Connection Monitoring

[JSRDO]

I have a small home network made up of a Linksys BEFSR41 Router and a Linksys WAP54G access point. I'm looking for a utility that will let me see connections to these network devices. I installed Look@LAN and to some extent it does it but..... it does not show an active wireless connection from my son's laptop (I assume it's his firewall deflecting the ping.... I know the IP address and can't ping it) It also does not show a wired connection on a PC that is old and barely connects at 10 Mbps (I can't ping it and I think it's just a timeout issue) So there's two instances of known connections that Look@LAN does not show.

I think I just need a utility that shows connections without going into a large degree of detail. I know the maximum number of connections I should have on these devices and if I have too many I know I have a security issue. Obviously I'm most concerned about the wireless device.

Anything out there I should try?

[cszeto]

Take a look at WallWatcher, it may fulfill what you are describing by showing access through the router(s).

[Sooner Al]

Look at using AirSnare to monitor the wireless segment...AirSnare will also report MAC Addresses from fixed nodes...

http://home.comcast.net/~jay.deboer/airsnare/

As an administrator install WinPcap first then AirSnare. You can run AirSnare using Run as... if you normally run as a limited user like I do...