Freeware Blog: NetworkTrafficView 1.05

NetworkTrafficView is a network monitoring tool that captures the packets
that pass through your network adapter, and displays general statistics about
your network traffic. The packets statistics is grouped by the Ethernet Type,
IP Protocol, Source/Destination Addresses, and Source/Destination ports. For
every statistics line, the following information is displayed: Ethernet Type
(IPv4, IPv6, ARP), IP Protocol (TCP, UDP, ICMP), Source Address, Destination
Address, Source Port, Destination Port, Service Name (http, ftp, and so on),
Packets Count, Total Packets Size, Total Data Size, Data Speed, Maximum Data
Speed, Average Packet Size, First/Last Packet Time, Duration, and process
ID/Name (For TCP connections). *System Requirements*
* This utility works on any version of Windows, starting from Windows 2000
and up to Windows 7, including 64-bit systems.
* One of the following capture drivers is required to use
NetworkTrafficView:
* WinPcap Capture Driver: WinPcap is an open source capture driver that
allows you to capture network packets on any version of Windows. You
can download and install the WinPcap driver from this Web page.
* Microsoft Network Monitor Driver version 2.x (Only for Windows
2000/XP/2003): Microsoft provides a free capture driver under Windows
2000/XP/2003 that can be used by NetworkTrafficView, but this driver is
not installed by default, and you have to manually install it, by using
one of the following options:
* Option 1: Install it from the CD-ROM of Windows 2000/XP according to
the instructions on Microsoft Web site
* Option 2 (XP Only) : Download and install the Windows XP Service
Pack 2 Support Tools. One of the tools in this package is
netcap.exe. When you run this tool in the first time, the Network
Monitor Driver will automatically be installed on your system.

* Microsoft Network Monitor Driver version 3.x: Microsoft provides a new
version of Microsoft Network Monitor driver (3.x) that is also
supported under Windows 7/Vista/2008.
* The new version of Microsoft Network Monitor (3.x) is available to
download from Microsoft Web site.

* You can also try to use NetworkTrafficView without installing any driver,
by using the ´Raw Sackets´ method. Unfortunately, Raw Sackets method has
many problems:
* It doesn´t work in all Windows systems, depending on Windows version,
service pack, and the updates installed on your system. On some
systems, Raw Sackets works only partially and captures only the
incoming packets. On some other systems, it doesn´t work at all.
* On systems that ´Raw Sackets´ method works properly, it can only
capture IPv4 TCP/UDP packets. It cannot capture other type of packets,
like the other capture drivers.
* On Windows 7 with UAC turned on, ´Raw Sackets´ method only works when
you run NetworkTrafficView with ´Run As Administrator´.

*What´s New in version 1.05:*
* Added new general grouping mode: Group by process.

Saturday, October 8, 2011

NetworkTrafficView 1.05