Downloads : 89302
( 16 reviews )

Aircrack-ng is an 802.11 WEP and WPA-PSK keys cracking program that can recover keys once enough data packets have been captured. It implements the standard FMS attack along with some optimizations like KoreK attacks, thus making the attack much faster compared to other WEP cracking tools. In fact, aircrack is a set of tools for auditing wireless networks.

GPL
1.1
1.0 rc3
Downloads : 15558
( 13 reviews )

VisualRoute combines Traceroute, Ping, Whois, reverse DNS and other networking tools in one easy-to-use program. VisualRoute analyzes Internet connections to quickly locate where an outage or slowdown occurs. The network service provider is identified for each hop of a connection path, and worldwide domain and network Whois information enables quick problem or abuse reporting. (more...)

Shareware
12.0c
Downloads : 5465
( 2 reviews )

Network Simulator (ns-3) is a discrete event simulator targeted at networking research. Ns-3 provides substantial support for simulation of TCP, routing, and multicast protocols over wired and wireless (local and satellite) networks. Network Simulator began as a variant of the REAL network simulator in 1989 and has evolved substantially over the past few years. (more...)

GPL
3.13
Downloads : 4588
( Not rated )

Wicd is an open source wired and wireless network manager for Linux which aims to provide a simple interface to connect to networks with a wide variety of settings. Some of Wicd's features include: 1. No Gnome dependencies (although it does require GTK), so it is easy to use in XFCE, Fluxbox, Openbox, Enlightenment, etc. 2. Ability to connect to wired and wireless networks 3. (more...)

GPL
1.7.1
Downloads : 3841
( Not rated )

Full-featured talk daemon with answering machine, forward.

BSD type
1.5.2
Downloads : 3769
( 2 reviews )

A network device that does encrypted IP-in-UDP tunneling. Useful for building virtual private networks, etc. The package consists of a kernel module and driver program.

GPL
1.6.0
Downloads : 3596
( 1 review )

Crossroads is an open source load balance and fail over utility for TCP based services. It is a daemon running in user space, and features extensive configurability, polling of back ends using 'wakeup calls', detailed status reporting, 'hooks' for special actions when backend calls fail, and much more. Crossroads is service-independent: it is usable for HTTP(S), SSH, SMTP, DNS, etc.. (more...)

GPL
2.76
2.05
Downloads : 3593
( Not rated )

Netwag is a graphical network toolbox.

GPL
5.38
Downloads : 3381
( Not rated )

OpenNMS is the first enterprise-grade network management platform to be developed under the open-source model. The goal is for OpenNMS to be a truly distributed, scalable platform for all aspects of the FCAPS network management model, and to make this platform available to both open source and commercial applications. (more...)

GPL
1.10.1
1.7.92
Downloads : 3275
( 3 reviews )

VisualRoute combines the tools traceroute, ping, reverse DNS, and whois into a single graphical interface that analyzes Internet connections, reporting quick and essential data points for finding connectivity problems. An IP location database identifies the geographical location of IP addresses and Web servers, showing the path of an Internet connection on a global map. (more...)

Commercial
10.0h
Downloads : 2607
( 1 review )

Xping presents a list of computer systems with a graphic indication of whether or not each system is alive. Each system in the list is checked automatically with a user-specified period, and users may request the state of a system by pressing a button.

MIT
2.1
Downloads : 2551
( 4 reviews )

Lcrzoex is a toolbox for network administrators and network hackers. Lcrzoex contains over 400 tools to test an Ethernet/IP network. Each one can be compiled alone and modified to match your needs.

GPL
4.17.0
Downloads : 2522
( 3 reviews )

NetUP is glad to present a new development - bootable NetUP Linux Live CD. (more...)

Free to use but restricted
5.0
5.0
Downloads : 2412
( 1 review )

BalanceNG is a modern software IP load balancing solution. It is small, fast, and easy to use and setup. It offers session persistence, different distribution methods (Round Robin, Random, Weighted Random, Least Session, Least Bandwidth, Hash, Agent, and Randomized Agent) and a customizable UDP health check agent in source code. (more...)

Commercial
3.392
Downloads : 2192
( 1 review )

UDPCast allows to send data simultaneously to many destinations on a local net. This can for instance be used to install entire classrooms of PCs at once. The advantage over using other methods (nfs, ftp, whatever) is that udpcast uses Ethernet's multicast abilities: it won't take longer to install 15 machines than it would to install 2. (more...)

GPL
20081116
Downloads : 2093
( Not rated )

Tcpdump prints out the headers of packets on a network interface that match the boolean expression. It can also be run with the -w flag, which causes it to save the packet data to a file for later analysis, and/or with the -b flag, which causes it to read from a saved packet file rather than to read packets from a network interface. (more...)

BSD type
4.2.1
Downloads : 2075
( 3 reviews )

Proview is an Open Source Process Control System. It is modern, powerful and general and contains all functions normally required for successful sequential control, adjustment, data acquisition, communication, supervision, etc. The configuration of a Proview system is done graphically, making the application adaptation simple, reliable, and flexible. (more...)

GPL
4.6.0
Downloads : 2053
( 1 review )

MySpeed Server broadband testing software enables you to quickly and easily provide bandwidth speed test and VoIP quality test services to your customers and end users. Bandwidth tests accurately measure data transfer speeds via HTTP or socket-to-socket modes. The consistency of the data transfers is reported, a key measure of connection quality. (more...)

Commercial
7.4a
Downloads : 1826
( Not rated )

Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local network. This means that you can plug your laptop or computer into a network and instantly be able to view other people who you can chat with, find printers to print to or find files being shared. This kind of technology is already found in Apple MacOS X (branded Rendezvous, Bonjour and sometimes Zeroconf) and is very convenient. (more...)

GPL
0.6.29
Downloads : 1563
( 1 review )

The GTK ACX Tool displays the status of the Texas Instruments (TI) ACX100 IEEE 802.11 driver. This tool could be used just with driver developed by wlan.kewl.org Project on FreeBSD 5.2 and later versions.

BSD type
0.1.0
Downloads : 1481
( Not rated )

Andrisoft WANGuard Platform is an easy to use software that provides IP traffic monitoring, IP traffic accounting and optionally network protection against DoS, DDoS and DrDoS atacks. The supported traffic monitoring methods are: Port Mirroring ( Switched Port Analyzer - SPAN, Roving Analysis Port ), Network TAP, In-line Deployment, NetFlow®, sFlow® and Huawei NetStream®. (more...)

Commercial
4.0
Downloads : 1363
( Not rated )

Netkit has been conceived as an environment for setting up and performing networking experiments at low cost and with little effort. It allows to "create" several virtual network devices (full-fledged routers, switches, computers, etc.) that can be easily interconnected in order to form a network on a single PC. (more...)

BSD type
2.6
Downloads : 1200
( 1 review )

Gnetutil provides a graphical interface written with the gnome libraries allowing to use the usual programs ping, traceroute, host and finger. So, you can make the differents queries without lanching a terminal emulator.

GPL
1.0
Downloads : 1167
( Not rated )

MCS MyRoute (formerly VisualRoute Server) combines Traceroute, Ping, Whois, reverse DNS and other networking tools in one easy-to-use program. MyRoute analyzes Internet connections to quickly locate where an outage or slowdown occurs. (more...)

Commercial
8.0e
Downloads : 1001
( Not rated )

GxSNMP is designed as a powerful network management package. It will incorporate the best features of existing commercial packages.

GPL
0.0.16
1
2
Ubuntu: An Absolute Beginners Guide

Learn how to install and setup Ubuntu on your computer, find technical support in your community, understand the Ubuntu philosophy, navigate the Unity desktop interface and use Ubuntu compatible software programs.

Download
A Newbie's Getting Started Guide to Linux

Basically, if you're a complete Linux newbie and looking for a quick and easy guide to get you started this is it.

Download