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Bandwidth Monitor Lite 2.0.135

Freeware

Ideal tool for the bandwidth conscious, Bandwidth Monitor enables you to keep a close eye on the amount of bandwidth accumulated over the current hour, day, week, month, or even year! Advanced logging tools make it easy to view your bandwidth usage and make alterations to bandwidth logs.

Requires: Windows 2000, XP or Vista

Free Download Manager 2.6.810

Freeware

Download accelerator and manager which you can use to easily download a list of files and whole web sites from any remote server via HTTP, HTTPS and FTP. FDM (Free Download Manager) can function as a site manager, accelerator, site explorer and scheduler.

Requires: Windows 2000, XP or Vista

WinSCP 4.1.7

Freeware

FTP client that enables you to login to your remote server, website or other location and then synchronise your files. It also ships in a portable version, so store all your site and FTP passwords, then use WinSCP on the road to access your server, remote computer or other site.

Requires: Windows 2000, XP or Vista

FileZilla 3.1.5.1

Freeware

Downloading files from the internet using ftp rather than Internet Explorer can be much faster. FileZilla is great for this and for posting web pages. FileZilla will remember passwords for ftp sites and handles all of the commands for transfering files. You can see the files on your computer and the remote site with the dual panes.

Requires: Windows 98SE, 2000, Me or XP

WeFi 3.3

Freeware

There are plenty of free wireless networking hotspots around but it can be difficult to find one. WeFi is a small program for sharing the location of hotspots with other people. The number of hotspots in the UK is a little limited but that is no reason not to get involved and start sharing your discoveries.

Requires: Windows Vista

Avanquest Connection Manager

Freeware

Designed to understand and analyse the current network and re-configure your settings and applications to get the most from the network. When you connect to a different network, itÆs as simple as selecting a different profile configuration.

Requires: Windows 2000, XP or Vista