SimpleSniffer

SimpleSniffer is a useful and simple and straightforward sniffer console application designed to monitor and log the packets processed in your network. According to the developer, the tool records a minimal amount of information by comparison with other sniffers. Consequently, it acts more as a packet header logger than a sniffer.

As soon as the application is run, it starts displaying information such as protocol and destination address together with port numbers. The data is displayed in an intuitive format with a logical order that includes the year, month, day, hour, minute, second, ms, Receiver IP, protocol, source IP, port, destination IP, port and size.

As expected, the data can be piped to an output file, usually CSV, as this is the default format. Users who want to extract the data, simply need to use the following command for this purpose SimpleSniffer.exe > output.csv.

As with other sniffer, the tool can come in handy for network administrators as it can lend a hand with spotting various network performance issues, including, but not limited to bottlenecks, bandwidth management, network security & compliance, traffic analysis and downtime. At the same time, the application can help target new resources when expanding the network capacity, improve user experience and ensure delivery of business services.