Doesn't work (with nV Firewall - possibly others)

Pros: Shows SOME of what is going on.

Cons: But not all. A simple test of running "netstat -an" from a command prompt and Active Ports at the same time (while surfing the web), will show you that this program does NOT show you all the active connections that your PC has made (or is making, disconnecting). Even when it is set to a high refresh rate, it does not catch connections (such as web page port 80, 443) that are active for a long time.

Running Windows XP SP2.

:::WAIT::: Just before hitting the send button here, I thought maybe my firewall is interferring with the program. Once I turned OFF my firewall (nVidia's nforce4 hardware firewall - nV Firewall with ActiveArmor), THEN this program started showing the same connections that netstat -an shows.

So, I've bumped my rating from 2 stars to 3 (it should work with firewalls installed).

Posted: 10-Feb-2005 11:10:50 AM