CommView

CommView puts the network adapter into promiscuous mode and captures network traffic.{{cite web |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/101750/home_office_software_rx_for_a_healthier_windows.html |title=Home Office: Software Rx for a Healthier Windows |accessdate=2012-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502060201/http://www.pcworld.com/article/101750/home_office_software_rx_for_a_healthier_windows.html |archive-date=2010-05-02 |url-status=dead }} It also supports capturing packets from dial-up and virtual adapters (e.g. ADSL or 3G modems), as well as capturing loopback traffic. Captured traffic is then analyzed and the application displays network statistics and individual packets. Packets are decoded using a protocol decoder. CommView for WiFi puts Wi-Fi adapters into monitor mode, providing the functionality and user experience similar to that of CommView, with the addition of WLAN-specific features, such as displaying and decoding of management and control frames, indication of signal and noise level, and per-node and per-channel statistics.{{cite web |url=http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2009/011909-wlan-test-tamosoft.html |title=TamoSoft's CommView offers ease of use |accessdate=2012-01-20}}{{cite book|title=Certified Wireless Analysis Professional Official Study Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0GwFrd90G3kC|author=Devin Akin|author2=Jim Geier|pages=303, 329, 331, 397|publisher=McGraw-Hill|year=2004|isbn=0-07-225585-4}}{{cite book|title=Certified Wireless Network Administrator Study Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=woefmaA_YfEC&dq=cwna&pg=PP1|author=David D. Coleman|author2=David A. Westcott|pages=239–243|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|year=2006|isbn=978-0-471-78952-9}}{{cite book|title=Certified Wireless Technology Specialist Official Study Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EHX5gtm2gkEC&pg=PP1|author=Robert J. Bartz|pages=313–317|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|year=2009|isbn=978-0-470-43889-3}}

• Protocols distribution, bandwidth utilization, and network nodes charts and tables.{{cite web |url=http://www.esecurityplanet.com/views/article.php/3891716/7-Things-Hackers-Hope-You-Dont-Know.htm |title=7 Things Hackers Hope You Don't Know |date=2010-07-07}}
• Detailed IP connections statistics: IP addresses, ports, sessions, etc.
• VoIP analysis: H.323 and SIP (TMC'S Internet Telephony Magazine product of the year award{{cite web |url=http://it.tmcnet.com/topics/it/articles/75516-tmcs-internet-telephony-magazine-announces-12th-annual-product.htm |title=TMC'S INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine Announces 12th Annual Product of the Year Award Winners |date=2010-02-15}})
• WEP and WPA2-PSK decryption (wireless edition only){{cite book|title=Electronic Surveillance and Wireless Network Hacking|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u90wAAAACAAJ&q=Electronic+Surveillance+and+Wireless+Network+Hacking|author=M.L.Shannon|author2=Steve Uhrig|pages=118–123|publisher=Paladin Press|year=2005|isbn=1-58160-475-0}}
• Multi-channel capturing using several USB adapters (wireless edition only)
• Packet injection using a packet generator
• User-defined packet filters and alarms
• TCP and UDP stream reconstruction{{cite book|title=Firewalls 24seven |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vohhQgAACAAJ&q=firewalls+24seven|author=Matthew Strebe|author2=Charles Arthur Perkins|pages=352|publisher=Sybex Inc|year=2002|isbn=0-7821-4054-8}}
• Packet-to-application mapping
• Reporting
• Capture log file import and export

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• [http://www.tamos.com/products/commview/ Official CommView Product Page]

Category:Network analyzers

Category:Wireless networking