Mac OS X Network Monitoring Tool
© 2001-2008 Guy Meyer
Net Monitor Sidekick - BETA RELEASE - expires on 31st December 2008.
Net Monitor Sidekick monitors local and remote computers network interfaces on a per ip/port communication.
The program can monitor multiple networks simultaneously.
The program includes various tools including a geo location tool.
Download Net Monitor Sidekick 1.0.0b6a for for Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
History
1.0.0b6a - 10th June 2008
Beta expiration extended to 31st December 2008.
1.0.0b6 - 22nd February 2008
[Fix] - Addressed issues with Leopard and remote monitoring.
[Fix] - Addressed issues with Geo tool.
[Fix] - Improved memory management.
1.0.0b5 - 14th January 2008
[New] - Works with various hardware besides ethernet, including ppp over bluetooth to cellular phone gprs/edge networks and tcp over firewire.
[Enhancement] - Client and server recognize and handle sleep/wake-up (since previous version).
1.0.0b4 - 9th January 2008
[New] - Option to turn off unification of private ports. Available under the advanced preference pane.
[Enhancement] - Rewritten Geo tool graphic rendering.
[Enhancement] - Replaced Geo tool earth picture.
1.0.0b3 - 5th October 2007
[New] - Active traffic is displayed in color text which will fade to black during 30 seconds. Color can be selected from the preferences panel.
[New] - Last traffic active time column added to traffic table.
[New] - Added to traffic table a cancel sorting button at the top right.
[Fix] - Addressed an issue of traffic table sorting not updating.
[Fix] - Addressed an issue of repeated ip address lookup.
1.0.0b2 - 28th September 2007
[Modification] - Enhanced robustness.
[New] - Added an option to select the interface input source, either from network preferences or directly from the bsd routing table. Available under the input preference pane.
[New] - Added an option to auto select on startup the last monitored interface or the current active (primary) interface. Available under the input preference pane.
[New] - Added an option to auto switch to active (primary) interface when the active interface changes. Available under the input preference pane.
1.0.0b1 - 6th September 2007
First public release
