Image gallery: Reader favorites -- 10 great free network tools

From sniffing to mapping to monitoring, these utilities perform surprisingly sophisticated tasks

By Greg Schaffer

May 20, 2008 12:00 PM ET

Editor's note: These images accompany our story "Reader favorites: 10 great free network tools," where you can find out more information about each product.

Wireshark digs deep into all layers of each packet it captures.

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