I am currently devouring a fantastic novel by Mr. Cory Doctorow, “… a blogger, journalist, and science-fiction author who serves as the co-editor of the blog Boing Boing.” The story itself is wonderfully unique, gloriously dissectable, and positively glowing with the love Cory has for his home town (and my former stomping grounds) Toronto.
A large part of the narrative involves wireless networking technology, a topic for which I have a passing interest, though no actual skill or knowledge to speak of.
But it gives me a nice segue (I wish I had a nice Segway) into this article from Lifehacker on a few fun things I can do next time I get around to tweaking my network…
Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Network Utilities
Looking at the history of computing, anyone can see that it wasn’t until some brilliant folks connected a couple of computers together that the real fun began. Countless tools let you do all sorts of network trickery, many with their roots at the Unix command line. But forget arcane command line tools. Today we’ve picked out 10 of our favorite, free, point and click software applications and webapps that help you make the most of the giant web of connected computers that is your network.
Lifehacker Top 10: Network utilities
10. Angry IP Scanner (port scanner)
9. MacFUSE (network drive mounter)
8. DynDNS (dynamic DNS)
7. NetMeter (bandwidth monitor)
6. iStumbler (wireless network manager)
5. Net Profiles (network-specific settings)
4. Synergy (virtual KVM)
3. WiPeer (P2P wireless)
2. DD-WRT (router firmware)
1. Hamachi (VPN)
