Monitor network traffic and identify threats quickly and easily.
RawCap is a freeware network sniffer app and network auditor developed by Erik Hjelmvik for Windows. It's light on system resources and easy-to-use.
The download has been tested by an editor here on a PC and a list of features has been compiled; see below. We've also created some screenshots of RawCap to illustrate the user interface and show the overall usage and features of this network sniffing program.
Network sniffer which captures traffic and saves it to a pcap file
RawCap is a free command line network sniffer for Windows that uses raw sockets. It captures traffic from a network device and saves the data to a pcap file.
It's useful for capturing raw network traffic for analysis or for use in network security tools and can sniff any interface that has got an IP address.
To use RawCap, you will need to specify the network interface that you want to capture packets from. You can list the available network interfaces on your system by running the rawcap.exe -l.
Features of RawCap
- Command Line: Supports a powerful command line interface for automation.
- Export: Export data in various formats such as CSV, XML and PCAP.
- Filtering: Filter packets by IP, port, protocol, or custom expressions.
- IPv6: Supports the latest technology, IPv6
- Multi-Adapter: Can capture traffic from multiple network adapters simultaneously.
- Portable: No installation required.
- Protocols: Supports a variety of protocols, including TCP, UDP, ICMP and ARP.
- Raw Capture: Captures raw network traffic without the need for a third-party library.
- Real-time Analysis: Analyzes traffic in real-time and displays it in human-readable format.
- Scheduling: Schedule captures to run at specific times.
- Security: Includes features to detect and alert of malicious traffic.
- Statistics: Generates detailed network statistics and reports.
- Visualization: Displays traffic in easy-to-understand visualizations.
Compatibility and License
RawCap is provided under a freeware license on Windows from network auditing software with no restrictions on usage. Download and installation of this PC software is free and 0.2.1.0 is the latest version last time we checked.
What version of Windows can RawCap run on?
RawCap can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit downloads.
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