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How to Find MAC Address with Colasoft MAC Scanner and More

In computer networking, a Media Access Control address (MAC address) is a unique identifier assigned to most network adapters or network interface cards (NICs) by the manufacturer for identification, and used in the Media Access Control protocol sublayer. If assigned by the manufacturer, a MAC address usually encodes the manufacturer’s registered identification number. It may [...]

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How to Monitor Internet Traffic with Colasoft Packet Sniffer

Internet traffic is the flow of data around the Internet. It includes web traffic, which is the amount of that data that is related to the World Wide Web, along with the traffic from other major uses of the Internet, such as electronic mail and peer-to-peer networks. In case we want to monitor internet traffic [...]

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How to Monitor http Traffic with Packet Sniffer

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. Its use for retrieving inter-linked resources led to the establishment of the World Wide Web. In order to monitor http traffic, we will need a packet sniffer (or a protocol analyzer) software. Here is a detail process how we can monitor [...]

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How to Sniff All Images of a Webpage

It’s highly recommended that you take a look at this post if you are new to packet sniffing: Where to Capture Packets with Packet Analyzer on Network. In case we want to sniff all images of a webpage, here is a detailed process how we can do it with Colasoft Packet Sniffer – Capsa’s “Logs” [...]

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