Monitoring my home network

Im looking for software that I can use to monitor the traffic on my Home
network

I havea linksys wrt54g router .. and have

1 pc connected -wired
1 pc connected - wireless
1 xbox - wireless
1 laptop - wireless

I cant seem to find any software that can be installed on just one PC, say
my laptop, and have access to the traffic on my whole nework.

Something like CommVIew would be SWEET but theres no way I can afford its
price

Is there anything out there that meets my needs> thanks

SImon

Have you had a look at Bandwidth Monitor at:

http://www.softperfect.com/products/bandwidth/


On Thu, 31 May 2007 20:43:26 GMT, "Plebism" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Im looking for software that I can use to monitor the traffic on my Home
>network
>
>I havea linksys wrt54g router .. and have
>
>1 pc connected -wired
>1 pc connected - wireless
>1 xbox - wireless
>1 laptop - wireless
>
>I cant seem to find any software that can be installed on just one PC, say
>my laptop, and have access to the traffic on my whole nework.
>
>Something like CommVIew would be SWEET but theres no way I can afford its
>price
>
>Is there anything out there that meets my needs> thanks
>
>SImon
>

Plebism wrote:
> Im looking for software that I can use to monitor the traffic on my Home
> network
>
> I havea linksys wrt54g router .. and have
>
> 1 pc connected -wired
> 1 pc connected - wireless
> 1 xbox - wireless
> 1 laptop - wireless
>
> I cant seem to find any software that can be installed on just one PC, say
> my laptop, and have access to the traffic on my whole nework.
>

The router is where the network traffic is being, well, routed, so
that's where the monitoring would need to take place, for everything you
list.

> Something like CommVIew would be SWEET but theres no way I can afford
> its price
>

It wouldn't be sweet, as it wouldn't do what you want - seeing as remote
monitoring is relayed by software running on the other machines, it
wouldn't cover the xbox. I've never come across anything cheap/free that
does the rest anyway, maybe someone else has?

> Is there anything out there that meets my needs> thanks
>

There are probably some (presumably very pricey) routers that could do
it, or an entirely different setup, depending on what you want monitoring.


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