Network Help

Network Information displays the current list of network connections and active ports. Every update (automatic timer or manual pressing Refresh button) will add new network ports in GREEN and mark dead connections in PINK .

The Tool bar contains the following commands:

  • AutoUpdate - Toggles whether automatic updates occur
  • Refresh - Force immediate update
  • Reset - Clears list and reloads with active connections and resets start value of lower panel stats.
  • Export - Prompt for filename and Save report as CSV (comma-separated-value, readable by Excel)
  • Print Setup - Open printer setup dialog
  • FitToPage - Toggles whether printing will try to force output to a single page
  • Print - Print network connections report
  • Each network connections provides the following information:

    ProcessName of Process which owns connection
    PidProcess Id of owner
    Local AddressLocal address. Normally local Ip address or 127.0.0.1
    Local PortLocal Port number
    Remote AddressRemote Ip address
    Remote PortRemote Port number
    Protocol Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) or User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
    Status
  • Listening - Server Listening for Client to connect
  • Established - Connection established
  • Closing - Start closing
  • FinWait1 - Partially closed (one side of connection is closed)
  • FinWait2 - Partially closed (one side of connection is closed)
  • Closed - Start closing
  • CloseWait - Connection closed and unavailable (prevents quick reuse of port)
  • 0 - Udp does not require any connection
  • FirstFirst time connection was detected
    LastLast time connection was detected, ~when closed,

    If you Right Click on the upper panel you can select from one of the following:

  • Clear All - Remove all network information
  • Clear Selected - Remove selected network rows
  • Clear Dead - Remove all dead (pink) rows
  • The lower panel displays global TCP and UDP network statistics.