Network Management?

Question

There are a times when the server status apperas busy and the LAN Monitoring tools indicates a lot of LAN activity.
Does anyone know where I can download software to monitor the following;
1. Users and Computers connected, their names and IP addresses.
2. The activity on the LAN i.e users activity maybe they are copyiong or reading from the server.
3. The LAN statistics i.e the most active users and computers.
4. The software giving the option of net sending to computers/users on the LAN and remote shut down a client computer.

Answer 1

Well alot depends on what OS you are running, what server OS, what client os etc.

This one might help, if you have less than 10 machines it has a free version:
http://manageengine.adventnet.com/products/opmanager/index.html?gclid=CJDzuZKYkZACFQSOFQod_Tby-w
and many have free trials that might let you see what you need to know like:
http://www.nimsoft.com/solutions/network-monitoring/index.php

You may want to just do a search for LAN Monitoring or Network Monitoring and find one that fits your specific environment. If you have linux servers there are already some good tools built into the system etc.

Hope that helps

Answer 2

Try MRTG (open ware). There are several packages that you may be able to use.