Application usage tracking

HI

My data transfer has increased all of a a sudden even though I dont use it much.I suspect this is due to some application having outbound connection.

When I try to use the Application tracking in usage report it says to select the Ignore LAN .So I go to settings ,but there I cannot select Ignore LAN, I can see the Ignore LAN in text but unfortunately it is transparent and not in black as the rest of the text in the settings option.

I would like to add that I use a usb dongle and I do not have a router

Perhaps you have unticked the Install LAN traffic filtering driver option when installing NetWorx.

Thanks Andrew After I did that I got the application tracking running,but then there is this application which is called Unknown and it takes 72%, could you tell me how to get rid of this application?

Try using the latest build from the snapshots.

It should now correctly resolve the system processes that were previously recorded as Unknown.

Hi Andrew,

I installed this latest version dated 2013-07-20 with the custom driver.

Prior to connecting to the internet I checked NW Graph and router totals for the day:

NW = 15,874.82KB Router = 15,877KB Diff = 2.18KB (router higher at this point, it initiates it's own traffic at boot)

and I switched config to 'Ignore Local...', which forces 'All Connections'

Once I connected, NW recorded a steady stream of very small chunks of traffic (Teredo IPV6?).

I didn't browse any sites to avoid traffic, I just wanted to see what NW would do.

I disconnected after 10 minutes and checked the new NW Graph and router totals for the day:
(Even after disconnecting, NW continued to record a steady stream of very small chunks of traffic, I had to exit and restart NW to stop the recording.)

NW = 15,921.86KB Router = (15,896KB - 2.18KB) Diff = 28.04KB (NW is much higher)

Therefore there was a net change in traffic for:

NW = 47.04KB Router = (19KB - 2.18KB) Diff = 28.04KB for only about 10 minutes run time.

I switched the config back to monitor the router, etc. and don't have the problem now (I'm connected to post this).

There was 73.34KB showing in the Applications Tab, which is far higher than the 47.04KB increase shown in the Graph.

So there's still at least 2 problems.

J

Hi Praxis,

This seems to be local multicast traffic related to UPnP requests sent out by svchost.exe.

NetWorx has got a erroneously narrower IP address range specified. If you click the Setup button next to the Ignore LAN traffic tick box, you will see an entry of 224.0.0.0 to 224.0.0.255.

This is not quite right and I have just fixed this. You can correct it in your instance. This entry should have been 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255 to include all possible multicast addresses.

Thanks Andrew,

That seems to have done the trick.

I didn't have this entry so I added it 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255

I suppose I could say that I should have known to include all possible multicast addresses, but that's way out of my league.

and

J

The new feature "Applications" under usage report is very good, which I always needed, but it shows cumulative usage and not current time usage. I also want the facility to show current session's usage of each application or at least par day usage in this "Applications" tab. Is any way / option is there to find out the same. If not may kindly consider to include the same in Networx.
Thanks
RPS

Yes, we'll add some sort of real-time application monitor and more detailed stats later.

Can you plse give full step by step instructions on how to show the Applications Usage?

Dear All,

How could I know where an application runs from? Networx shows a mysterious application (Usage Report, Application tab) receives only. I don't know where it runs from. No path displayed. Name of the application consists of Chinese characters or squares. There are also two "unknown" applications. I checked my system for viruses, malware , rootkits. Nothing was found.

Do you have any suggestion?
Thank you in advance.

It's apparently some sort of a bug. I received another report today where it was Chinese characters. I will double-check the application tracking code and try to figure out where it went wrong.

Hi Andrew,

I have same issue, a mysterious application (Usage Report, Application tab) that only receives some data. Name of the application (image name) consists of Chinese characters - 卖荈㣬ས瑿․襈䣋䎋䡸茻

I hope you can fix that, because Networx bandwidth monitoring and usage reporting it's an awesome tool.

Thank you in advance.

Could you please try the latest build from here.

Delete all records from the Application and view and let me know if these weird "Chinese characters" appear again.

Hi Andrew !

I use 5.2.10 64-bit. Build you linked is newer?

Yes. It's the same version but it contains a fix for these characters.

5.2.10 64bit version here

chinase characters and unknown data usage are here, still not fixed

Have you tried clearing the list of applications?

Andrew Wrote:
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> Have you tried clearing the list of applications?


after installation i had it on my list, then cleared it. few days later it appeared again. for now its ok,
but seems like it will appear again
lets see how goes

so today chinase and unknown appeared again, after cleaning

it needs to be fixed still

Hello,

When I check applications under usage report, I too have Chinese characters as my top application (75%). How do I find out what this usage is, and is there any way of copying the characters so I could at least get a translation? I have tried and failed to copy.

These are just random meaningless characters.

It does not mean you have some Chinese software.

It's a bug in NetWorx that we're currently investigating.

Good news . The obscure bug with garbled characters shown in the application report has been fixed.

Anyone who's experiencing it is welcome to download and install this update

I installed the update of 04-Oct-2013 mentioned by Andrew two days back. So far the 'Chinese' Character/garbled characters do not appear in the Application usage. (After deleting all existing application usage). But am still seeing 'Unknown' application consume large percentage of data. Actually I am unable to delete the Unknown appplication row at all. So the bug seems partially fixed but needs some more work I guess?

BTW- thanks for the great application - apart from this minor irritant I am extremely satisfied with the tool and haven't found anything close to this.