Traffic monitoring program that captures and analyzes network packets.
CommView is a shareware network sniffer app and networking program developed by TamoSoft for Windows. It's advanced, well-designed, user friendly, attractive, powerful and customizable.
The download has been tested by an editor here on a PC and a list of features has been compiled; see below.
A program for capturing and analyzing network packets
CommView is a program for monitoring Internet and LAN activity capable of capturing and analyzing network packets. It gathers information about data passing through your dial-up adapter, Ethernet or Token Ring card, or loopback interface and decodes the analyzed data. With CommView you can see the list of network connections and examine individual packets. Packets are decoded down to the lowest layer with analysis of most widespread protocols.
f you are a seasoned professional, you definitely know the answer. Managing a LAN, creating network-oriented software, or performing a security audit have one thing in common: You're blind without a good network monitor. Every day, it helps you maintain efficient network data transmission, test firewalls and intrusion detection systems, or identify problems with network-based applications. And there is an important economic reason behind using a network analyzer: it costs a fraction of the price of information, time, software, and hardware that may potentially be lost or wasted by not using a network analyzer. A number of case studies describe real-world applications of CommView in business, government, and education sectors.
If you are new to networking, you'll find CommView extremely useful for understanding how the Internet and your LAN work.
Features of CommView
- Browse captured and decoded packets in real time.
- Capture loopback traffic
- Configure alarms that can notify you about important events, such as suspicious packets, high bandwidth utilization, unknown addresses, etc.
- Create your own plug-ins for decoding any protocol.
- Exchange data with your application over TCP/IP.
- Export any IP address to SmartWhois for quick, easy IP lookup.
- Generate traffic reports in real time.
- Import and export packets in Sniffer, EtherPeek, AiroPeek, Observer, NetMon and Tcpdump formats, export packets in hex and text formats.
- Map packets to the application that is sending or receiving them.
- Reconstruct TCP sessions
- Search for strings or hex data in captured packet contents.
- View detailed IP connections statistics: IP addresses, ports, sessions, etc.
- View protocols distribution, bandwidth utilization and network nodes charts and tables.
Compatibility and License
This download is licensed as shareware for the Windows operating system from network software and can be used as a free trial until the trial period ends (after an unspecified number of days). The CommView 6.5 demo is available to all software users as a free download with potential restrictions and is not necessarily the full version of this software.
What version of Windows can CommView run on?
CommView can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit downloads.
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