SIDEBAR: Tony’s Toolbox

When he goes on-site, network detective Tony Fortunato carries about 20 tool. He pays for only one of them, a portable network analyzer. The rest are free, or have free versions. They include:
WireShark, a protocol analyzer;
MRTG (Multi-Router Traffic Grapher, used not only for monitoring and graphing SNMP devices, but graphing any caputured data;
Look@LAN, for network scanning (note that it is no longer supported);
PuTTY, a telnet client;
 —PicPick, a screen capture tool

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Howard Solomon
Howard Solomon
Currently a freelance writer, I'm the former editor of ITWorldCanada.com and Computing Canada. An IT journalist since 1997, I've written for several of ITWC's sister publications including ITBusiness.ca and Computer Dealer News. Before that I was a staff reporter at the Calgary Herald and the Brampton (Ont.) Daily Times. I can be reached at hsolomon [@] soloreporter.com

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