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Freeware has long reigned as a go-to tool for network managers. Applications such as Ethereal, Multi Router Traffic Grapher () and Snort provide an inexpensive means to monitor devices, traffic and ...

Our Special Focus this week takes a look at freeware and shareware tools you can use to monitor and track your network and applications. Our author (ddubie@nww.com) gathered up a few of the more ...