Windows program to monitor network traffic/activity?

[liquidretro]

I remember Steve mentioning a program he was using on the podcast to monitor the network activity (and record it's metrics over time) of his Windows computers. Anyone know what that is? My searches are coming up empty handed.

I have used Networx in the past and while that's pretty good, it's went from freewear to paid software. While I'm considering purchasing it, I'm wondering if there is something else I should try instead.

 

[PHolder]

You're not referring to a software firewall like ZoneAlarm? That used to be great, but once Windows built in their own firewall it kind of became irrelevant and jumped the shark by trying to become anti-malware.

 

[liquidretro]

You're not referring to a software firewall like ZoneAlarm? That used to be great, but once Windows built in their own firewall it kind of became irrelevant and jumped the shark by trying to become anti-malware.

No definitly not that, it's main purtpose was to monitor local network traffic and bandwidth. ID what's uploading and downloading on my system right now. For instance with Networx I can see how much data my computer has sent or received since I first installed the program.

 

[Greg S]

DU Meter?

 

[blaq]

Unless he's mentioned something newer recently, It was Networx, I still use the last freeware version, as it has all the features I need, which was 5.5.2

 

[AlanD]

No definitly not that, it's main purtpose was to monitor local network traffic and bandwidth. ID what's uploading and downloading on my system right now. For instance with Networx I can see how much data my computer has sent or received since I first installed the program.

The Resource Monitor in Windows Task Manager will give you some of that. Open Task Manager, go to teh Performance tab, and select network. The detail is shown under Resource Monitor.

 

[JimB]

I remember Steve mentioning a program he was using on the podcast to monitor the network activity (and record it's metrics over time) of his Windows computers. Anyone know what that is? My searches are coming up empty handed.

I have used Networx in the past and while that's pretty good, it's went from freewear to paid software. While I'm considering purchasing it, I'm wondering if there is something else I should try instead.

WireShark? A bit of a learning curve but will watch whatever you want it to watch.

 

[Fuzzball]

You're not referring to a software firewall like ZoneAlarm? That used to be great, but once Windows built in their own firewall it kind of became irrelevant and jumped the shark by trying to become anti-malware.

I miss the early days of ZoneAlarm dearly. The sweet spot was in around v2.x, before it tried being more than what it should have been.

It had four & a half "Moes".

https://www.grc.com/zonealarm.htm