Network ToolsTools to help you manager your network and or trouble shoot network issues. Angry IP ScannerHave you ever built out a new server or went to installed a printer and you find yourself pinging one IP address after another trying to find an address that is available to use as a static address? Well not anymore! With Angry IP scanner you can scan entire subnets in just seconds and know what IP addresses are not in use. Best of all you don’t even have to install the application. The application a portable app. Throw it on a jump drive and carry it with you, you will beable to plug the jump drive into any Windows computer and run the application right off your USB drive. NetWorxNetWorx is a simple free tool to monitor the traffic on your network card. It will give you a real time graph so you can watch inbound and outbound traffic. The software logs bandwidth usage and will give you hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly reports. You can even set up custom reports to show traffic from one date to another. You can select a specific network card or monitor all in the system. You can even have it ignore network traffic and only monitor internet bound traffic. This is a great tool to monitor your servers internet usage so you can estimate the cost for bandwidth before you place your server in a co-location. http://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/ NetStumblerThis amazing tool will use your wireless card to constantly scan for wireless networks. It is very useful to see where you get the most powerful signal as well as seeing what channels other wireless networks in your area. http://www.netstumbler.com/downloads/ WiresharkWireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer, and is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many industries and educational institutions. Wireshark quickly became one of the best netowrk analyzers since the day it was released. IP Address Space ManagementThis handle tool will scan your network and see what IPs are being used and even retrieve some of the devices on those IPs. You can add in comments on each IP and label them appropriately. No longer will you be pinging 10 to 20 IPs to try to find an available one for a new server. No need to keep track of IPs on a spreadsheet. This is the best way to keep track of IP devices on your network. http://www.solarwinds.com/products/freetools/ip_address_tracker/ 
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