Archive for December 30th, 2009
Which Computer on Your Network is Using the Most Bandwidth
Which computer on your network is using the most bandwidth? ZNetWatch is an excellent program (You have to have WinPCap installed) to check the ARP cache, ICMP echos and other information about your network.
USB Gadget Roundup
Everybody loves gadgets -
USB Gadgets over 200! (Microscope, Thermometer, Lamps and more)
Microsoft Research TCP Analyzer – Check Out Your Network
Microsoft Research TCP Analyzer (Link) is a network analyzer that allows you to analyze network traces of Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connections. Given a Microsoft Network Monitor trace, the analyzer provides various performance statistics and visualizations for the captured TCP connection. This app also gives a time plot and an explanation of the individual plots.
You must have Microsoft Network Monitor installed before installing TCP Analyzer and you must download the SDK for Experts. You should also install Charting. Download
Below is an Example of Microsoft Network Monitor capturing packets on a wireless network. Notice the information about the wireless (-60 dBm) in the first picture. In the second picture you can see information on a captured packet (firefox.exe and the destination IP address).
TCP Analyzer which as stated requires Microsoft’s Network Monitor to installed first.
To USE TCP Analyzer
- Start Microsoft’s Network Monitor
- Capture packets for ? (general over a period of time you decide at peak usage of your network or when transferring and using data across your network.
- Stop the Capture
- Open the Captured File
- Go to Experts Menu (this appears after you stop, save and reopen a capture file
- Open the TCP Analyzer
Want to see the TOP Users of your Network?
You can also find your Top Users (top 10) by using this expert (download)-
Charting Download (must have .NET 3.5)
*this software was tested on Windows 7 Professional but will work with Windows Vista or Windows XP.
Rohos – USB Encryption
Rohos USB Flash Drive encryption is an excellent way to protect your data ‘on-the-fly’.
- Creates a virtual encrypted partition (disk)\
- The application is portable which allows working with encrypted partition on a guest computer without Administrator rights.
- Encrypted partition is protected by your password
- Encryption is automatic and ‘on-the-fly’
- Encryption algorithm: AES 256 bit
- Virtual Keyboard – protect encrypted disk password from a keylogger
- Encrypt up to 2 GB
Sync: Technology and Gadget News
Go check out the Sync blog. This Canadian site has help, How-Tos, Hardware, News and more.
Here’s a good article on getting the Quick Launch Bar in Windows 7 by Rhonda Callow on Sync.












