Home Network Monitoring

[SamBones]

I have a home network that's having "issues". Does anyone know of a good tool for snooping what's going on to see conflicts, collisions, or other calamities that might be causing problems? It can run on Windows, Linux, or OS/X.

 

[jimbopalmer]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833127493

is as cheap as I see a managed switch, which is what you want.

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[MikeHalloran]

Wireshark network analyzer comes with, or is available for, several Linux distributions. I'm sure it can't detect all the problems that could occur, but it can give you a clue about what's going on.