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- Portmon 3.x

Introduction

Portmon is a utility that monitors and displays all serial and parallel port activity on a system. It has advanced filtering and search capabilities that make it a powerful tool for exploring the way Windows works, seeing how applications use ports, or tracking down problems in system or application configurations.

Portmon works on NT 4.0, Win2K, XP and Server 2003, Windows 95 and Windows 98.

powerful features.

  • Remote monitoring: Capture kernel-mode and/or Win32 debug output from any computer accessible via TCP/IP - even across the Internet. You can monitor multiple remote computers simultaneously. Portmon will even install its client software itself if you are running it on a Windows NT/2K system and are capturing from another Windows NT/2K system in the same Network Neighborhood.
  • Most-recent-filter lists:: Portmon has been extended with powerful filtering capabilities and it remembers your most recent filter selections, with an interface that makes it easy to reselect them.
  • Clipboard copy:: Select multiple lines in the output window and copy their contents to the clipboard.
  • Highlighting:: Highlight debug output that matches your highlighting filter, and even customize the highlighting colors.
  • Log-to-file:: Write debug output to a file as its being captured.
  • Printing:: Print all or part of captured debug output to a printer.
  • One-file payload:: Portmon is now implemented as one file.

- Advance Serial Port Monitor (Trial Version)

This program allows you to check the flow of data through a computer's COM ports. As you can see from software name this application can work as serial port monitor. It supports full duplex mode, flexible adjusting of parameters, output received data to file, automatic and manual modes, free data source, serial device simulation, plugins and sniffer mode. It is recommended for advanced users and automation specialists. Visit site | Download

- Advance USB Port Monitor (Trial Version)

Advanced USB Port Monitor is USB bus, USB device and protocol analyzer software. Advanced USB Port Monitor packs the robust functionality that customers have come to capture, view and process USB traffic. It offers sophisticated viewing and intelligent searching to accurately and efficiently debug and test High (480Mbps), Full (12Mbps) and Low (1.5Mbps) speed USB devices and software. Visit site | Download

- Ethereal Software (Recommended)

Ethereal Program is still technically beta software, but it has a comprehensive feature set and is suitable for production use. Here is the list of features, current as of version 0.9.14, in no particular order:

  • Data can be captured "off the wire" from a live network connection, or read from a capture file.
  • Ethereal can read capture files from tcpdump (libpcap), NAI's Sniffer? (compressed and uncompressed), Sniffer? Pro, NetXray?, Sun snoop and atmsnoop, Shomiti/Finisar Surveyor, AIX's iptrace, Microsoft's Network Monitor, Novell's LANalyzer, RADCOM's WAN/LAN Analyzer, HP-UX nettl, i4btrace from the ISDN4BSD project, Cisco Secure IDS iplog, the pppd log (pppdump-format), the AG Group's/WildPacket's EtherPeek/TokenPeek/AiroPeek, or Visual Networks' Visual UpTime. It can also read traces made from Lucent/Ascend WAN routers and Toshiba ISDN routers, as well as the text output from VMS's TCPIPtrace utility and the DBS Etherwatch utility for VMS. Any of these files can be compressed with gzip and Ethereal will decompress them on the fly.
  • Live data can be read from Ethernet, FDDI, PPP, Token-Ring, IEEE 802.11, Classical IP over ATM, and loopback interfaces (at least on some platforms; not all of those types are supported on all platforms).
  • Captured network data can be browsed via a GUI, or via the TTY-mode "tethereal" program.
  • Capture files can be programmatically edited or converted via command-line switches to the "editcap" program.
  • 759 protocols Ethereal can currently be dissected:

  • 3COMXNS, 3GPP2 A11, 802.11 MGT, 802.11 Radiotap, 802.3 Slow protocols, 9P, AAL1, AAL3/4, AARP, ACAP, ACN, ACP133, ACSE, ACtrace, ADP, AFP, AFS (RX), AH, AIM, AIM Administration, AIM Advertisements, AIM BOS, AIM Buddylist, AIM Chat, AIM ChatNav, AIM Directory, AIM Email, AIM Generic, AIM ICQ, AIM Invitation, AIM Location, AIM Messaging, AIM OFT, AIM Popup, AIM SSI, AIM SST, AIM Signon, AIM Stats, AIM Translate, AIM User Lookup, AJP13, ALC, ALCAP, AMR, ANS, ANSI BSMAP, ANSI DTAP, ANSI IS-637-A Teleservice, ANSI IS-637-A Transport, ANSI IS-683-A (OTA (Mobile)), ANSI IS-801 (Location Services (PLD)), ANSI MAP, AODV, AOE, ARCNET, ARP/RARP, ARTNET, ASAP, ASF, ASN1, ASP, ATM, ATM LANE, ATP, ATSVC, AVS WLANCAP, AX4000, AgentX, Armagetronad, Auto-RP, BACapp, BACnet, BEEP, BER, BFD Control, BGP, BICC, BOFL, BOOTP/DHCP, BOOTPARAMS, BOSSVR, BROWSER, BSSAP, BSSGP, BUDB, BUTC, BVLC, Basic Format XID, BitTorrent, Boardwalk, CAMEL, CAST, CBAPDev, CCSDS, CCSRL, CDP, CDS_CLERK, CDT, CFLOW, CGMP, CHDLC, CIGI, CIMD, CIP, CISCOWL-L2, CLDAP, CLEARCASE, CLNP, CLTP, CMIP, CMP, CMS, CONV, COPS, COSEVENTCOMM, COSNAMING, COTP, CPFI, CPHA, CRMF, CSM_ENCAPS, CUPS, CoSine, DAAP, DAP, DCCP, DCERPC, DCE_DFS, DCOM, DCP, DDP, DDTP, DEC_DNA, DEC_STP, DFS, DHCPFO, DHCPv6, DIAMETER, DIS, DISP, DISTCC, DLSw, DLT User A, DLT User B, DLT User C, DLT User D, DNP 3.0, DNS, DNSSERVER, DOCSIS, DOCSIS BPKM-ATTR, DOCSIS BPKM-REQ, DOCSIS BPKM-RSP, DOCSIS DCC-ACK, DOCSIS DCC-REQ, DOCSIS DCC-RSP, DOCSIS DCD, DOCSIS DSA-ACK, DOCSIS DSA-REQ, DOCSIS DSA-RSP, DOCSIS DSC-ACK, DOCSIS DSC-REQ, DOCSIS DSC-RSP, DOCSIS DSD-REQ, DOCSIS DSD-RSP, DOCSIS INT-RNG-REQ, DOCSIS MAC MGMT, DOCSIS MAP, DOCSIS REG-ACK, DOCSIS REG-REQ, DOCSIS REG-RSP, DOCSIS RNG-REQ, DOCSIS RNG-RSP, DOCSIS TLVs, DOCSIS UCC-REQ, DOCSIS UCC-RSP, DOCSIS UCD, DOCSIS VSIF, DOCSIS type29ucd, DOP, DRSUAPI, DSI, DSP, DSSETUP, DTP, DTSPROVIDER, DTSSTIME_REQ, DUA, DVMRP, Data, E.164, E.212, EAP, EAPOL, ECHO, EDONKEY, EDP, EFS, EIGRP, ENC, ENIP, ENRP, ENTTEC, EPM, EPMv4, ESIS, ESP, ESS, ETHERIC, ETHERIP, EVENTLOG, Ethernet, FC, FC ELS, FC FZS, FC-FCS, FC-SB3, FC-SP, FC-SWILS, FC-dNS, FCIP, FCP, FC_CT, FDDI, FIX, FLDB, FR, FRSAPI, FRSRPC, FTAM, FTBP, FTP, FTP-DATA, FTSERVER, FW-1, Frame, G.723, GIF image, GIOP, GMRP, GNM, GNUTELLA, GPRS NS, GPRS-LLC, GRE, GSM BSSMAP, GSM DTAP, GSM RP, GSM SMS, GSM SMS UD, GSM_MAP, GSM_SS, GSS-API, GTP, GVRP, Gryphon, H.223, H.225.0, H.235, H.245, H.261, H.263, H.263 data, H1, H248, HCLNFSD, HPEXT, HPSW, HSRP, HTTP, HyperSCSI, IAP, IAPP, IAX2, IB, ICAP, ICBAAccoCB, ICBAAccoCB2, ICBAAccoMgt, ICBAAccoMgt2, ICBAAccoServ, ICBAAccoServ2, ICBAAccoServSRT, ICBAAccoSync, ICBABrowse, ICBABrowse2, ICBAGErr, ICBAGErrEvent, ICBALDev, ICBALDev2, ICBAPDev, ICBAPDev2, ICBAPDevPC, ICBAPDevPCEvent, ICBAPersist, ICBAPersist2, ICBARTAuto, ICBARTAuto2, ICBAState, ICBAStateEvent, ICBASysProp, ICBATime, ICEP, ICL_RPC, ICMP, ICMPv6, ICP, ICQ, IDP, IDispatch, IEEE 802.11, IEEE802a, IGAP, IGMP, IGRP, ILMI, IMAP, INAP, INITSHUTDOWN, IOXIDResolver, IP, IP/IEEE1394, IPComp, IPDC, IPFC, IPMI, IPP, IPVS, IPX, IPX MSG, IPX RIP, IPX SAP, IPX WAN, IPv6, IRC, IRemUnknown, IRemUnknown2, ISAKMP, ISDN, ISIS, ISL, ISMP, ISUP, ISystemActivator, IUA, IrCOMM, IrLAP, IrLMP, IuUP, JFIF (JPEG) image, JXTA, JXTA Message, Jabber, Juniper, K12xx, KADM5, KINK, KLM, KRB4, KRB5, KRB5RPC, Kpasswd, L2TP, LANMAN, LAPB, LAPBETHER, LAPD, LDAP, LDP, LGE_Monitor, LLAP, LLC, LLDP, LMI, LMP, LOOP, LPD, LSA, LWAPP, LWAPP-CNTL, LWAPP-L3, LWRES, Laplink, Line-based text data, Log, LogotypeCertExtn, Lucent/Ascend, M2PA, M2TP, M2UA, M3UA, MACC, MAPI, MAP_DialoguePDU, MATE, MDS Header, MEGACO, MGCP, MGMT, MIME multipart, MIPv6, MMS, MMSE, MOUNT, MPEG1, MPLS, MPLS Echo, MQ, MQ PCF, MRDISC, MS NLB, MS Proxy, MSDP, MSMMS, MSNIP, MSNMS, MSRP, MTP2, MTP3, MTP3MG, Manolito, Media, Messenger, Mobile IP, Modbus/TCP, MySQL, NBAP, NBDS, NBIPX, NBNS, NBP, NBSS, NCP, NCS, NDMP, NDPS, NFS, NFSACL, NFSAUTH, NHRP, NIS+, NIS+ CB, NJACK, NLM, NLSP, NMAS, NMPI, NNTP, NORM, NSIP, NSPI, NS_CERT_EXTS, NTLMSSP, NTP, NW_SERIAL, NetBIOS, Netsync, Null, OAM AAL, OCSP, OICQ, OLSR, OPSI, OSPF, PACKETCABLE, PAGP, PAP, PARLAY, PCLI, PCNFSD, PER, PFLOG, PFLOG-OLD, PGM, PGSQL, PIM, PKCS-1, PKIX Certificate, PKIX1EXPLICIT, PKIX1IMPLICIT, PKIXPROXY, PKIXQUALIFIED, PKIXTSP, PKInit, PKT CCC, PKTC, PN-DCP, PN-RT, PNIO, PNP, POP, PPP, PPP BACP, PPP BAP, PPP BCP, PPP CBCP, PPP CCP, PPP CDPCP, PPP CHAP, PPP Comp, PPP IPCP, PPP IPV6CP, PPP LCP, PPP MP, PPP MPLSCP, PPP OSICP, PPP PAP, PPP PPPMux, PPP PPPMuxCP, PPP VJ, PPP-HDLC, PPPoED, PPPoES, PPTP, PRES, PTP, PVFS, P_MUL, Portmap, Prism, Q.2931, Q.931, Q.933, QLLC, QUAKE, QUAKE2, QUAKE3, QUAKEWORLD, R-STP, RADIUS, RANAP, RDM, RDT, REMACT, REP_PROC, RIP, RIPng, RLM, RMCP, RMI, RMP, RNSAP, ROS, RPC, RPC_BROWSER, RPC_NETLOGON, RPL, RQUOTA, RRAS, RSH, RSTAT, RSVP, RSYNC, RS_ACCT, RS_ATTR, RS_BIND, RS_PGO, RS_PLCY, RS_REPADM, RS_REPLIST, RS_UNIX, RTCP, RTMP, RTP, RTP Event, RTPS, RTSE, RTSP, RTcfg, RTmac, RUDP, RWALL, RX, Raw, Raw_SIP, Raw_SigComp, Redback, Rlogin, SADMIND, SAMR, SAP, SCCP, SCCPMG, SCSI, SCTP, SDLC, SDP, SEBEK, SECIDMAP, SES, SGI MOUNT, SIGCOMP, SIP, SIPFRAG, SIR, SKINNY, SLARP, SLL, SM, SMB, SMB Mailslot, SMB Pipe, SMB2, SMB_NETLOGON, SMPP, SMRSE, SMTP, SMUX, SNA, SNA XID, SNAETH, SNDCP, SNMP, SONMP, SPNEGO, SPNEGO-KRB5, SPOOLSS, SPP, SPRAY, SPX, SRP, SRVLOC, SRVSVC, SSCF-NNI, SSCOP, SSH, SSL, SSS, STANAG 4406, STANAG 5066, STAT, STAT-CB, STP, STUN, SUA, SVCCTL, Serialization, SliMP3, Socks, SoulSeek, Symantec, Synergy, Syslog, T.30, T.38, TACACS, TACACS+, TALI, TANGO, TAPI, TCAP, TCP, TDMA, TDS, TEI_MANAGEMENT, TELNET, TFTP, TIME, TIPC, TKN4Int, TNS, TPCP, TPKT, TR MAC, TRKSVR, TSP, TTP, TUXEDO, TZSP, Teredo, Token-Ring, UBIKDISK, UBIKVOTE, UCP, UDP, UDPENCAP, UDPlite, UMA, V.120, V5UA, VLAN, VNC, VRRP, VTP, Vines ARP, Vines Echo, Vines FRP, Vines ICP, Vines IP, Vines IPC, Vines LLC, Vines RTP, Vines SPP, WAP SIR, WBXML, WCCP, WCP, WHDLC, WHO, WINREG, WINS-Replication, WKSSVC, WLANCERTEXTN, WSP, WTLS, WTP, X.25, X.29, X11, X411, X420, X509AF, X509CE, X509IF, X509SAT, XDMCP, XML, XOT, XYPLEX, YHOO, YMSG, YPBIND, YPPASSWD, YPSERV, YPXFR, ZEBRA, ZIP, cds_solicit, cprpc_server, dc, dce_update, dicom, giFT, h221nonstd, h450, iFCP, iSCSI, iSNS, isup_thin, itunes, llb, message/http, nettl, rdaclif, roverride, rpriv, rs_attr_schema, rs_misc, rs_prop_acct, rs_prop_acl, rs_prop_attr, rs_prop_pgo, rs_prop_plcy, rs_pwd_mgmt, rs_repmgr, rsec_login, rss, sFlow, smil,

  • Output can be saved or printed as plain text or PostScript?.
  • Data display can be refined using a display filter.
  • Display filters can also be used to selectively highlight and color packet summary information.
  • All or part of each captured network trace can be saved to disk.

Ethereal? is used by network professionals around the world for troubleshooting, analysis, software and protocol development, and education. It has all of the standard features you would expect in a protocol analyzer, and several features not seen in any other product. Its open source license allows talented experts in the networking community to add enhancements. It runs on all popular computing platforms, including Unix, Linux, and Windows. Visit site | Download Win32 | Download Linux | Documentation

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