Software

NetXMS isn’t “modern” in the way people mean it now. But it’s stable, deep, and can bend to odd setups without much drama. If you’ve got networks that don’t fit into a tidy model — this might be one of the few tools that won’t complain.

PingPlotter Free won’t replace your monitoring stack, but it will solve problems. It turns vague hunches into hard proof. It catches the drop that happened five minutes ago — and shows where it happened in the route.

LANMonitor isn’t new. It doesn’t pretend to be modern. But when you need eyes on a LAN — right now, from a Windows laptop, without deploying anything — it quietly gets the job done

The Dude isn’t trying to compete with Zabbix, Nagios, or PRTG. It’s not built for multi-data center observability. But when you want quick answers, clear visuals, and real-time feedback on a local network — it delivers. It’s especially good as a first-layer map and monitor for small IT teams, edge offices, schools, and MSPs with constrained resources.