Router Commander

Router Commander is a straightforward piece of software designed to help you optimize router settings to get the best performance out of your Internet connection, especially if you encounter unpleasant scenarios where the router hangs, for example. It features several handy options and customization properties that should be easy to figure out.

Before accessing the main application window, you can configure router configuration settings regarding the protocol (Telnet or SSH), IP address and port number.

The interface consists of a large frame with a well-structured layout that gets sent to the system tray when minimized. It contains a graphical representation of the round trip time and jitter when triggering the Ping command, thus allowing you to test the connection strength between the local computer and any other remote one after specifying the host, Ping interval (in seconds), action to perform (reboot, script, run, none), path to file, color, and status. This lists with machines to Ping may be populated with multiple entries.

Using the router's web interface, you can activate Syslog and set a server IP address to the local machine, drag selected items to other programs, as well as use a search function with filters to locate data regarding the priority, receive or event time, sender, tag, facility, or event.

What's more, you can optimize peer-to-peer and WWW/FTP connections with one click, as well as configure ICMP, NAT and TCP settings in detail (can be reset to default). Information from the list can be refreshed, while the router can be easily restarted. It is possible to tweak the update speed, view log details with errors (if any), activate email notifications and a scheduled router reboot, and so on.

We have not come across any stability difficulties throughout our evaluation, since Router Commander did not hang, crash or pop up error messages. It has a good response time and minimal impact on computer performance. Thanks to its advanced settings and intuitive interface, it should come in handy to all users who want to easily optimize their router's settings.