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by Steve Wiseman on July 27, 2009 · 0 comments

in Command Line,Microsoft,Tools,Utility,Windows


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Last week I wrote about a free tool from Microsoft for synchronizing files. I asked you if you had any tools that made your life easier – my inbox was filled with suggestions.

One of the free tools that really caught my eye was Microsoft Network Monitor. I have been using Ethereal for a long time. It too is a great tool for monitoring network traffic.

Microsoft network Monitor 3.3 gives it a run for its money. Some quick points that make me like it:

It identifies processes that are generating the traffic:

Process View

It includes a ton of parsers that can pull out common protocols like HTTP, SMB, FTP, etc. These make it much easier to read what you are looking it:

Network Monitor Parsers

Easy selection of network cards to monitor:

Select Network Cards

It has an extensive filtering system to weed out packets you are not interested in:

Network Filters

In addition, it has many command line options to automate it without any interaction.

Check it out at:

Microsoft Network Monitor 3.3

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