network tools

Windows Sysinternals is a suite of advanced utilities developed by Microsoft to assist users in managing, diagnosing, and troubleshooting Windows systems. While these tools are often associated with IT professionals and developers, many of them offer functionalities that can significantly...

It started with a quest for simplicity—a search for some digital duct tape that could bind together the islands of productivity scattered across two laptops on my cluttered desk. In an age when the lines between devices blur for everything except actually getting them to work together...

we are finding that we have multiple Windows systems that are running tracert for the same private IP address, and one to a different private IP address. We don't see anything in Task Scheduler to determine what is doing it, but I was hoping someone here might know if there is a tool or some...

Hi There, I am facing slowness while pinging loop back IP address for windows servers ( OS 2016 and 2019) . Ideally it should be <2ms . But for multiple servers it shows <7ms . For testing purpose, I have disjoined server from domain and it looks normal. As soon as added back into domain...

This method works on Windows 11,10, 8.1 & 7 as well. All programs for this guide are free. Download links PsTools PsTools - Windows Sysinternals FePsTools Front-end for PsTools | DaviTools Nircmd (At the bottom of the page. Not the 64 bit one.) NirCmd - Windows command line tool Winrar...

Hi everybody, I want to use the netsend command to send a message from my machine to another in a local network. (netsend was used to send LAN message with windows). I used Netsend before but it disapeared under Windows7. I know that netsend is no longer valid in Windows 7, so I was wondering...

Hi, One would normally have the WiFi router show a list of all computers in the network. My WiFi, however, uses Win7's built-in virtual WiFi miniport (my OS is Win7 Pro x64). A list of computer names, IP's and MAC addresses would be ideal. I was unable to solve the issue with the help of netstat...

Hi So I've Googled and didn't find my specific issue. Since purchasing the router(Asus RT-N13U) a month ago I've found it finicky with inconsistent Internet connections but tolerable. My big issue is that I design websites and I have a site I'm developing Link Removed - Invalid URL. This...

I am running a medium-size Active Directory domain, based on Windows Server 2003. We are starting to introduce Windows 7 clients in the domain, and I need a way to make so that Windows 7 boxes can receive instant messages sent by the domain admin using the classic "net send" command. Since the...

Found a blog post over at Link Removed that explains how to install WinPCap, which is a very useful packet capturing library, on Windows 7. If you try to install WinPCap like a normal application on Windows 7, it fails.. Follow these steps to get the install to work.. Download WinPcap 4.1...

Network Monitor 3.3 is a protocol analyzer. It allows you to capture network traffic, view and analyze it. Version 3.3 is an update and replaces Network Monitor 3.2. Network Monitor 3.x is a complete overhaul of the previous Network Monitor 2.x version Link Removed

Since ZoneAlarm won't work for Win 7, I was wondering if there are any other good free firewalls that you guys would recommend using. Right now, I am using the Windows firewall, and I don't like it.(And to quote the Joker) Not. One. Bit. Anyway, what are you guys recommendations?