Net Monitor Sidekick
Release Notes
1.3.0 - 22nd August 2009
[Enhancement] - Persistency for all open session windows, including monitored computer & network, column order, size and sorting.[Enhancement] - Front session window or in its absance, last session window, serves as template for new session window.
[Update] - Simplified "Input" preference pane.
[Update] - No longer possible to sort "Remote Address" column.
1.2.2 - 3rd July 2009
[Enhancement] - Session window includes IP address filter (both IPv4 and IPv6).1.2.1 - 10th May 2009
[Enhancement] - Geo location tool uses the program dns cache for domain name resolving enabling usage with doamin names that do not resolve back to their ip's (provided they are cached).1.2.0 - 22nd April 2009
Final Release.1.2.0b2 - 2nd April 2009
[Fix] - Beta version expires on 30th May 2009.[Fix] - No longer crashes upon startup on 10.4 (since 1.2.0b1)
1.2.0b1 - 16th February 2009
[Enhancement] - Major code refactoring enhancing memory and cpu efficancy (especially with mutiple sessions/cliens).[Enhancement] - Simplified some of the program terms.
[Enhancement] - Enhanced console log.
[Fix] - Addressed an issue of a memory leak.
1.1.2b1 - 8th December 2008
[Enhancement] - Added IP address copy to all other tools command.[Enhancement] - Enhanced tools user interface validation.
[Fix] - Addressed an issue with previous version not running correctly on PPC hardware.
[Fix] - Addressed an issue of random crash.
1.1.1b1 - 5th December 2008
[New] - Traffic filtering by type and protocol set from the configure sheet.[Enhancement & Fix] - Port filtering works as expected, including partial string.
[Enhancement] - Private ports unification controlled via the configure sheet for each session.
[Fix] - Tools usage leading to a crash on certain configurations.
[Fix] - Software update works as expected.
1.1.0b1 - 29th November 2008
[New] - Monitor IPV6 traffic.[New] - Supports Ping6 and Traceroute6.
[Enhancement] - Enhanced packet recognition.
[Enhancement] - Extended traffic table traffic type icons.
[Enhancement] - Traffic table contextual menu includes IP address copy.
[Enhancement] - Improved memory management.
[Enhancement] - Significant reduction in GEO tool memory footprint.
[Fix] - No longer display port number for traffic other than UDP TCP.
[Fix] - No longer display irrelevant stats for broadcast and multicast packets.
[Fix] - Correctly display foreign broadcast and multicast packets.
[Fix] - Traffic Table contextual menu row selection as expected.
[Warning] - Not verified to work correctly on PPC, problems may arise while remote monitoring between PPC and x86.
1.0.0b9 - 31st October 2008
[Fix] - Correctly formats traffic exceeding 2GB.[Fix] - Corrects previous version (1.0.0b8) console errors.
[Fix] - Imporves remote monitoring error handling.
1.0.0b8 - 25th October 2008
[Fix] - Addressed issues with text preferences not being applied if a session window was closed.1.0.0b7 - 13th October 2008
[Enhancement] - Distinguish between direct(local) traffic and traffic going through the default gateway (only for the primary network). A new column on the left side displays the type of traffic.[Enhancement] - Packet are identified by hardware address (if available).
[Fix] - Identify tcp over firewire correctly.
[Fix] - When selecting a new network for monitoring, no longer displays "left overs" from previous interface.
Beta expiration extended to 31st March 2009.
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 software update download panel not being displayed.
[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.