Free LAN Canaries to monitor your home network.
What is a canary? A canary is a warning device that alerts you when something bad is about to happen. The reason it's called a canary is kind of macabre. In the past, people who worked in mines would often accidently stumble into areas of the mine that were toxic and die. Some of them started bringing literal canaries with them into the mine, since they were much smaller and sensitive to the gasses that might be present, if the canary died, that indicated the presence of a dangerous gas - the miners would then rush out of the mine. Today, the meaning has shifted to anything that could give you an early alert that something has gone wrong. If you're wondering if someone may have breached your local network, these canaries will give you an alert, hopefully before the really bad stuff happens. The Solution? While there are any number of paid solutions, one very popular one is from a company called Thinkst . They sell a drop in device that can emulate all sorts of things, ...