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J-Mac:
Hi folks.  Sorry to start yet another thread about network monitoring.  I've searched and read all I could find here on DC, but I have different questions -- plus those threads were mostly pretty old and I am hoping that there is better info available now.

I have recently tried - or am currently trying - several monitoring applications, including:

* Micorosoft's Network Monitor
Nice capture program but it only captures when you set it to do so and saves the data in a log file. Nice for analysis.


* Show Traffic
Simple, but limited to one adapter at a time, and again, appears to be mostly for analysis later.


* The Dude
Looks cool but I cannot get it to do much - most likely due to my own limitations more so than the program's.  Instructions look like a rough translation to English and are brief; not verbose at all. I need "simple"!


* NetMeter
Very nice for monitoring bandwidth. Shows real-time amount of data uploaded and downloaded plus has reports that show daily, weekly, monthly, and to-date totals. But not really a network traffic monitor per se.
What I cannot seem to find is one with a feature similar to something that TrendMicro's PCcillin used to have when I was running that:  A monitor that tracks exactly what is connected to my PC and send me alerts if/when another computer connects to my home network.  I would enter the device names and MAC addresses of my own PCs/devices that could connect and if any other MAC address - or one with a cloned MAC address but not the same device name - connected it would alert me and prompt me for an action.

All others I have tried show any and all connections, similar to a firewall, but non appear to have the ability to alert me if any connections not meeting certain parameters connect to my network. Great for analysis - which I also need. But none are suitable for keeping a small graph/chart visible.

Any recommendations?

Thanks!

Jim

f0dder:
http://www.ethereal.com/ , http://www.wireshark.org/ ?

PhilB66:
LF Connection Keeper

J-Mac:
http://www.ethereal.com/ , http://www.wireshark.org/ ?

-f0dder (October 15, 2007, 02:30 PM)
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Thank you. I tried these for a while, but not for network monitoring.  I used them to try to capture recordings on my VoIP line. (That IS doable, but it takes a lot of work to get it - more than it was worth!)

Can they be used for network monitoring?  That is, without having a computer science advanced degree?  :huh:

Jim

J-Mac:
@PhilB66:

LF Connection Keeper looks interesting - are you using it? Any comments about it?

Thanks!

Jim

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