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This tab
is used for displaying detailed information about your computer's
network connections (IP and IPv6 protocols
only). To start
capturing packets, select
File = > Start Capture in the
menu, or click on the corresponding button on the
toolbar.
The meaning of the table
columns is explained below:
Local
IP –
shows the local IP address. For inbound packets, it is the
destination IP address; for outbound and pass-through packets, it
is the source IP address.
Remote
IP –
shows the remote IP address. For inbound packets, it is the source
IP address; for outbound and pass-through packets, it is the
destination IP address.
The program automatically
determines the location of any IP address, and depending on your
geolocation settings, may show the country name or flag next to the
IP address. For more information see
Setting
Options.
In
– shows the
number of packets received.
Out
– shows the
number of packets sent.
Direction
– shows the
session direction. The direction is determined based on the
direction of the first packet received from or sent to the remote
IP address.
Sessions
– shows the
number of established TCP/IP sessions. If no TCP connections were
established (connections failed, or the protocol is UDP/IP or
ICMP/IP), this value is zero.
Ports
– lists the
remote computer's ports used during the TCP/IP connection or
connection attempt. This list can be empty if the protocol is not
TCP/IP. Ports can be displayed either as numeric values or as the
corresponding service names. For more information see
Setting
Options.
Hostname
– shows the
remote computer's hostname. If the hostname cannot be resolved,
this column is empty.
Bytes
– shows the
number of bytes transmitted during the session.
Last
packet – shows the time of the
last packet sent/received during the session.
Process
– shows the
process on your computer that sends or receives packets in the
session. Mapping packets to processes only works for incoming and
outgoing packets, as CommView cannot be aware of processes running
on other computers that send or receive packets. Naturally, there
may be several applications on the local computer exchanging data
with a remote computer, so the Latest
IP Connections tab only shows the latest
process that sent or received data for this particular pair of IP
addresses. If you would like to map a process to a particular
packet, you can see this information in the decoded packet tree in
the Packets
tab. CommView
can display the full path to the process that sent or received
packets, check the Display
full process path checkbox in
Settings
=>
Options,
General
tab to enable
this feature. When working in remote monitoring mode through Remote
Agents, this column displays the IP address or the hostname of the
Remote Agent from which the packets are being received; no process
names will available. Please note that on some operating systems,
this column will list process names only after you reboot the
computer after the CommView installation.
You can show or hide
individual columns by right-clicking on list header or using
the View
=>
Latest
IP Connections Columns menu. The column order can
be changed by dragging the column header to a new
location.
Menu Commands
Right-clicking on the
Latest IP Connections list brings up a menu with the following
commands:
Quick
Filter – finds the packets sent
between the selected IP addresses and displays them in a new
window. The same action is performed when you double-click on this
window.
Copy
– copies the
local IP address, remote IP address, or hostname to the
clipboard.
Show
All Ports – displays a window with
the complete list of ports used in communicating between the
selected pair of IP addresses. This is useful when many ports were
used, and they don't fit into the corresponding column.
Data
Transfer – displays a window with
information on the data transfer volume between the selected pair
of IP addresses and the time of the last packet.
Jump
To –
allows you to quickly jump to the first/last packet with the
selected source/destination IP address; the program will display
the Packets tab and set the mouse cursor to the packet that matches
the criterion.
SmartWhois
– sends the
selected source or destination IP address to SmartWhois, if it is
installed on your system. SmartWhois is a stand-alone application
developed by our company capable of obtaining information about any
IP address or hostname in the world. It automatically provides
information associated with an IP address, such as domain, network
name, country, state or province, city. The program can be
downloaded from our site.
Create
Alias -- brings up a window where
you can assign an easy-to-remember
aliases
to the
selected IP address.
Process
– allows you to
obtain
additional information about or perform actions with the process
that sends or receives packets in the selected
session. You
can
Terminate a process, see the
File
Properties dialog, or have the
program Show
Full Path to
process' executable file.
Save
Latest IP Connections As – allows you to save the
contents of the Latest IP Connections tab as an HTML or a
comma-delimited (CSV) report.
Clear
Latest IP Connections – clears the
table.
More
Statistics - shows a window with
data transfer and
protocol distribution statistics.
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