Home Networking Software Reviews

End users should consider using a wired or wireless hardware router instead of networking software.

Background Information

• Home Networking 101, Cade Metz, PC Magazine, April 8, 2003
• How to share a broadband internet connection (Windows, router or Linux), Gyre Technology UK
• Software Based Connection Sharing, HomeNetHelp.com
• How Home Networking Works, Jeff Tyson, HowStuffWorks.com

Home Networking Utility Software

• AOSS (AirStation OneTouch Secure System), Buffalo Technology
• HomeNet Manager 2.0, Joseph Moran, Practically Networked, July 14, 2005
• JumpStart, Atheros Communications
• LucidLink Wi-Fi Security Freeware
  • Free Wireless Software Provides Entry-Level Security, Jack Germain, TechNewsWorld, May 14, 2005
  • Wi-Fi Internet defense puts wall around home connection, Tom Henderson, Detroit News, April 10, 2005
• Network Magic $50 and Port Magic $20, one license key for one network with up to five computers
  • Small network magic cures XP obscurities, Doug Mohney, The Inquirer, January 17, 2005
• Wi-Fi Defense, $30, OTO Software
• WiTopia.net SecureMyWiFi, Joe Moran, Practically Networked, June 28, 2005
• WSC Guard, Wireless Security Corporation, $50 per year

Home Networking Software

• Internet Connection Sharing, Microsoft Windows 98, 98SE, Me, 2000 & XP
  • Description of Internet Connection Sharing, Microsoft, September 28, 2004
  • Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing, Joshua Erdman, Digital Foundation, Network Clue, May 3, 2004
  • Setting up Internet Connection Sharing, Annoyances.org
• WinGate, QBIK
  • WinPlanet review, September 16, 2004
  • Finding Depth and Breath in WinGate Pro 5.0, Nelson King, ServerWatch, January 2, 2003
• WinProxy, Ositis
  • WinPlanet review, November 13, 2003
  • A Win/Win Solution, Larry Seltzer, PC Magazine, April 22, 2003