, MTR, NeoTrace, Netflow, NetLogger, Network health, NextPoint, Nmap, Pchar, Qcheck, SAA, SafeTP, Sniffit, SNMP from UCSD, Sting, ResponseNetworks, Tcpshow, Tcptrace WinTDS, 1998 NetOps, Triticom, Maple, PV-Wave, S-Plus, VisualRoute 1997 INS Net Perf Mgmt survey, tcpspray, Mapnet, Keynote, prtraceroute clflowd flstats, fping, tcpdpriv, NetMedic Pathchar, CAIDA Measurement Tool Taxonomy, bprobe & cprobe 1996 mrtg, NetNow, NetraMet, Network Probe Daemon, InterMapper, Lachesis, Optimal Networks, Digex

Introduction [Contents]

Suggesting Additions

Commercial Monitoring Tools, not integrated with an NMP [Contents]

• ActivXperts Network Monitor monitors servers and workstations in your LAN and WAN. The software monitors Windows, UNIX, LINUX and Novell servers for availability.
• AlertCenter provides monitoring, alerting and corrective action automation scheduling. It is part of the MKS Toolkit.
• AlertSite measures, diagnoses, notifies and reports on the availability and performance of servers, URLs, web applications and virtually any Internet connected device or application.
• Analyzer/Sniffers, see also public domain capture tools.
  • ACE from OPnet is a transactional analysis solution, based on network packet captures.
  • Anritsu provide the MD1230 portable network and IP network performance monitor.
  • Anasil Analyzer is a software network analyzer of Ethernet networks for Windows 95/98/NT/2000.
  • APCON, manufactures a physical layer matrix switch to remotely move and share network monitoring tools using a software interface or scripting.
  • ClearSight provide an Analyzer/sniffer (up through 10Gbits/s), packet generator.
  • Capsa performs real-time packet capturing, 24/7 network monitoring, protocol analysis, in-depth packet decoding, and automatic expert diagnosis.
  • CommView is a program for monitoring Internet and Local Area Network (LAN) activity capable of capturing and analyzing network packets. It gathers information about data passing through your dial-up connection or Ethernet card and decodes the analyzed data.
  • Distinct Network Monitor is a software packet capture and network protocol analyzer for Windows that translates complex protocol negotiation into natural language, pinpointing where errors occurred.
  • Easy Service Monitor (ESM) will monitor network services to see if they can work properly with a predefined time interval. It runs on Windows.
  • EffeDetect an HTTP packet sniffer, protocol analyzer and file reassembly software based on windows platform. Unlike most other sniffers, it is dedicated to capture IP packets containing HTTP protocol, rebuild the HTTP sessions, and reassemble files sent through HTTP protocol. Its smart real-time analyzer enables on-the-fly content viewing while capture, analyze, parse and decode HTTP protocol.
  • EtherDetect provides a connection-oriented view for analyzing packets.
  • Etherpeek for Windows is an Ethernet network traffic and protocol analyzer designed to assist in troubleshooting and debugging mixed-platform, multi-protocol networks.
  • Finisar provide sniffer like stand alone network test and monitoring devices for 10/100/1G and iSCSI, Infiniband and Fiber Channel.
  • GigaMon Provide a hardware switch to enable connecting a sniffer to multiple links.
  • Javvin Packet Analyzer software-based network analyzer monitors Ethernet and WLAN traffic in real time, and decode packets and displays in.
  • LANExplorer provides packet capture, decode, filtering, matrix, host table, statistics, theresholding and alarms for Windows hosts.
  • LANWarch Windows software-based network packet analyzer monitors traffic in real time and displays a wide range of statistics in graphical form.
  • LinkFerret tools are designed to provide a comprehensive set of monitoring utilities and packet sniffers to be used for capture, statistical analysis, and protocol decoding in your Ethernet network. It runs on Windows 98/NT4/2000/XP.
  • Network Probe is a Windows or Unix network monitor and protocol analyzer providing a picture of the traffic situation on your network and enables you to monitor network traffic in real time, hunt down, identify, and isolate traffic problems and congestions on your network.
  • NetworkActive PIAFCTM (Packet Intercepting, Analyzing, File Constructing Traffic Monitor) network traffic analyzer; packet/protocol analyzer, HTTP file rebuilder, graphical traffic mode (graphical overview of current network communications), and traffic statistics mode. There is also a free for personal and commercial use version that provides a network traffic analyzer plus a packet/protocol analyzer and HTTP file rebuilder.
  • NetScope Graphical network visualisation tool with per-second resolution, real-time and historical data.
  • Observer from Network Instruments is a network analyser (Packet sniffer) for 10/100/1000 100/1000 Full Duplex and Multi truncked Ethernet links, wireless a,b an d g, token ring and FDDI.
  • PacketBoy is a Win9x/NT & Unix packet sniffer analyzer decoder package capable of decoding many of the commonly used LAN protocols.
  • PRTG Traffic Grapher Windows software to monitor bandwidth usage and other network parameters via SNMP. Has a builit in packet sniffer. Freeware also available.
  • Sniffer resource for product information on both portable and distributed Sniffer protocol analyzers, network troubleshooting white papers, Sniffer University training courses, and free protocol stack posters.
  • Sniff'em is a Windows based Packet sniffer, Network analyzer and Network sniffer.
  • VSS Monitoring network taps provide a dedicated inline network monitoring solution for use with analyzers, IDSes, IPSes and other test access monitoring devices.
  • Ultra Network Sniffer for Windows lists network packets in real-time from multiple network cards and also supports packet capture.
  • Unsniff Network Analyzer. Scriptable and extensible network analyzer with fresh new views of protocols URL.
  • WildPackets Omni fault analysis platform for optimizing network services and improving uptime on enterprise networks.
• Applications/Services/Systems monitoring
  • Advanced HostMonitor is a system management tool that continuously monitors servers' availability and performance. In the event of network errors, HostMonitor will alert the network administrator.
  • Alchemy Network Monitor monitors network servers: TCP/IP, ICMP, IPX/SPX, Oracle, MS SQL, NT EventLog, SQL query, HTTP URL, NT service state, maintains log file and sends notifications if the server goes down. Also marketed in Europe as Alchemy Eye.
  • Alertra Checks (http, https, ping, SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, FTP, TCP) web server from multiple stations around the world.
  • AppMonitor simulates defined web transactions, such as customer logins and purchase order fulfillment, up to every five minutes to verify that web applications are available and performing 24/7
  • Argent Argent has three products - The Argent Guardian, a real-time monitoring and alerting system for NT/2000 servers as well as SNMP-compliant devices; The Argent Predictor, a trend-analysis product for both NT/2000 servers and SNMP devices; and The Argent Sentinel, a web monitoring product.
  • BBMonitor Windows bandwidth test software to monitor bandwidth usage and speeds. LAN and Internet bandwidth meter.
  • Chariot evaluates the performance of networked applications, performs stress tests of network devices and predicts networked application performance prior to deployment.
  • CleverEye providea availability monitoring software for servers, network appliances, databases and applications.
  • CueVision Windows based too to monitor website, servers and network devices.
  • CyberGauge using SNMP automatically creates utilization graphs as well as daily, weekly and monthly QoS and utilzation reports.
  • DotCom is an External Web Monitoring Service that brings together Monitoring, Reporting, Notification, Escalation and Analysis for HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, POP3, DNS, FTP, ICMP and SOAP applications.
  • egInnovations provide Enterprise Management Products with capabilities involving the ability to offer subscription based remote monitoring through a web browser console, real time monitoring and problem diagnosis and proactive alerts.
  • Eye-on Bandwidth is a bandwidth monitor designed for scalability, speed and security . It has multiple user levels with different privilegies, and is managed by a web interface.
  • EZ-NOC provides a website monitoring tool using distributed servers around the world. It also includes network monitoring tools like: DNS, EMAIL, WEBSITE, SSL, ISP Speed Test, What Is My IP and Whois.
  • Ganymede provides performance management for clients,servers, applications, and the network as an integrated system.
  • Gomez provides diagnostic website and web application monitoring services from 12,000+ global testing locations that help companies to measure end-user web performance and troubleshoot application performance problems.
  • Heroix Longitude web-based, agentless application monitoring tool.
  • Integrien features centralized, agentless monitoring of web and data base servers/applications. Used to be SiteAlive from CreationPoint.
  • IPCheck Server Monitor Network Up-/Downtime Monitoring Monitors critical network resources and detects system failures or performance problems. Freeware available.
  • Network Physics (ACE Live as of Nov 2007) passively monitors network traffic providing utilization by protocol, application, host groups as well as topology, re-try and response time information. Good for real-time monitoring and trouble-shooting, also provides alerts and export of reports to web accessible pages.
  • GFI Network Server Monitor Monitors your network & servers for failures and fixes them automatically. Checks Exchange Server, SQL, Oracle, HTTP/FTP, Disk health & space, event logs
  • IMMonitor, is network monitoring software that can monitor chat content, email content and web surfing activities in your network.
  • internetVista remotely monitors web sites and Internet services for availability (http, https, smtp, ftp, nntp, tcp). Notifications sent via email and SMS. Monitoring centres in United States and Europe
  • monitis provides a "24 x 7" websites, applications, systems, network and web traffic monitoring service helping users quickly identify faults and deficiencies to ensure continuous operations of their IT infrastructure and maintain business operations that provide the ultimate web experience. Particularly Monitis provides personalized Ajax dashboard interface, checks server performance and availability, generates uptime reports, tracks visitors, checks CPU, memory and other systems resources, and alerts its users in case abnormalities are detected. External end-user checks are performed from geographically dispersed servers as well from customer locations. Internal checks can be performed inside of network firewalls through smart agents.
  • MonitorIT monitors, detects, alerts, diagnoses, measures, collects and reports on Windows Servers/Workstations, SNMP & SYSLOG Devices
  • mon.it.us is a free web-based service that grants you a suite of tools for monitoring performance, availability, and traffic statistics. You can establish your website's response time and set up alerts for when a service becomes unavailable. You can also set-up weekly, automated benchmarks to see if changes you.ve made impact speed and performance either positively or negatively.
  • MonitorMagic - Server & Network Monitoring is a proactive monitoring/alerting tool for Windows 2003, 2000 and NT servers, workstations and SNMP devices.
  • N-able OnDemand MonITor Online provides 24×7 proactive network monitoring through status, notification and performance reporting without any network reconfiguration.
  • N-central is an IT governance platform for the mid-enterprise that manages information technology and security services from a business perspective.
  • NetMon hardware box that monitors network/service components including: routers; firewalls; file, web, dhcp, dns, syslog servers. Also provides protocol usage, bandwidth utilization, top web users and destinations, latency, up/down time, TCP/IP services.
  • Network Security Monitoring Tools
    • GFI LANguard network vulnerability scanning, patch management and auditing solution.
    • Network Enforcer Network security software that monitors user behaviors using security filters.
    • Nsauditor is a network security scanner that allows to audit and monitor network for possible vulnerabilities,checks methods that a hacker might use to attack it. Over 45 network tools for monitoring, scanning, sniffing, enumerating and gaining access to machines (access to secured shares and confidential files, also detects and logs network access to shared folders).
    • QRadar isolates the source and identifies corrective measures for dangers hiding in daily network activity.
    • PSentry provides Internet policy control, surveillance and reports in a single tool. Through its management web console, manager can define firewall-like policies over users IM use, file transfers, email, web-surf behaviors.
    • Sentinel analyzes an up-to-date model of the production network to perform automated and systematic configuration audits and diagnose device misconfigurations, policy violations, inefficiencies, and security breaches.
    • WFilter is an Internet filtering software that can help organizations to monitor and manage all Internet behaviors on their networks. You only need to install WFilter in one computer to monitor your whole network.
    • ZoneRanger from Tavve is a secure network management proxy appliance for the DMZ; it proxies SNMP GET/SET, SNMP Traps, syslog, NetFlow, sFlow, IP status, and TCP port status, delivering the proxied traffic to a network management platform or tool.
  • NetStatus workgroup level monitoring application designed to be used in situations where you need to monitor anywhere from 1 to 50 servers or devices on a network.
  • NetVizor provides network monitoring and surveillance software to track workstations and individual users that may use multiple PC's on a network.
  • NetworksA-OK appliance, provides end to end monitoring of your network and applications (web, email, database) performance and security.
  • NimTech provides NIME an end-to-end TCPIP performance characterization tool based on a client/server architecture. It allows launching various network tests from & between any location to quantify in real-time the performance of a TCPIP network between two endpoints hosts.
  • NPS Network Performance Services provides network, system, application, and security monitoring products and services via a 7x24 Network Operations Center. All products and services include automated and customized alerting, and web based performance reporting.
  • Overseer Network Monitor is a W2K network monitor providing easy installation, Microsoft Management Console configuration, and runs as a service to provide rock-solid reliability. Monitors websites, network devices, servers, services, and notifies administrators via Email, pager, cell phone, or net send.
  • PagerEnterprise is an automatic system, server and network monitor and notify remote system and network managers when important events occur. It runs on Windows NT/2000 to monitor servers, logfiles, services, SNMP Mibs, routers, TCP/IP, SNMP, disks, programs, web pages, devices, power, and more across Windows NT/2000, Novell NetWare, UNIX, OpenVMS, HP3000, AS/400, IBM, Linux and others.
  • pingwy Monitoring monitors remotely services like http,https,ftp,dns,telnet,ssh,pop,imap,smtp and alerts you by mail and SMAS when the service goes down by mail. It also allows you to have a precise view of your server's access and load times upon different periods.
  • PRTG Traffic Grapher Windows software to monitor bandwidth usage and other network parameters via SNMP. Freeware also available.
  • RSP is a cross-platform, agent-based network/server monitoring, analysis, & hardware tracking program with a web interface and an API for plugins.
  • Server Nanny Network Monitor monitors servers and network devices, sends problem notifications, performs actions, and logs performance data.
  • ServicePATH from Trendium provides plug-and-play service intelligence system that can collect and synthesize data from networks, applications / business processes and OSS. This synthesized data model is then used to assess and assure service delivery in real-time. The system identifies anomalies as they occur, pinpointing their cause and analyzing their effects on services and the business. It can also automatically initiate corrective action.
  • SimpleServerMonitor is an easy to use network server monitoring tool. It supports Ping, HTTP/HTTPS, FTP/FTPS, SMTP/SMTPS, POP3/POP3S, IMAP/IMAPS, and Custom monitors (supports SSL/TLS).
  • SiteMonitor is a website uptime and measurement tools that verifies the performance of non-transactional websites up to every minute from 25 points of presence around the world.
  • SLA Commander integrates with ACE (also from OPNET) to proactively capture traces of problematic transactions.
  • SuperAgenat Monitors all TCP application packets as they travel from the network through the data center and out again, providing a way to measure network round trip time, server response time, data transfer time.
  • Vantage is Compuware's integrated suite of application performance management products, emphasizing response time metrics integrated with end-to-end performance analysis, presented in both technical and business views.
  • Vigilix event detection and notification software for applications.
  • WatchMouse offers professional remote server monitoring services from 16 locations worldwide: http, https, ftp, pop, imap, dns, etc. Alerting by email, SMS, IM, and pager. Extensive reporting, also useful for SLA monitoring.
  • WatchTower system monitoring and management software application that runs within a Web-based portal environment.
• Big Brother and its clone Big Sister consists of local clients that test system conditions and the availability of network services, and send these status reports to one or more DISPLAY servers where these reports appear as little dots on a web page, or PAGER servers that notify administrators about system problems.
• DSLReports provide measurement reports (e.g. speed tests, security scans, loss).
• elkMonitor monitors your sites around the clock from servers across the globe, elkMonitor will alert you to signs of trouble.
• Emulators
  • Anue Network Emulators are used to generate network latency, delay variation (jitter), packet errors, bit errors and other network impairments in order to test application performance over a WAN prior to deployment.
  • BreakingPoint provides testing tools for application, performance, and security of content-aware network devices.
  • PacketStorm IP Network Emulators reproduce the unfavorable conditions of IP Networks and WANs in a controllable and repeatable lab setting.
  • Shunra develops testing and evaluation tools for internet and intranet based network technologies and products.
• Engineer's Toolkit is a bundle of 49 networking tools that monitors and alerts on availability, bandwidth utilization, and health for hundreds of network devices, provides network diagnostics for troubleshooting and resolving complex network, offers an array of network discovery tools that facilitate IP address management, port mapping and ping sweeps, and eases management of Cisco® devices with tools for real-time NetFlow analysis, configuration management and router management.
• Flow Monitoring
  • Aurora Network Traffic Anlsysis and Evaluation from IBM.
  • Caligare Flow Inspector from Caligare is a Netflow monitor and analyzer with many graph statistics, low level searching, application recognizer and utilization maps. Available in the US as NetIMonitor through Caligare partner Net US.
  • InMon provides traffic flow monitoring tools for high-speed switches. The software is able to monitor tens of thousands of switch ports continuously, producing real-time top flows charts, and site-wide application-level traffic matrices.
  • NetDetecor from Nicksun a non-intrusive network security monitoring product that (when deployed as part of your data communications infrastructure) inspects traffic flows, detects the activities of intruders, sets alarms, makes continuous copies of data from the network, and analyzes every packet in the network in real-time at production network traffic rates.
  • Netflow from Cisco.
  • NetQoS uses NetFlow to identify when and where problems are occurring or occurred, identify viruses using real time reporting, remove unwanted traffic instead of unnecessarily upgrading links, view and plan the impact of applications on the network over time.
  • NetIntercept is delivered as a complete system, with hardware and software pre-installed, and captures in real-time and provides later on demand batch analysis of the data.
  • Packeteer provides network traffic characterization, using signatures derived from network layers up through 7, it can then use this information to do TCP rate control (using CoS/ToS. DiffServ & MPLS) to ensure timely performance.
  • PRTG Traffic Grapher Windows software to monitor bandwidth usage and other network parameters via SNMP. Supports Netflow. Freeware also available.
  • Scrutinizer NetFlow & sFlow Analyzer provides detailed network utilization information for the users and applications causing the most traffic using a variety of flow-based technologies.
  • sFlow probe from InMon is a monitor/SPAN port probe capable of continuously monitoring application level traffic flows at a full 1Gigabit (over 1,500,000 million packets per second).
• FTP
  • FastCopy provides reliable, secure, bandwidth controlled, automated, enhanced file transfer.
  • Trellian Trellian FTP is a file transfer client that allows you to transfer files between your PC and any FTP server on the Internet.
  • WS_FTP for windows provides a fast and easy way to move files securely (with SSL) over the Internet. there is a client and server
• HipLinkXS is a one or two-way wireless data and messaging solution that enables software used for network monitoring, field force automation, email, customer support, help desk, to communicate with data enabled wireless devices, including digital cellular phones, PDAs, one-way and two-way pagers.
• Holistix Web Manager is software installed inside the firewall that monitors and manages all web system components including web servers, databases, urls, applications, etc. Holistix also has a service, called Remote Monitor, that Measures your site's performance 24 hours a day from monitoring locations around the world.
• Internet Control Panel performs checks every five to ten minutes on the availability, performance and content of your website. It also checks other important internet services you depend on; email, file transfer and authorization processes.
• Internet Periscope includes a wide array of tools including security, that allow System Administrators to "see" how well their hosts are functioning on the Internet.
• ISDNwatch is an ISDN network management suite for your ISDN routers.
• Keynote Systems is a supplier of software and services for measuring and managing the responsiveness of web-based applications. KeyNote RedAlert is aWeb site monitoring service that can perform end-to-end checks of your a site every 5 or 15 minutes. It can also monitor DNS, email, news & telnet servers.
• MeasureNet.
• MeterWare for Windows 95/NT & UNIX from Technically Elite.
• Metrica Network Performance Reporting (NPR) is a performance monitoring toolset being used by telecoms operators to manage the quality of service and the capacity of their networks.
• NATManager.
• NEPM (Network Equipment Performance Monitor is a two part software system that captures and analyzes logged performance data from IP networked equipment and reports it via e-mail and web pages. It can be hosted on either a Unix or WinNT system or a combination of these.
• NetArx Network Monitoring System monitors client systems and reports information to the Netarx Network Operations Center ("NOC"); a fully staffed vault operating 24 hours a day. The NOC notifies on-site contacts of service failures and proactively detected potential problems.
• NetPredict helps you monitor, predict and optimize the performance of distributed business applications.
• Network Health family from Concord.
• NetMedic.
• Net-One-1, monitors your company's network devices 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
• NetOps provides a set of tools for monitoring, logging and reporting network status, focussing on preventive maintenance.
• NetReality provides monitoring and QoS shaping on all OSI layers, from 1 - 7 on WAN links. Real-time and historical reports are provided.
• NetScout Drawing on information generated by NetScout's application-aware probes, intelligent active agents and data collected directly from network devices strategically placed throughout the WAN, SAN, and LAN, the nGenius Performance Management System monitors, troubleshoots, performs capacity planning and reports on the application traffic flowing across the network.
• NextPointS3 provides the ability t define, measure, baseline and report on service levels at many levels from the core network to end user applications.
• PingGraph is a multi-threaded graphical TCP/IP network monitoring and diagnostic tool for Windows 95 and NT.
• Procom+ ISDN/Modem monitoring
• ResponseNetworks provides tools for network service level monitoring and measurements.
• RIPmon provides remote monitoring over IP networks using an agent that physically connects to and communicates with any element through LAN ports, serial ports and/or contact closures. Once connected the agent units interact with the device in native format and translate user queries into SNMP and HTTP responses.
• ROMmon develops easily deployable online network performance metric (passive and active) monitoring system for networking professionals. The system's emphasis are on data aggregation, high availability and high scalability.
• SAA Service Assurance Agent built into Cisco IOS release 12.0(5)T allows measuring response time, net resources, availability, jitter, connect time, packet loss and application performance.
• SftpDrive Maps any SSH server as a Windows network drive. Provides transparent and secure integration of the remote filesystem into Windows without requiring additional server software or configuration.
• Silverback's InfoCare delivers real-time and historical information on faults, assets, performance and security across networks, systems and applications through a unified Web-based interface.
• SNMP Tools:
  • AdventNet SNMP API can be used to build system management, application management and network management applications and applets. It includes class libraries and Java beans for Java SNMP development, as well as a complete MibBrowser for interacting with SNMP enabled devices. The AdventNet Agent Toolkit Java Edition provides a complete GUI-based development environment to build standalone SNMP agents, Multi-Protocol agents, and standalone TL1 agents. Also see AdventNet ManageEngine JMX Studio a 100% Java-based development environment that provides Java, J2EE, and EAI middleware application developers, the ability to build JMX and SNMP-based manageability for their applications. It also comes with options for other protocol adaptors like HTML, RMI, CORBA, SOAP, and AMI adaptor for plugging into different types of management consoles.
  • Denika Performance Trender is a trending tool that collects and graphs SNMP details for interface utilization, CPU, Memory, Disk Space, Frame Relay, Database Resources, QoS, Port Errors etc.
  • LoriotPro a generic SNMP manager
  • MIW Multiple Interface Watcher is a graph utility that shows the utilisation of up to 20 different interfaces. The data is requested from the devices using SNMP. MIW is an advanced development of Interface Traffic Indicator that focuses more on the utilization overview of many interfaces than on much information of one interface.
  • OidView is a modular network management analysis tool that uses the SNMP protocol to talk to various agents and devices on a computer network, offering a variety of plug-in modules like a MIB Browser, MIB Manager, Trap Manager, PDU Capture, etc.
  • NetVoyant Provides SNMP-based performance metrics for managing network infrastructure, devices, and services
  • Open NerveCenter is a network management platform, based on SNMP, that is extensible using PERL. NerveCenter correlates events in real time from network and security devices, UNIX and NT systems and applications to improve availability, performance and security.
  • OPENXTRA has a set of SNMP utilities.
  • Quallaby provides PROVISO 2.0, network monitoring and service assurance solution for network service providers.
  • SNMP Explorer provides a tree view of your SNMP managable devices, provides a way to talk to or from the devices, provides a flexible log of transactions, and permits you to transact with the devices with simple yet powerful scripts.
  • SNMP Informant is installed on Windows hosts to enable them to provide SNMP information.
  • SNMP Research
  • TrapBlaster SNMP trap management engine that receives, filters and converts SNMP traps. They may then be forwarded to your network management applications.
  • Unbrowse SNMP. A visual SNMP MIB browser, compiler, walker.
  • WinTDS monitors IP-SNMP devices and gives a variety of real-time views of the network status.
  • XRate1 SNMP based network monitoring with statistical tags and OPC Server available.
• Shiva Network Manager
• Shiva InterNet Manager
• StatScope from IP Sciences is an outsourced service providing a customized IP network monitoring and reporting capability.
• TelAlert from CalAmp a package for enunciating alerts and managing via pagers, email, pop up windows etc.
• Third Watch Server Monitor will allow you to monitor all of your critical servers and services on an IP network and be notified of any changes in their status. It is a server monitoring program using TCP/IP. It can monitor via Ping, HTTP, FTP or any other TCP/IP port.
• Topology/Traceroute based tools
  • EdgeScape from Akamai, maps user IP addresses to their geographic and network point of origin. This information is assembled into a vast knowledge base and made available to Edgescape customers.
  • GeoBoy Allows you to view traces on a flat map or 3D globe. Incorporate geographical features such as cities, rivers, and political boundaries. Zoom in on areas of interest. Save and restore trace data. Rotate and manipulate maps. Update and customize geographical location cache files.
  • NeoTrace provides graphical traceroute information.
  • PingPlotter is an enhanced traceroute program for Windows 95/98/NT/W2K/XP.
  • Route Explorer provides visibility, analysis and diagnosis of IP networks from a routing point of view
  • SMARTHawk from Solana Networks is an IP network monitoring and diagnostics tool focused on topology, routing and qos
  • VisualRoute a GUI based traceroute for Windows.
• Triticom has software based network protocol analyzers, LAN traffic monitors, RMON probes, and an SNMP manager.
• USR Total Control.
• View2000 runs under Windows NT and has the ability to monitor multi-vendor network equipment configurations, using flat file databases for speed and Oracle RDBMS for SQL report queries, and NOT using SNMP.
• Viola Networks provides NetAlly and other tools that include a suite of tests to provide "true" Service Level Management (SLM), the ability to audit policies and Quality of Service (QoS), and automatically conduct preventive maintenance tests to discover hidden problems in the network.
• VisualPulse from DataMetrics provide realtime and historical reports on RTT & loss.
• Vivere Networks have a wireless sensor that monitor and analyze multi-AP topologies in real-time, including 802.11 packets for all access points in range as well as other IP network traffic.
• VoIP (Voice over IP)
  • NetQoS VoIP Monitor Network-based call setup and call quality monitoring product that tracks the call quality users experience, provides alerts on call performance problems, and isolates performance issues to speed troubleshooting and MTTR.
  • Prognosis provides systems management software for performance monitoring of IP telephony, VOIP, availability, network management, Windows, UNIX and Linux.
  • QOVIA provides Voice over IP monitoring and management, sends alerts when it predicts call quality will be affected.
  • Telchemy provides Voice over IP (VoIP) passive call quality monitoring and active Quality of Service (QoS) management. Designed specifically to be embedded into VoIP end-systems, management devices and DSPs, Telchemy's non-intrusive monitoring technology, VQmonTM, is the only technology to model time-varying impairments and their effects on end-user-perceived quality in real-time.
  • ZTI provide LANTraffic V2 and IP Traffic Test & Measure software testing tools for automatic generation of TCP and UDP traffic.

Public Domain or Free Network Monitoring Tools [Contents]

• ANL Web100 based Network Configuration Tester tests the reliablity and operational status of your network link.
• Application Monitoring
  • Alvias provides free monitoring of HTTP, TCP/IP port, ping, SMTP, POP# FTP, web page defacements from multiple networks around the world.