Home Networking Software Reviews

Most end users should use hardware (a broadband gateway or a wired or wireless router) instead of networking software for Internet connection sharing and firewall protection.

Background Information

• 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 Software (Note: See our wireless page for home networking utility 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
• NAT32 IP Router for Microsoft Windows
• Vicomsoft InterGate Policy Manager
  • The Gatekeeper Gets a Makeover, Aaron Weiss, ServerWatch, September 22, 2005
• WinGate, QBIK
  • WinPlanet review, September 16, 2004
  • Finding Depth and Breath in WinGate Pro 5.0, Nelson King, ServerWatch, January 2, 2003