Network monitoring software.

[SiriusB]

I have recently added to the number of PCs in my house and I now have 3 or 4 [Dad doesn't always bring laptop home ] and as it stands most of the media everyone uses is stored on my main rig.

Is there any software, preferably free, that I can use that will tell me who is accessing my main rig and what they are accessing? Also, is there any kind of software I can use that will monitor the network activity of my router?

None of this is absolutely essential but would be ever so useful

SiriusB

 

[GM@N]

Using ShareWatch you can see what users are accessing share on your and other machines, very handy little app. http://www.snapfiles.com/get/sharewatch.html

 

[SiriusB]

Nice one! Just what I was looking for.

Thank you.

SiriusB

 

[NathanE]

That is actually built into Windows...

Start->Run->"compmgmt.msc"->OK.

Then goto System Tools->Shared Folders->Sessions or Open Files.

 

[BoomAM]

Netstat.
Its built into 99% of OS's out there, and once you know the command switches, its a great program for diagnostics.