Home network bandwidth monitoring tool?


Question: Could anyone suggest any good tool (preferably freeware) to monitor the internet bandwidth usage of each computer in a home network?

I sometimes observe the internet connection slowing down considerably but am unable to identify which of the computers on the network are doing heavy-duty downloading or video streaming, etc. Such a tool will help me identify the culprit and manage my network better.

Thanks.

Sam

Answer:
I don't know of any free ones but Ethereal and Ethercap work well
if Ur using xp then ctrl +alt +del select network tab & start monitering if needs an advanced tool then hit google or yahoo
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