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... This is useful when your internet gateway is on another computer, and you want to control its Internet connection remotely. ... In addition to pop-up window notification, runs in the Windows system tray and indicates the status of Internet connection.
http://www.pppindia.com/software/conshar/coshrs10.exe - 262Kb - Download - Screenshot

NetConnect OCX
The NetConnect OCX gives your application internet access, to enable you to provide updates, upgrades, support, etc via the internet. The NetConnect OCX does the following: Detects whether an internet connection is available. Opens the default internet connection as the user default settings. ... Detects whether and reports when a connection to the internet is made. ... Reports whether a connection to the internet is configured, and how it is acheived. ... Closes the default internet connection.
http://www.april-16.co.uk/downloads/netconnect/a16_netconnect.zip - 11Kb - Download - Screenshot

Internet Access Manager
Internet Access Manager is a nifty utility you can use to schedule and simplify your access to the Internet or to another computer. It's designed to help you make and maintain Internet connection with as little fuss as possible. It has integrated connection manager and flexible time scheduler... Try our Internet Access Manager for free. ... Internet Access Manager is simple to set up and easy to access through an icon in the system tray. ... Holder of passive connection for prevents from inactivity disconnection (eg: for AOL).
http://www.softfolder.com/download/iamw.zip - 705Kb - 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

ComTun
A powerful and easy to use Proxy/Firewall for internet connection sharing. ComTun has many advanced features useful for both business and home use. With support for access control and banner blocking, you have ultimate control of your connection. A fully customizable firewall protects you from... ComTun uses NAT to give your clients a transparent connection to the Internet, and can be used to configure your clients automatically (with DHCP). ... System administrators concerned with sharing connections with certain services or to certain sites will find that ComTun offers almost unlimited...
http://www.linkbyte.com/csk400a.exe - 2b - Download

Comtun Pro
A powerful and easy to use Proxy/Firewall for internet connection sharing. ComTun has many advanced features useful for both business and home use. With support for access control and banner blocking, you have ultimate control of your connection. A fully customizable firewall protects you from... ComTun uses NAT to give your clients a transparent connection to the Internet, and can be used to configure your clients automatically (with DHCP). ... System administrators concerned with sharing connections with certain services or to certain sites will find that ComTun offers almost unlimited...
http://www.linkbyte.com/csk405a.exe - 2Mb - Download - Screenshot

Internet Connection Counter
This program displays various statistics about your Dial-up, GPRS and LAN (TCP/IP) connections to the Internet. It can process almost all variety of tariff schemes, which are used by ISPs of different countries (money expenses for 1 business hour and for 1 Mb of traffic). ... Synchronization of system time with public NTP servers of exact time in the Internet. ... Export of connection report table into Microsoft Excel. ... Management of several connections (providers), each having its own settings and connection report (log files) with recorded session details and diagrams showing money,...
http://www.counterslab.com/icc70eng.zip - 610Kb - Download - Screenshot

TZ Personal Firewall
TZ personal firewall stops Hackers, Trojans, Spyware, Viruses, DoS attacks & data thieves & protects your PC from Internet-borne threats. Put a secure barrier between your hard drive & hackers, whether you use a dial -up, ISDN, DSL or cable connection. ... When other programs or processes attempt to access your Internet connection attempting to use your Internet connection to communicate with the outside world, a window pops up that prompts you to permit or deny access on a per-application basis thus protecting you from incoming as well as outgoing traffic to ensure that only legitimate...
http://www.trackzapper.com/download/tzpf33.exe - 3Mb - Download - Screenshot

iNetCalc
Internet connection speed meter and bandwidth monitor with ad-banners and popups blocker. iNetCalc is used to visualize and control the speed of internet connections. It displays the current speed graphically and numerically. It also keeps records of transferred data amount, determines quality... Additionally, it kills ad-banners and annoying ad popup windows.
http://inetcalc.desofto.com/inetcalc.exe - 752Kb - 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