monitor network traffic
- Thread starter Reasteh
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How about WireShark, its a free download - http://www.wireshark.org/download.html
Info about the software - http://www.wireshark.org/about.html
Info about the software - http://www.wireshark.org/about.html
Wireshark is great. I use it for part of my CCNA course as it gives so much information.
One thing you should know though, it wont monitor ALL network traffic, it can only monitor unicast, multicast or broadcast traffic that reaches your machine. If PC A send a file to PC B, PC C (your pc) wont detect the transfer on wireshark.
The only way to get wireshark to detect everything thats sent is to have a PC act as a switch/router, where by all traffic has to go through it. Or use hubs instead of switches, but i dont recomend that.
One thing you should know though, it wont monitor ALL network traffic, it can only monitor unicast, multicast or broadcast traffic that reaches your machine. If PC A send a file to PC B, PC C (your pc) wont detect the transfer on wireshark.
The only way to get wireshark to detect everything thats sent is to have a PC act as a switch/router, where by all traffic has to go through it. Or use hubs instead of switches, but i dont recomend that.
Nearly all managed switches will be able to do port mirroring, just mirror all ports to the one with your machine connected to.
Will be spammed endlessly with all the packets though!