Connect and Shar
Using Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) or any proxy server to share one Internet connection, modem across your local area network ? Now you can control your Internet connection and modem from any machine. Connect, Disconnect and monitor your modem and Internet connection remotely from any pc... Client software must be downloaded seperately that alerts all users in the network in MSN-IM-style pop-up animation, whenever the Internet connection is online or offline. ... This is useful when your internet gateway is on another computer, and you want to control its Internet connection remotely.
http://www.pppindia.com/software/conshar/coshrs10.exe - 262Kb - Download - Screenshot

Internet Cyclone
Internet Cyclone is a powerful, easy-to-use, Internet Optimizer for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP designed to automatically optimize your Windows settings wich will boost your Internet connection up to 200%. Internet Cyclone is compatible with all modems and high-speed LAN, ISDN, CABLE,... This Internet Connection optimizer speeds up Web browsing, file downloading, e-mailing, online gaming, chat and all other Internet related software utilities by preventing the data fragmentation during transmission.
ftp://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/winxp/netutil/cyclone.zip - 956Kb - Download - Screenshot

Accelerate
Slow Internet connection speeds can be frustrating, and the hardware upgrades necessary to speed your system up can get very expensive. Webroot Software offers solutions designed to help you get the most out of your current Internet connection without making costly investments in hardware upgrades. ... Accelerate is an easy-to-use software program that improves Internet connection speed for dial-up modems, cable modems, DSL, and LAN connections. ... While the maximum transfer speed of a modem/network connection can only be changed by costly hardware upgrades, Accelerate optimizes Windows...
http://www.webroot.com/download/trial/1/accsetup1.exe - 1Mb - Download - Screenshot

PPPshar Lite
Connect your entire network to the internet with just one Internet connection. PPPshar Lite internet connection sharing software supports dialup, cable modem, adsl, satellite or any type of connection. PPPshar Lite is a very tiny and robust web proxy. ... The whole program is just 73KB in size.
http://www.pppindia.com/software/pppshar/pppshrl.exe - 73Kb - Download - Screenshot

XP TCP/IP Repair
Is Spyware and/or Adware messing up your internet connection after you have uninstalled it? Has your internet connection slowed down and you just don't know why? Have you used an Internet Optimizer that just didn't optimize your internet, instead it made it slower? ... If you answered yes to any of the questions above, then XP TCP/IP Repair may help fix your internet connection and possibly even protect your privacy. ... Layered Service Providers (LSP) are small pieces of software that can be added or inserted into the Windows TCP/IP handler by other software.
http://www.xp-smoker.com/downloads/xptcprep.exe - 463Kb - Download - Screenshot

SSH Tunnel
SSH Tunnel is a powerful encryption and tunneling program that supports SSH1 and SSH2. It has a very flexible port forward system that allows for the assignment of any local addresses (including changing ones like DHCP assigned) as well as remote port forwarding (given your provider... SSH Tunnel's connection limit setting allows you to specify how many concurrent connections you want the software to make to help prevent connection errors on servers that limit the number of simultaneous connections.
http://download.rs4u.com/SSHTunnelSetup.exe - 3Mb - Download - Screenshot

Pocket Connection Manager
Connect to the Internet on your Pocket PC in a single click. Pocket Connection Manager communications software for Pocket PC includes 3G, GPRS and CDMA Internet connectivity, via cell phone connection to your PDA. Using an integrated database of 320 major cell phone operators in 87 countries,... If your connection is dropped due to network problems, Pocket Connection Manager automatically chooses a back-up connection that you? ... Pocket Connection Manager will automatically configure your Internet connection when you use your cell phone as a modem with your PDA.
http://ftp2.bvrp.com/evaluation/po...cketConnectionManager3.01_ENU.exe - 6Mb - Download - Screenshot

Fresh Download
Fresh Download is an easy-to-use and very fast download manager software that turbo charges downloading files from the Internet, such as your favorite freeware/shareware, mp3 files, movie files, picture collections, etc. Unlike any other similar utilities, this software is 100% free, no charges,... To get the highest possible speed, this powerful tool uses 4 simultaneous connections (up to 8 connections) for the same file, while many other similar software only support single connection download.
http://www.freshdevices.com/files/freshdow.exe - 2Mb - Download - Screenshot

Stay Live 2000
Does your Internet Service Provider drop your dial-up connection after what seems like only nanoseconds of account inactivity? Stay Live 2000 keeps your Internet Dial-Up Connection active and on-line by periodically sending a small TCP/IP packet to one of the many Atomic Clocks maintained by the... Either run your web browser or other Internet software and then launch Stay Live to keep your connection active, or launch Stay Live first to establish an Internet connection and then run your web browser or other software.
http://www.gregorybraun.com/STAYLIVE.ZIP - 163Kb - Download - Screenshot

Flexiblesoft Dialer XP PRO
Flexiblesoft develops Internet-related software. When developing Flexiblesoft Dialer XP PRO, the company sought to address typical dialup connectivity issues such as lost Internet connections, idle time "bumping" and monitoring of fluctuating connection speeds. ... The program also shows the current baud rate (Internet connection speed) to let users know the speed and quality of their connection. ... Users input standard ISP phone numbers into Flexiblesoft Dialer XP PRO to make an Internet connection, and from then on they entirely bypass their ISP utility interface when connecting.
http://www.flexiblesoft.com/downloads/fd.exe - 2Mb - Download - Screenshot