Network Applications

[Serverbug]

Hi, i'd say I was a bit of an expert at most Computing issues, other than networking.
Ive just set up a three computer network and am wondering, other than the standard 192.168 settings i can change;

• Is there any fun software i can download, to measure activity and what have you
• Is there a program i can download to kill connections to my router
• Any monitoring programs

Id like programs that don't require too much configuration, and are also freeware, any suggestions?

 

[Trizoy]

Do you have the network setup through a single computeror server... or right through a router?

 

[tlarkin]

This all in one live cd has tons and tons of networking utilities.

http://www.remote-exploit.org/index.php/BackTrack

I only say that you only use this for auditing purposes, these are considered hacking and exploit applications. Use them at your own risk.

As for router processes and connections, if you want a command line interface where you can manually kill processes you should look into a DD-WRT supported router (http://www.dd-wrt.com). This will allow you to ssh into the router and log in as root user. You can use all the commands form ps -a to list all processes and the kill command to kill the process by PID.

I suggest you read through all their wiki pages since these types of applications and firmware give you a very robust set of advanced tools.