NetXMS: Scalable Network Monitoring That Doesn’t Lock You In Some monitoring tools feel like a black box — lots of features, but hard to control. NetXMS goes in the opposite direction. It’s open-source, cross-platform, and surprisingly flexible — built to monitor everything from routers and switches to servers, cloud VMs, and even environmental sensors.

The architecture is built for scale. Whether you’re monitoring 50 devices or 5,000, it holds up. Plus, it’s agent-based and agentless, with nat

PingPlotter Free: Network Diagnostics That Speak in Graphs Let’s face it — ping and traceroute get the job done, but they don’t show the full picture. When a network issue strikes, you need more than numbers in a terminal. You need something visual. That’s exactly what PingPlotter Free brings to the table.

It’s a real-time network troubleshooting tool that tracks latency and packet loss over time, draws intuitive graphs, and helps you pinpoint the exact hop or time when things go sideways. Perf

LANMonitor: Real-Time Network Interface Monitoring with Zero Fuss LANMonitor isn’t trying to be a full-blown network analyzer. It doesn’t dig through packet payloads or produce fancy dashboards. What it does do — and does well — is give instant visibility into network traffic on a Windows machine. Small footprint, minimal setup, and a surprisingly useful overview of real-time interface activity. For system administrators and helpdesk staff, LANMonitor is often the first tool opened when there’s

The Dude: Visual Network Mapping That Still Has Teeth Some tools are built for dashboards. Others — for digging deep. The Dude lands somewhere in between, offering a surprisingly effective way to map, scan, and monitor network infrastructure from a single interface that doesn’t care much about trends — but cares a lot about getting the basics right. Originally developed by MikroTik as a side utility for their RouterOS ecosystem, The Dude grew into something more than just a companion app. It’s f