Really Geek Speak - Network Management Tools

One of these days I will actually get SmartTechnology.info or Computerguru.net up and running as a resource. Until that happens I will throw some things here on my blog so I do not forget about them.

The first item I was looking for was a quick tool to inventory what was on the network. Awhile back I put up a link to KomodoLabs.com (http://www.komodolabs.com/) for a product called Newt. I am using the Freeware version to do quick network scans.

The Newt Freeware version is very quick and easy to use, and gives very basic information such as Machine Name, IP Address, MAC Address, User name, CPU and RAM. The professional version is not all that expensive (about $2 per node), and will gather tons of information about the workstations on your network. Pretty cool tool.

The other item that I was looking for was a bandwidth measuring tool. I had used a product in the past, but had forgotten what it was called. Alas, I have rediscovered that product, it is Qcheck. Qcheck, is a network troubleshooting utility from Ixia, quickly checks network response time, throughput, and streaming performance. Check it out here IxChariot Qcheck Network Management tool.

Qcheck is a pretty cool free tool, and IxChariot makes some sophisticated network analysis tools as well.

One last resource I will add to my list, Paessler which has some cool tools for monitoring network traffic and bandwidth. Check out this link http://www.paessler.com/tools

To those of you out there, looking for any tools you can get to help manage a WAN, hope you enjoy using the above mentioned tools as much as I do, hope this helps you!