Free Utilities

You can find several utilities here. All utilities are freeware:

• Windows NT/2000 utilities that monitor disk space and services.
• Utilities designed for Cisco routers. One saves your Running-config to the Start up-config, the other saves it to a TFTP server.
• Utilities customized for Alteon switches. With these tools you can automate backups of Alteon configuration files.

Windows NT® and Windows® 2000 Utilities

Windows NT/2000 utilities that monitor disk space and services.

FreeSpace

Determine with ease exactly how much free space exists on a drive or network share. This Windows NT command-line tool allows you to store output in tabular form for inclusion in a batch file. In this way you can easily gather information on a number of drives or network shares.

ServiceList

Keep track of all services on a server with this simple and flexible Windows NT command-line tool. More powerful than the utility provided with the Windows NT Resource Kit, ServiceList allows you to store documentation on the current state of all of your Windows NT services in a tab-delimited table.

HPDisplay

Change the default "Ready" display on your HP LaserJet printer to display your company name, the printer's name or the print queue with this utility.

SendMail

Send an email message from a batch file with this utility.

GetHTTP

Query HTTP pages from a command line, and return resulting latency in a format suitable for MRTG (Multi-Router Traffic Grapher).

GetSysDescr

Query SNMP System Description from network devices. Output can be onscreen or in logfile format for helping to document your network devices and OS versions.

GetARP

Query ARP cache information from network devices. Output can be onscreen or in logfile format for helping to document your network devices.

Cisco Utilities

Need to backup your router's running configuration? Each of these Windows NT/2000 command line utilities works on all 1600, 2500, 3600, 4000, and 7000 series Cisco routers, and IOS based switches. All three of these products are licensed freeware applications and may be distributed in unmodified form.

WrMem

Save your router's running configuration into its startup configuration in a snap with this utility. If you automate this with the Windows NT/2000 scheduler, you can make sure your router configurations are saved to NVRAM on a regular basis.

WrNet

Use this utility to save your router's running-config to a TFTP server. If you automate this with the Windows NT/2000 scheduler, you can get regular backups of your router configuration.

WrTFTP
Use this utility to save your Cisco Catalyst (Kalpana) switch's configuration to a TFTP server. If you automate this with the Windows NT/2000 scheduler, you can get regular backups of your switch configuration.

Alteon Utilities

These utilities were created to help network managers manage Alteon configuration files. All three of these utilities are licensed as freeware and can be distributed in unmodified form.

AlteonApply

Use this Windows NT command-line tool to instruct an Alteon switch to apply pending configuration changes.

AlteonSave

Use this Windows NT command-line tool to instruct an Alteon switch to save its current configuration to FLASH memory. This tool can be used with the Windows NT scheduler to insure that your current configurations are saved to FLASH on a regular basis.

AlteonTFTP

Use this Windows NT command-line tool to instruct an Alteon switch to save its current configuration to a TFTP server. If you automate this with the Windows NT scheduler, you can get regular backups of your configuration.