Credit goes to Paul Williams for this one.
Microsoft has released version 3.0 of Network Monitor. They’ve chosen to maintain the distribution of the free product on Connect because they like the feedback they’ve been getting. I haven’t had a look at it yet (there are way too many new MS products to keep up) but here’s what I’ve read:
- Network Monitor is no longer part of the new SMS (Configuration Manager 2007). Netmon 3 will therefor be fully featured unlike the previous free versions, e.g. there will be a promiscuous mode.
- A new user interface. Filtering is supposed to be easier to do than before (it was messy!).
- "Near" real-time capture and display.
- The ability to capture traffic from multiple NIC’s at one time.
- You can identify and track network "conversations".
- Support for W2003/Vista/XP on x32 and x64.
The Netmon tea claim it is a whole new product that took 2 years to complete. They’ve launched a blog. There is a Netmon 3 FAQ on the Connect site.