Network Monitor
Message Analyzer has released!
Thought I should mention here that Message Analyzer has released. Read the full story on our Message...
Date: 10/02/2013
Message Analyzer Beta 2 has Released!
Check out more information on the Message Analyzer release blog here. Or go right straight to...
Date: 02/15/2013
Message Analyzer Beta has Released!!!
Please read our post on our new Message Analyzer blog.
Date: 09/19/2012
Lex Thomas Talks about Troubleshooting with Network Monitor
Lex Thomas is a Principal Technical Account Manager for the US Premier Support Services Team at...
Date: 01/06/2012
Microsoft Protocol Test Suites Available
We recently released a set of Microsoft Protocol Test Suites. OK it was a month ago, but we’ve...
Date: 08/15/2011
NMTopProtocols Expert Released
Michael A. Hawker is the Program Manager for Network Monitor. His focus has been on the API, UI, and...
Date: 04/18/2011
NMTopUsers Expert: Community to the Rescue
We have some great new updates for the Top Users expert! But this time, I had nothing to do with...
Date: 03/22/2011
NMDecrypt Expert Updates - Version 2.3
When I first wrote about NMDecrypt Expert in this blog I mentioned some limitations. There have also...
Date: 03/03/2011
Open Source Freedom for Network Monitor Experts
We are excited to announce that we have moved 3 Network Monitor Expert projects and the Network...
Date: 02/10/2011
Windows Phone 7 Connectivity Issues and Smart Potato
Smart Potato is an application that allows you to access and manage your Media Center recordings and...
Date: 01/17/2011
Filtering On Timestamps
There are situations when you want to narrow a trace down to a certain time frame. However, creating...
Date: 12/21/2010
New Videos for Advanced Filtering and 3.4 UI Features
You folks have been asking for updated videos about filtering and now I’ve made two more...
Date: 12/01/2010
Reassembly Made Easier
By using our latest 3.4.2455 release of the parsers and using a simple filter, you can now view...
Date: 11/04/2010
Marking Frames with Network Monitor 3.4
Marking frames is a convenient way to temporarily flag a location in the trace you wish to keep...
Date: 10/14/2010
Network Monitor Freezes While Loading Capture
If you encounter a situation where Network Monitor freezes while opening a capture file, try...
Date: 09/30/2010
Trouble Accessing Some Fields with API
With the Network Monitor API you can access any field by adding its path and then accessing the...
Date: 08/24/2010
Using High Performance Filtering
There are certain scenarios where the High Performance Filtering feature added in Netmon 3.4 will...
Date: 08/05/2010
Using Color Rules to Show Direction
By Jin Feng Differentiating client requests and server responses can provide a clear-cut view and...
Date: 07/28/2010
Blog Makeover: Network Monitor Landing Page
We’ve redesigned the Network Monitor Blog in order to make it easier to find resources that...
Date: 07/12/2010
Network Monitor 3.4 has Released!
I’m proud to announce the release of Network Monitor 3.4 to the Microsoft Download center....
Date: 06/28/2010
Reducing Dropped Frames with Network Monitor 3.4
by Darren J. Fisher – Network Monitor Development Lead Capturing network traffic is actually a...
Date: 06/23/2010
Parser Profiles in Network Monitor 3.4
Parser Profiles are a new feature available in our 3.4 Beta. Rich parsers provide detailed...
Date: 06/04/2010
Network Monitor 3.4 Beta Released on Connect!
We are extremely excited to announce that the Network Monitor 3.4 Beta has released on Connect. If...
Date: 04/29/2010
Office Parsers Available
A new set of parsers for decoding office protocols is now available on the download center. These...
Date: 04/05/2010
Network Monitor Parsers and the CodePlex Foundation
The Network Monitor Parser project is now part of the Systems Infrastructure & Integration...
Date: 03/22/2010
Expert to Decrypt TLS/SSL Traffic
One of the most popular requests we've had is to provide a way to view encrypted traffic. The new...
Date: 03/08/2010
Measuring Response Times
It's often useful to understand how long it takes for a request to get responded to. This helps you...
Date: 02/24/2010
Annotated Traces for Windows System Behavior
Microsoft publishes protocol documentation on MSDN that is intended to make it easier for others to...
Date: 01/08/2010
SMB2 Data Fields and Properties
Properties: Property.SMBFileIDPersistent - For SMB2, the file ID can be one of two types. This...
Date: 01/07/2010
IPv4 Data Fields and Properties
Fields:IPv4.Address - Useful for filtering on an address independent of the...
Date: 01/07/2010
Capturing a Trace at Boot Up
Capturing a trace during a boot is a common task that can be difficult to accomplish. In fact the...
Date: 01/04/2010
No Frames Captured Due to Disk Quota
In certain instances, you start a capture and no frames are captured. Or perhaps the UI suddenly...
Date: 11/23/2009
When You Can't Save Frames From the UI
You might have run into an occasion when doing a capture from the UI that you are unable to save...
Date: 11/16/2009
Adapters Are Missing After Upgrading to Windows 7
If you have just upgraded to Windows 7, you might notice that you no longer see any adapters listed...
Date: 10/23/2009
Reassembling Packets with the Network Monitor API
Network traffic by nature is fragmented. Limits of various network packet sizes force protocols to...
Date: 10/12/2009
Network Monitor Videos on Channel 9
We posted some videos to Channel 9 in the last 6 months or so, and I wanted to let everybody know...
Date: 10/12/2009
Using NMAPI to Access TCP Payload
The TCP Payload often carries data that you want to access directly using the Network Monitor API....
Date: 10/07/2009
SMB Opportunistic Locking Behavior
Behold the mysterious world of OpLocks (Opportunistic Locking). Often OpLocks will be disabled by a...
Date: 09/22/2009
Delayed Write Failure Trace Study
In this "Trace Study”, we'll look at a case where the customer is seeing delayed write...
Date: 09/21/2009
Chained Captures and Stitching Them Back Together
When you use NMCap to capture data you have an option to save the capture files as a chain. As the...
Date: 09/09/2009
I Can't View My Windows Home Server at Home
I have a friend who just received his Windows Home Server. Home Server allows you to access it...
Date: 08/14/2009
SMB Data Fields and Properties
Properties: Property.SMBFileID - The File ID for any kind of SMB request...
Date: 07/22/2009
TCP Data Fields and Properties
Fields:TCP.Port - Filters on the Source or Destination port. Used to find traffic based on port...
Date: 07/20/2009
TCP Analyzer Expert: Make Your Network Run Faster
Performance problems suck...time! But years of "Where's Waldo" has trained our brains in...
Date: 06/30/2009
Network Monitor Fields and Properties
Collected here are a list of the most common data fields and properties. They are categorized by...
Date: 06/30/2009
Circling In Shark Waters
Last week I attended Sharkfest 09 at Stanford CA and I had a wonderful time. It was great to talk to...
Date: 06/25/2009
Windows 7 and ISA Remote Windows Sockets Parsers Available
If you don't already know, we have been updating the our parsers for Network Monitor on...
Date: 06/04/2009
Event Tracing for Windows and Network Monitor
Event Tracing for Windows, (ETW), has been around for quite a while now as it was introduced in...
Date: 05/13/2009
Network Monitor Forum on TechNet
We'd like to announce that we are opening a Network Monitor forum on TechNet. We also have forums...
Date: 05/11/2009
Top Users Expert for Network Monitor 3.3
One of the major new features in Network Monitor 3.3 is the ability to run experts directly from the...
Date: 04/30/2009