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Wireshark is a free and open-source packet analyzer.It is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software and communications protocol development, and education. . Originally named Ethereal, the project was renamed Wireshark in May 2006 due to tradema
A network tap is an even more reliable solution than to use a monitoring port since taps are less likely to drop packets during high traffic load. On wireless LANs , traffic can be captured on one channel at a time, or by using multiple adapters, on several channels simultaneously.
Microsoft Network Monitor: Yes No No No No No OmniPeek (formerly AiroPeek, EtherPeek) Yes No No No No No snoop: No No No No Yes No tcpdump: Yes (WinDump) Yes Yes Yes Yes AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Tru64 UNIX: Wireshark (formerly Ethereal) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Tru64 UNIX: Xplico: No No Yes No No No
Distributed Monitoring Able to leverage more than one server to distribute the load of network monitoring. Inventory Keeps a record of hardware and/or software inventory for the hosts and devices it monitors. Platform The platform (Coding Language) on which the tool was developed/written. Data Storage Method
Kismet differs from other wireless network detectors in working passively. Namely, without sending any loggable packets, it is able to detect the presence of both wireless access points and wireless clients, and to associate them with each other. It is also the most widely used and up to date open source wireless monitoring tool. [citation needed]
Network Security Toolkit (NST) is a Linux-based Live DVD/USB Flash Drive that provides a set of free and open-source computer security and networking tools to perform routine security and networking diagnostic and monitoring tasks.
Bit-Twist, a libpcap-based Ethernet packet generator and editor for BSD, Linux, and Windows. Cain and Abel, a discontinued password recovery tool for Microsoft Windows; EtherApe, a graphical tool for monitoring network traffic and bandwidth usage in real time.
tcpdump is a data-network packet analyzer computer program that runs under a command line interface. It allows the user to display TCP/IP and other packets being transmitted or received over a network to which the computer is attached. [3] Distributed under the BSD license, [4] tcpdump is free software.