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We've come across so many handy tools over the years that
we've been having trouble keeping track of them! So we've decided
to pull them together into one spot for easy access.
By Jon MacKay for Linux/OpenBSD. Written in Java
so it's platform independent, this app has no GUI, but writes
incoming and outgoing requests to two log files. It is realeased
under the GPL.
This VB program written by Don
Mankin attempts to simplify the tasks of opening ports
on the Linksys DSL router. You can use GUI mode or command line
mode. Ports can be scheduled to be locked or unlocked manually,
or automatically at certain times of the day. If you use the
command line mode, you can use WINAT or another scheduler to
create more elaborate schedules. Tested with v1.35 firmware.
The IP Poster will automatically check
the IP address that your ISP's DHCP server has assigned to your
Linksys Router and post the results to the site of your choice
using FTP.
Router Rooter is a FREE utility
that listens to broadcast SNMP messages from the Linksys BEFSR41.
Think of it as a VERY simple sniffer for your Linksys Router.
This is a FREE utility program for the Linksys®
EtherFast Cable/DSL Router models BEFSR11, BEFSRU31 and BEFSR41.
It displays the SNMP messages broadcast by the router and will
record these messages in daily log files. InstallShield® performs
the installation and un-installation.
FREE log viewing utility by Dan Tseng
for the Linksys® EtherFast Cable/DSL Router. Runs on Win98,
98SE, NT4, and 2000. Works with any Linksys routers that
support SNMP logging, which includes BEFSR11, 41, 81, among
others, with firmware rev 1.36 or higher. Also includes
utility to review saved logs and nice little IP/URL lookup utility.
Windows app written by Norbert Desautels
will grab the log files from an AMIT based router (SMC Barricade,
Asante FriendlyNet, 3Com Home Ethernet gateway), save them to
a file and display them in a viewer. Tested only with
SMC routers and with 1.92a and above firmware.
This little Windows app. written by Travis Watford
will email your router's WAN IP address when it changes
to an email address of your choice. You can even email a
list of addresses. Make sure you fill in the email
information before you have it send you the IP or it'll hang. - Works for all Linksys routers
- Works for all SMC Barricades
- Works for MaxGate UG3200
- Works for Nexland ISB2LAN - Works for DLink DI-704
RnR ReportGen for SonicWALL creates reports based
on users Internet activity. It takes the logs created by a SonicWALL
Firewall and displays a user selected report in a web browser.
Logs are read from a tab delimited file that has been created
in the WELF format by Kiwi's
Syslog Daemon. There's a version for GNATBox, too!
VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing. It's
a FREE remote display system which allows you to view a computing
'desktop' environment not only on the machine where it is running,
but from anywhere on the Internet and from a wide variety of
machine architectures. (No file transfer capability, however.)
RA (Remote-Anything) allows you to use or supervise
any distant PC via a network
access, dial-up, cable, or the Internet -as if you were there-
and without disturbing
distant users. Run and use any DOS and Windows program, transfer
files (drag & drop),
get passwords of the distant PC, reboot, lock it up, and much
more!
Much cheaper than pcAnywhere or Timbuktu at $49
for one Master and one Slave license.
