NetSleuth - Network Monitoring and Device Finder Application

[chris_s]

Hi,

Long time lurker, and I thought I'd signup to share and get feedback on a application that I've written.

It's a simple network monitoring application that can identify devices on a network. It originally came from some code I wrote to find the latest IP address for my XBOX (because it kept jumping around the network), but I've extended it with more features (I know someone who uses it to keep an eye on his WiFi hotspot at his cafe).

It has a few features for network forensics also, you can read more, download the application and look at the source (it's GPL) at http://www.netgrab.co.uk

I'm very keen to hear feedback or work with others on this so please give me a shout. Also very happy to hear ideas anyone may have for new features.

If people want to go straight and download the tool, great, put please install wireshark on your machine first (my app uses parts of wireshark for network processing).

Thanks

Chris

[articuno1au]

Are you using the Win PCap package from Wireshark, or is Wireshark actually required?

[chris_s]

Hi,

I actually use the tshark component of Wireshark (which is now installed by default with Wireshark), rather than the WinPCAP interface directly (it made the development significantly easier for a C sharp app - as I am working it make it run in Mono at the moment).

Any other questions please give me a shout :)

[articuno1au]

Nice. I'll take a look when I get a chance :)