Internet Traffic Agent

Internet Traffic Agent is an advanced and approachable software utility made for monitoring network traffic based on user-defined filters. It lets you generate reports and customize a wide range of settings.

Although it sounds complicated to work with, the app doesn't require heavy experience with networking tools.

The installation procedure is fast. However, it needs to set up the WinPcap driver in order to work properly (unless it already exists on the computer).

Internet Traffic Agent is packed in a comfortable and well-structured interface which shows a list with filter names and addresses, along with sent, received and total packets. You can edit the properties of existing filters or remove them from the list.

New filters can be put together by filling out some simple information, such as filter name, whether to store the captured hosts in the database or not, host type (local PC, custom IP or MAC address), in addition to IP and port filters to include or exclude.

Internet Traffic Agent lets you clear IPs or history for any selected filters, suspend the monitor for either one, reset all filters, copy information to the Clipboard for closer examination, hide the window with captured IPs and history, as well as generate traffic reports from any preferred filters, sort the captured IP addresses or history table according to various criteria (e.g. country, last update), and save them to CSV or HTML files.

The app can be asked to run at every Windows startup until further notice and to minimize to the system tray area to become non-intrusive. It can automatically check for software updates when it launches. What's more, you can select a different CSV separator when saving reports, change the measurement unit for showing sent and received traffic, view the network adapters available, modify the default frequency for database autosaving and storage time for keeping database records, as well as customize the interface when it comes to the grid lines and color highlights.

It worked smoothly throughout our evaluation, without causing the operating system to freeze, crash or prompt error dialogs. CPU and RAM consumption was low. Taking into account its intuitive and advanced options, Internet Traffic Agent proves to be a reliable assistant for monitoring network traffic and generating reports.