The Dude network monitor is a new application by MikroTik which can dramatically improve the way you manage your network environment. It will automatically scan all devices within specified subnets, draw and layout a map of your networks, monitor services of your devices and alert you in case some service has problems.
In NetQoS's resource room, we've got a free Web-based app called the NetQoS Network Estimation Tools (or "latency calculator" for short) that allows you to calculate the theoretical latency of network connections under a number of different scenarios
XRIs are a new kind of identifier on the Internet, similar to URLs or e-mail addresses. However, a single XRI can be used for different services, such as a website, e-mail, skype, icq or any other. They are therefore neither website nor e-mail addresses a