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Cool Free Software

DrTCP - Windows Tweaking utility
MailEnable
- Mail Server
pdf995 - Print to PDF (Acrobat) Creator
Workgroup Folders - Demo only. Shares Outlook PST Files for simultaneous use without Exchange Server.
Ken Slovak's Attachment options - Adds configuration option to Microsoft Outlook so YOU can decide which attachments can open.
EZBackitup - Schedules backups to Network or other drives. Retains directory structure without compression.
Software602: Very cool Proxy/mail server, PDF Writer and more.
QCheck - Network throughput testing application.
PingPlotter - Network diagnositic tool
TamoSoft - Trialware packet sniffer
Hiveware - Encodes "mailto:" HTML tags to defeat spambots.
Geobytes IP Locator - Tracks IP addresses to city of origin.
ICS Configuration Utility - For W98 ICS Port Mapping
Free Proxies

Bandwidth Throttling/Monitoring

BandwidthController (works with Windows ICS)
WebScout (proxy server with bandwidth management)
Netlimiter (Limit speeds by application)
Fortinet (Hardware Firewalls with Traffic Shaping)
Exinda (Hardware Firewalls with Traffic Shaping)

Products with SNMP outputs like most Billion and Draytek routers can be used with a logging tool like PRTG to monitor website traffic.

Draytek's Smart Monitor software for the 2820, 2950, 2955 & VigorPro5510 series provides good logging information.
I also asked Draytek for more information about their "Bandwidth Limiting" feature and they replied:
"The Vigor2710, Vigor2820 and Vigor2830 all have the “Bandwidth Management >> Bandwidth Limit” function. This allows you to limit the maximum rate of traffic flow for both uploads and downloads from the Internet. It uses the computers IP address to determine which computers will be restricted. However, this can be linked to the computer MAC address by using the “LAN >> Bind IP to MAC” function in the router. This allows you to have a permanent IP address allocated to each computer. The Bandwidth limit function can also be enabled according to a time schedule.
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See also the Security Appliances category at the online shop for other possibilities. (Check with manufacturers to see if they match your requirements).

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