=========================================== CommView® v.5.3 Copyright © 1999-2006, TamoSoft® =========================================== July 19, 2006 ======== Contents ======== * About CommView * System Requirements * Installing CommView * Uninstalling CommView * Ordering * Contacting Us * What's New * Other Products by TamoSoft * Credits ============== About CommView ============== CommView is a program for monitoring Internet and Local Area Network (LAN) activity capable of capturing and analyzing network packets. It gathers information about data passing through your dial-up connection or Ethernet card and decodes the analyzed data. With CommView you can see the list of network connections and vital IP statistics and examine individual packets. Packets are decoded down to the lowest layer with full analysis of the most widespread protocols. Full access to raw data is also provided. Captured packets can be saved to log files for future analysis. A flexible system of filters makes it possible to drop packets you don't need or capture only those packets that you wish to capture. CommView is a helpful tool for LAN administrators, security professionals, network programmers, or anyone who wants to have a full picture of the traffic going through one's PC or LAN segment. =================== System Requirements =================== * An Ethernet or Wireless Ethernet network card supporting the NDIS 3.0 driver standard, or a standard dial-up adapter. * Pentium II of higher. * Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003 or Windows XP x64 Edition on AMD processors. * Windows 2000/XP/2003 users: you MUST have administrative privileges to install and run CommView. * 32 MB RAM (128 MB recommended). * 6 MB of free disk space. =================== Installing CommView =================== * Unzip the ZIP archive to a temporary folder. * Double-click setup.exe to execute it. * Setup will guide you through the rest of the installation process. ===================== Uninstalling CommView ===================== * Choose Uninstall from the CommView program group. OR: * Open the Windows Control Panel. * Double-click the "Add/Remove programs" icon. * Search the list for the item "CommView" and double-click on it. ======== Ordering ======== Please check our web site for the latest product offerings and prices: http://www.tamos.com/order/ ============= Contacting Us ============= Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Bug reports? Don't hesitate to contact us. WWW: http://www.tamos.com E-mail: support@tamos.com ========== What's New ========== Version 5.3 * IP-to-country mapping for IP addresses provides real-time geolocation for all IP addresses shown by the application. * Redesigned columns in the "Packets" tab and "Log Viewer" to make them more convenient to use. The column order on all tabs of the main application window is now customizable. * Ability to create any number of snapshots of the current packet buffer, which makes it much easier to work with packets under a heavy network load. You can now examine the buffer in separate windows, without the risk of losing old packets and the need to look for packets that were scrolled out of view. * Improved alarms allow you to send customizable e-mail alerts. * Resizable "Statistics" window. * Improved "Find" dialog. * Optional gridlines for a better packet visibility. * A few other improvements. ========================== Other Products by TamoSoft ========================== CommView® for WiFi CommView for WiFi is a powerful wireless network monitor and analyzer for 802.11 a/b/g networks. Loaded with many user-friendly features, CommView for WiFi combines performance and flexibility with an ease of use unmatched in the industry. CommView for WiFi captures every packet on the air to display important information such as the list of access points and stations, per-node and per-channel statistics, signal strength, a list of packets and network connections, protocol distribution charts, etc. By providing this information, CommView for WiFi can help you view and examine packets, pinpoint network problems, perform site surveys, and troubleshoot software and hardware. CommTraffic® CommTraffic is a network utility for collecting, processing, and displaying traffic and network utilization statistics for network connections, including LAN and dial-up. It shows traffic and network utilization statistics for each computer in the segment. The software provides a very attractive and customizable interface, with an optional tray icon menu that displays general network statistics. You can also generate reports that reflect the network traffic volume and Internet connection expenses (if any). CommTraffic supports virtually any rate plan your ISP might use, such as the one based on connection time, traffic volume, time of the day, and other measures. You can set alarms, that will inform you when certain criteria (e.g. amount of traffic, expenses) are reached. A configuration wizard will guide you through the setup and automatically detect your network or connection settings. NetResident™ NetResident is an advanced network content monitoring program that captures, stores, analyzes, and reconstructs network events such as e-mail messages, Web pages, downloaded files and instant messages. NetResident uses advanced monitoring technology to capture the required data from the network, saves it to a database, reconstructs it, and displays this content in an easy-to-understand format. While NetResident is similar to network analyzers in many respects, it focuses on high-level protocols that are used to transfer content over the Internet or LAN. With NetResident, you don't need a profound understanding of networking technologies, have to use complex packet capturing and analysis software, or dig through network packets in order to reconstruct the actual data; NetResident does all the work for you and presents only the Web pages, e-mails, instant messages, or downloaded files as requested. NetResident is used by network administrators to enforce IT policy, parents to monitor their children's communication on the Internet, and by forensic experts to gain crucial information. DigiSecret® DigiSecret is an easy-to-use, secure, and powerful application for file encryption and sharing. It utilizes strong and time-proven encryption algorithms for creating encrypted archives, self-extracting EXE files, and sharing files with your associates and friends. DigiSecret also includes powerful and intelligent file compression; you no longer need .zip files when you can have encrypted and compressed DigiSecret files. The program is integrated with the Windows shell, and you can perform operations on files by right-clicking on them. It also fully supports drag-and-drop operations. Essential NetTools™ Essential NetTools is a set of network tools useful in diagnosing networks and monitoring your computer's network connections. It's a Swiss Army knife for everyone interested in a set of powerful network tools for everyday use. The program includes a NetStat utility that shows your computer's network connections and open ports and maps them to the owning application. It also features a fast NetBIOS scanner, a NetBIOS Auditing Tool for checking LAN security, and a monitor of external connections to your computer's shared resources, as well as a process monitor that displays information about all the programs and services running on your computer. Other useful tools are included, such as Ping, TraceRoute, and NSLookup. Additional features include report generation in HTML, text, and comma delimited formats and a customizable interface. The program is an easy-to-use and powerful replacement for such Windows utilities as nbtstat, netstat, and NetWatcher. It incorporates many advanced features that standard Windows tools can't offer. SmartWhois® SmartWhois is a handy utility for obtaining information about any IP address, hostname, or domain in the world. Unlike standard whois utilities, it automatically delivers information associated with an IP address or domain no matter where it is registered geographically. In just a few seconds, you get all you want to know about a user: domain, network name, country, state or province, and city. Even if the IP address cannot be resolved to a hostname, SmartWhois won't fail! CountryWhois™ CountryWhois is a utility for identifying the geographic location of an IP address. CountryWhois can be used to analyze server logs, check e-mail address headers, identify online credit card fraud, or in any other instance where you need to quickly and accurately determine the country of origin by IP address. You can learn more about these products at http://www.tamos.com/products/ ======= Credits ======= This program contains software licensed from Walied Othman. This program contains the Ethernet vendor codes list by Laurent Deniel.