Capture and analyze network packets to gain insights into network traffic and troubleshoot connectivity issues effectively.
SmartSniff is a freeware packet capture app and network auditor developed by Nir Sofer for Windows. It's light on system resources, easy-to-use and advanced.
The download has been tested by an editor here on a PC and a list of features has been compiled; see below. We've also created some screenshots of SmartSniff to illustrate the user interface and show the overall usage and features of this packet capture program.
Networking monitoring and sniffing tool for local network adapters
SmartSniff is a network monitoring utility that allows you to capture TCP/IP packets that pass through your network adapter, and view the captured data as sequence of conversations between clients and servers. You can view the TCP/IP conversations in Ascii mode (for text-based protocols, like HTTP, SMTP, POP3 and FTP.) or as hex dump.
Features of SmartSniff
- Capture packets in command-line mode: Capture packets in command-line mode without having to open the main window.
- Command-line parameters: Automate the capturing process using command-line parameters.
- Copy packet data to the clipboard: Copy the packet data to the analysis in other applications.
- Decode protocols: Decode various protocols such as FTP, HTTP, SMTP, POP3, etc.
- Display the packets in several formats: Display the packets in ASCII, Hex and EBCDIC formats.
- Filter the captured packets: Filter the packets based on various criteria such as IP address, protocol, etc.
- IP/TCP/UDP/ICMP/IGMP protocol analysis: Visualize the IP/TCP/UDP/ICMP/IGMP protocol data.
- Merge capture files: Merge multiple capture files into a single capture file.
- Network Statistics: View real-time network statistics and protocol distribution.
- Real-time monitoring: Capture all network packets passing through your network adapter.
- Save captured packets to a file: Save the captured data to a capture file for offline analysis.
- Support for multiple capture files: Open multiple capture files for comparison and analysis.
- Support for multiple network adapters: Monitor data from multiple network adapters simultaneously.
- View the data of each packet: View the data of each packet in its raw form.
Compatibility and License
SmartSniff is provided under a freeware license on Windows from network auditing software with no restrictions on usage. Download and installation of this PC software is free and 2.29 is the latest version last time we checked.
Nir Sofer accepts donations for the continued development of this free software.
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