Outstanding Free/Open Souce Programs for the Network

Http server: HFS - Http File Server Anytime you need to share files via http, it can be troublesome to find something that just does that - and nothing else (no extra fluff, please!!). Look no further than this program, it is the one… I use this when upgrading software on network devices that need http sources to download their new code. Network Protocol Analyzer: Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) If you ever find youself troubleshooting a issue where you need to analyze the raw network traffic, this is the program. You might not find yourself using this everyday, but trust me, go ahead and load it now. It’s handy to have available when troubleshooting in that closet where you have no access to download something like this from the Internet. Network Protocol Server: tftpd32 Tftpd32 includes DHCP, TFTP, SNTP and Syslog servers as well as a TFTP client. Anytime I need a quick DCHP server or am doing some Cisco IOS upgrades via tftp - thi...