Option 1: Install it from the CD-ROM of Windows 2000/XP according to the instructions on the Microsoft web site.

Microsoft Network Monitor Driver (Only for Windows 2000/XP/2003): Microsoft provides a free capture driver under Windows 2000/XP/2003 that can be used by SmartSniff, but this driver is not installed by default, and you have to manually install it, by using one of the following options: (WinPcap is a free open-source capture driver.) This method is the preferred way to capture TCP/IP packets with SmartSniff, and it works better than the Raw Sockets method.ģ. To use it, you have to download and install WinPcap Capture Driver.

WinPcap Capture Driver: Allows you to capture TCP/IP packets on all Windows operating systems. Raw Sockets: Allows you to capture TCP/IP packets on your network without installing a capture driver.Ģ.

SmartSniff provides three methods for capturing TCP/IP packets:ġ. You can view the TCP/IP conversations in Ascii mode (for text-based protocols, like HTTP, SMTP, POP3 and FTP.) or as hex dump.

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 a sequence of conversations between clients and servers.

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