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**af3** · 08-07-2008, 06:07 AM

Most are safe; I don't bother evaluating shareware/trialware anymore unless I can't find an alternative to it in freeware. Wireshark, to me is way too much.

You couldn't find a faulty cable with sniffers. A sniffer would help you when testing software, and sometimes hardware to see what traffic is being generated (software) and what traffic is getting through (hardware)

To find a faulty cable, you can test each cable with a multimeter.

I had an idea for a program that would sniff, but instead of displaying raw packets, it would display:
[IP ADDRESS] | [URL VISITED]
In a log, and when you double click the log entry it would open up the URL, and have a mode built in to monitor a specific IP addresses activity so you would be observing the pages being visited remotely without terminal services, VNC or other such protocols.

This would only work on wireless networks*, and hubs.
*a guess - my WiFi card picks up packets from all wireless hosts on my network for some reason

Let’s hope an expert stops by.

08-07-2008, 06:07 AM	#6 (permalink)
af3 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USA Posts: 1,173 OS: XP32, the gaming OS. My System	Re: lan monitoring sniffing/antisniffing program Most are safe; I don't bother evaluating shareware/trialware anymore unless I can't find an alternative to it in freeware. Wireshark, to me is way too much. You couldn't find a faulty cable with sniffers. A sniffer would help you when testing software, and sometimes hardware to see what traffic is being generated (software) and what traffic is getting through (hardware) To find a faulty cable, you can test each cable with a multimeter. I had an idea for a program that would sniff, but instead of displaying raw packets, it would display: [IP ADDRESS] \| [URL VISITED] In a log, and when you double click the log entry it would open up the URL, and have a mode built in to monitor a specific IP addresses activity so you would be observing the pages being visited remotely without terminal services, VNC or other such protocols. This would only work on wireless networks, and hubs. a guess - my WiFi card picks up packets from all wireless hosts on my network for some reason Let’s hope an expert stops by.