threaded | unthreaded | newest first

Tracking an IP adress?

topic posted Fri, May 26, 2006 - 3:24 PM by  Lana 		Share/Save/Bookmark
Advertisement

I downloaded CommView and I am not sure what this means:

Maximum packets in buffer – sets the maximum number of packets the program stores in the memory and can display in the packet list (2nd tab). For example, if you set this value to 3000, only the last 3000 packets will be stored in the memory and packet list. The higher this value is, the more computer resources the program consumes.

What is a packet?

Also I tried installing the Driver for Dial ups and it says it is not compatible with WAN Miniport (IPX) <which is what I have it on my computer …. What will happen if I change it?

Does anyone know how to use this and can explain it someone who knows nothing about the deeper aspects of computers?

Thank you in advance! Very much!

xo

ps: What is a "string" and a "hex".... please keep in mind I know nothing really about this, I am just looking for ways to track IP adress traffic on my computer.

Thnx again!
posted by:
Lana
offline Lana
Canada
232 friends
join to post
Advertisement
Advertisement
  • Hypno
    Hypno
    offline 33

    Re: Tracking an IP adress?

    Fri, May 26, 2006 - 3:56 PM
    My, you're curious today. :) I answered part of this in the other tribe but you didn't say what the purpose was.

    Is there something you're specifically trying to catch? Traffic to a particular Internet address? Catch spyware phoning home? Insuring someone hasn't accessed something they shouldn't have?
    join to post

  • Re: Tracking an IP adress?

    Fri, May 26, 2006 - 10:31 PM

    Star,

    These questions really don't have anything to do with C++, though. C++ is a programming language, and you're asking about specific applications that could have been developed in any of a myriad of programming languages. One analogy is that programming languages are like building blocks used to build applications, as other types of building blocks can be used to build a house / an airplane / a boat / a 36-meter-tall robot with which to take over the world with <smile> / etc. We discuss the way to use the building blocks of C++ here, not so much what applications may (or may not) have been built using them.

    Regards,

    John, who is beginning to like the giant robot idea :-)

    Falling You - exploring the beauty of voice and sound
    www.fallingyou.com
    join to post