Who knows how to view current connections?

**oceand** · 01-12-2005, 09:25 PM

I want to view the current running connections of my pc, so how?
Ideas?
Thanks!

**painandpleasure42** · 01-12-2005, 09:36 PM

control panel-network and internet conections

**CarbonCopy** · 01-13-2005, 12:20 AM

Originally Posted by oceand

I want to view the current running connections of my pc, so how?
Ideas?
Thanks!

What OS are you using? Do you want to see what port's and IP's you are connecting to?

**critter** · 01-13-2005, 02:14 AM

to view open connection/listening services you will want to run
netstat -an this is in windows or linux. to view it in windows you will goto START > RUN > type in "cmd" or "command" if you are in windows 95/98/me.. .. it will bring up a command prompt and you type in the command i said.. "netstat -an" without quotes hit enter and you will see whats ports are listening/established or closing

critter

**87fraud** · 01-13-2005, 07:27 PM

An easy way is to use a firewall which has a "Net State" function that can show the currently active connections and the details of these connections, including Remote Address/Port, Local Application/Port, Protocol and Status.
I know Armor2net Personal Firwall has that feature. You can have a try.
Get it here: http://www.armor2net.com
Good luck!

**arsenegger** · 01-26-2005, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by critter

to view open connection/listening services you will want to run
netstat -an this is in windows or linux. to view it in windows you will goto START > RUN > type in "cmd" or "command" if you are in windows 95/98/me.. .. it will bring up a command prompt and you type in the command i said.. "netstat -an" without quotes hit enter and you will see whats ports are listening/established or closing

critter

you can even add a refresh time, like: "netstat -an 20" ...that'll refresh your info every 20 secs.

At the CMD prompt you can also use "ipconfig /all" which will list all your network interfaces, IP addresses, MAC address, DNS addresses,...