SoftPerfect Research Forum

[SoftPerfect Network Scanner] Network Scanner Hangs

Ted Wirtz — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:00:16 -0400

I'm using Nework Scanner version 3.8 (build 174). As new versions are released, I keep updating the scanner with the newest version hoping it will solve a hang problem. My computer is using an AMD dual core processor, which might be the problem.

I can scan the network ONCE, and can generate an output file sometimes. Often just clicking the IP Address header to sort numerically will cause the program to hang. If I don't click the address header I can always generate an output file. Attempting most anything else will cause the scanner to lock up and I must use the "X" in the upper right corner to close the scanner. Sometimes that fails, and I must use task manager to close it.

I used this program on an earlier computer with a single core Pentium and never had a problem. Is there an AMD compatibility issue here or is the scanner confused by the dual cores?

Using WinXP SP2.

Thanks

Ted

[SoftPerfect Network Protocol Analyzer] Recived / Sent counters operate when ADSL is off

Anton — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:29:19 -0400

Hi Andrew

Do you recommend a network sniffer so I fix this problem?

Thanks

[SoftPerfect Network Protocol Analyzer] Recived / Sent counters operate when ADSL is off

Anton — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:22:28 -0400

Hi Andrew,

What should the rule look like in order to only monitor internet traffic?

BWM is installed on a 2003 server which is also the DHCP server. I do not have any shares or shared printers on the BWM server.

I am using the MAC addy as IPs change.
Should I turn the rule around?

Destination: 0019D192320B
Source: Any

I will use the network sniffer and have a look....

Kind regards,

Anton Moisey

[SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager] Rules didn't work after Windows update

Tommy — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:48:48 -0400

I installed sbm and it worked with the disired rules. Then when i update my windows using windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ to update the latest security the rules don't work no more. is there a way to disable a certain security to enable sbm rules again?

[SoftPerfect Network Scanner] New Feature...

Don — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:19:30 -0400

I'll second the request for multiple range support.

I have two networks on my machine, plus two virtual network adapters under VMware.
My ideal solution would be a feature that
1) identifies all adapters
2) auto-detects the ranges for each adapter
3) scans the combined set of ranges.

This should detect everything I am attached to,
and you already have all the functionality. its just a matter of tying it together under one menu item or toolbar icon.

Great product. Excellent advertisement for the rest of your range.

[SoftPerfect Network Protocol Analyzer] Recived / Sent counters operate when ADSL is off

Andrew — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:20:27 -0400

Hi Anton,

Your rule actually counts any traffic that originates from MAC 0019D192320B and goes to the BWM server or to the Internet. This could file file sharing or any other communications that may occur in your network between the client computer and BWM server. You may want to use a network sniffer to investigate what sort of traffic it is.

[SoftPerfect Network Protocol Analyzer] Recived / Sent counters operate when ADSL is off

Anton — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:31:28 -0400

Hi Andrew,

I am running Bandwidth Manager 2.7 (build 418).

Today we hit our 20gig cap and I noticed that the received and sent counters still seems to clock up but as we had hit the cap we were completely disconnected. The ppp session had ended.

I am confused about this as I though if there was no internet activity the counters should remain still?

I will post my configuration as best I can.

LAN 192.168.0.x
Facing LAN NIC 192.168.0.8
Facing ADSL NIC 192.168.0.100
ADSL router 192.168.0.1
Subnet 255.255.255.0

C:\Documents and Settings\Anton.EIFFEL-ANTON.000>route print
===========================================================================
Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x2 ...00 19 d1 92 32 0b ...... Intel(R) 82566DC-2 Gigabit Network Connection
Packet Scheduler Miniport
===========================================================================
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.8 192.168.0.28 10
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.28 192.168.0.28 10
192.168.0.28 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 10
192.168.0.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.28 192.168.0.28 10
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.0.28 192.168.0.28 10
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.28 192.168.0.28 1
Default Gateway: 192.168.0.8
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None

Rules....

Protocol: TCP/UDP
Direction: Both
Rate: unlimited
Source: 0019D192320B
Source port: Any
Destination: Any IP Address
Destination port: Any
Interface: LAN

I cant think of anything more rite now.
Thanks

Kind regards,

Anton Moisey

[SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager] Different Upstream/Downstream rates per rule?

shunt010 — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:04:26 -0400

Hi Andrew.

Did you ever get anywhere with the idea of being able to set different upstream/downstream rates for each rule?

It would be really useful to give an asynchronous speed combined with the port mapping. At the moment when using the port mapping, it's not possible to make it asynchronous.

Thanks for the great software, it's great what it can do.

[SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager] Transparent Proxy Redirect

Lucas Alexandre — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:02:24 -0400

Ah... Ok... I will send a email to you....

Thanks !!!!!!! :D

[SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager] Transparent Proxy Redirect

shunt010 — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:19:56 -0400

What problems are you having?

If you drop me an email ( sam@eastmidlandscomms.co.uk ), I can email you over my whole squid.conf file, if that's of any help? It's quite big, so is probably best not to put on the forum, unless Andrew thinks it may be useful for others

[SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager] Service couldn't start on Win2008

aximus — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:15:03 -0400

Actually, I've solved the problem
I had used alternative file manager to install BWM and it didn't work right
Windows Explorer doesn't cause this problem and application works correct!
Thank you!

[SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager] Transparent Proxy Redirect

Lucas Alexandre — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:07:30 -0400

Shunt, I have problems with Squid... what your configuration (squid.conf)

My cache_mem is 256

cache_dir 1000 16 256

You can help me ? Please !

[SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager] Service couldn't start on Win2008

Andrew — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:25:26 -0400

Are you sure you are using Windows 2008 [b]SP1[/b]? According to the [url=http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/servicepacks.mspx]Microsoft's web-site[/url], there has been no service pack released for Windows 2008 yet.

Besides this, please make sure you have allowed the BWM installation package to install the driver. There is a pop-up window that asks you to permit the driver's installation like this:

[img]http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1278/dddyb7.gif[/img]

If you refuse to install the driver, BWM will not work.

[SoftPerfect Network Protocol Analyzer] cap file format

Andrew — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:07:03 -0400

Yes, convert (or save) the capture from Ethereal to the Snoop format, rename the file to the .cap extension and then the SoftPerfect Network Protocol Analyzer can read it.

[SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager] Transparent Proxy Redirect

Lucas Alexandre — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:21:04 -0400

Hi all...

I use proxy transparent feature too (with squid). But some services need to not use a transparent proxy to work correct.

Exemple: In Brazil exist a service called "Conectividade Social". It use a socket in port 80. Without transparent proxy this test (TELNET 200.201.174.207 80) show this:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Type: text/html
Pragma: no-cache

PrivateWire GateWay

	PrivateWire GateWay User is not Authorized. Please contact your organization for further information. 254

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

If this happen, the service is working.

But if I enable transparent proxy on port 80 the test (TELNET 200.201.174.207 80) is get by Squid

I put a rule above all my "clients" of WISP

SOURCE RANGE OF MY NETWORK | DESTINATION 200.201.174.207 PORT 80

And this problem not happen anymore. But if Andrew implement a modification in Port Mapping Redirect to select excluded destination IP`S that not affected by Port Redirect.

Sorry my english...

Thanks !

[SoftPerfect Network Protocol Analyzer] cap file format

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:55:01 -0400

Hi,

Is there a way to read the traces captured by ethereal/wirelshark?

thanks.

JZ

[SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager] Service couldn't start on Win2008

aximus — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:03:13 -0400

Additionally, in bwmsvc.log I found following message:

Unable to start service (Could not initialize the driver. Please reboot the system or reinstall the program.)

the problem still exists even after reboot .

[SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager] Service couldn't start on Win2008

aximus — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:48:34 -0400

I have installed Bandwidth manager (v. 2.8.0.435) on Win 2008 (SP1) server and I could start bwmservice
there is error message

---------------------------
Services
---------------------------
Windows could not start the SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager service on SERVER2008.

Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.

[SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager] BWM not controlling the bandwidth

Lucas Alexandre — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:40:44 -0400

I set up my clients to receive 128 kbps. But in some moments they take the entire link. When this happens the Internet is very slow.

I use Kerio Winroute 6.4.2 and no special build of Softperfect BWM

[SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager] outgoing bandwidth limit not functioning

Andrew — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:16:13 -0400

Hi David,

Please post here the rule you have made (either a screen shot or textual description). Basically something like this should work:
[code]
Direction: Out
Rate: 2000000 bits/sec (make sure you specified bits, not bytes)
Source: local host
Destination: Any
Protocol: TCP/UDP
Interface: NIC3
[/code]

[SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager] outgoing bandwidth limit not functioning

David AIndow — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:29:41 -0400

Hi , I am using v2.8 of bandwidth manager and have encountered a problem with restricting traffic. I wish to restrict traffic from my server on one of three NICS to simulate a WAN connection for testign purposes.

I have added the rule and chosen 2000000 bps (2mbps) for outbound traffic of all types and this is reflected correctly in the rules list. However the rule doesn;t seem to do anything. I have succesfully streamed over 10mbps from the NIC. The bandwidth usage graph also does not reflect how much traffic is actually streaming outbound and is reflecting only between 20 or 200 kbps even though i know for a fact that over 10mbps is getting succesfully transmitted.
my three NICS are as follows
1 - 192.168.0.1 - 255.255.255.0
2 - 192.168.1.1 - 255.255.255.0
3 - 192.168.100.253 - 255.255.255.0
it is NIC 3 that i am trying to restrict the bandwidth consumption of.

I have tried the restrictions for both directions as well as outbound only but still no joy. I have used the program succesfully to restrict incoming traffic on another PC, but in this case it is the outbound that is more important to me.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Many Thanks

David

[SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager] Pinging local PCs from BWM Server

Phil — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:31:16 -0400

Andrew - thanks for the tip, I had not made the route permanent
- I would have been wondering what was wrong after the next re-boot!
Thanks for a great product & backed-up with excellent support.

Phil - Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia.

[SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager] Need help for BWM rules and groups

Andrew — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:11:06 -0400

The one which is connected to the switch and and further to the LAN computers. It is unclear from your drawing, but I think it is "Local Area Connection (192.168.0.1)".

[SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager] Need help for BWM rules and groups

Tinku — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:06:52 -0400

Thaks for your promptly answer!

When setting up the rules, at the interface I got:

- Any Interface
- WAN Network Interface (IP) I think because I turned to ON de Bridge.
- Local Area conection (192.168.0.1)
- Local Area conection2 (pulic IP 123.12.34.57)

Which of these equals LAN Switch? Should I define LAN Switch? Where?

Thanks!

[SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager] Configurable Penalty

Andrew — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:52:34 -0400

[quote]is there a way to select which protocols/ports are monitored in the configurable penalty? i like the idea of slowing down huge downloads, but i do not want to penalize for programs such as MSN and skype which keep open connections.[/quote]

The only way to specify ports and/or protocols is to define a separate rule. For example, you may want to define a rule that applies to the HTTP and FTP protocols and penalizes their overuse.

[quote]btw: what ever happened to the dynamic allocation that was mentioned a ways back? for instance instead of set numerals assigned to rules, a percentage would be given of the total pipe.[/quote]

This feature is not available yet. Perhaps in newer versions of BWM it will be implemented.

[SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager] Configurable Penalty

ColderLight — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:31:08 -0400

is there a way to select which protocols/ports are monitored in the configurable penalty? i like the idea of slowing down huge downloads, but i do not want to penalize for programs such as MSN and skype which keep open connections.

btw: what ever happened to the dynamic allocation that was mentioned a ways back? for instance instead of set numerals assigned to rules, a percentage would be given of the total pipe.

[SoftPerfect Personal Firewall] kicked off

Sam_Zen — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:07:52 -0400

Having the default permissions enabled, plus some outging blocks of bootp and netbios, I'm consequently lost with a net-connection, if I have done some local work for about some >20 minutes, so without any net-traffic.
Then SPF gives the message in the log : 'network settings has been changed', then no server can be found anymore.
I guess this has to do with the DNS function. I just have to close the apps and re-boot the machine to get it right again.
I'm not sure if this behaviour is SPF directly related, because I visit forums a lot, so cookies could make some call.
I've searched for some time-limit settings on the system, but couldn't find any.

[SoftPerfect Personal Firewall] Your FW is not in Stealth mode . . .

Sam_Zen — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:39:54 -0400

I just recently found this nice tool, and I'm quite satisfied with it. It gave a 'stealth report' at Shields Up.
Meaning that I'm not 'present' on the web. Checked with W98, W2K.
I briefly activated the learning mode and came upon the specific Netbios area of 135-, quite vulnerable indeed.
This app looks a bit like the old AtGuard FW I have been using in the past. Lots of work, but quite perfect if finetuned.
The only thing I miss, is the abilty to block referrers.

[SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager] Need help for BWM rules and groups

Andrew — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:47:39 -0400

Sorry, I am not sure about items 1 to 10, are you asking how to create rules to achieve these objectives or have already made them? If the former, I could give advice:

[quote]1. There must be no restriction in bandwidth within the local area network (192.168.XXX.XXX).[/quote]
Create a rule like this (the first in the ruleset):
[code]
Direction: Both
Protocol: Any IP based
Source: 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
Destination: 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
Rate: Unlimited
Interface: LAN switch
[/code]

[quote]2. The mail server access should not be limited to any bandwidth (Public IP 123.12.34.56)[/quote]
Create a rule like this (the second in the ruleset):
[code]
Direction: Both
Protocol: Any IP based
Source: 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
Destination: 123.12.34.56
Rate: Unlimited
Interface: LAN switch
[/code]

[quote]3. We must prioritize the use of VoIP (Skype, Net2Phone, etc.) within its assigned bandwidth.[/quote]
BWM currently does not support VoIP prioritization.[code]
Direction: Both
Protocol: Any IP based
Source: 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
Destination: 123.12.34.56
Rate: Unlimited
Interface: LAN switch
[/code]

[quote]4. It should give a very low priority and within the bandwidth assigned to P2P applications (Ares, eMule, Kazaa, etc).[/quote]

You can create a single rule for all P2P users, so they will share a small limit:
[code]
Direction: Both
Protocol: P2P
Source: 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
Destination: Any
Rate: 50 KB/s
Interface: LAN switch
[/code]

[quote]5. Each customer has a bandwidth (128, 256 or 512 download with its respective bandwidth upload) and assigned a static IP number (192.168.XXX.XXX) or a range (192,168. XXX.XXX - 192.168.XXX.YYY).[/quote]

Since you want to have different rates for upload and download, you will need to create two rules per customer like this (note that direction is different and source & destination are swapped):
[code]
[u]Download[/u]
Direction: Out
Protocol: Any IP based
Source: Any
Destination: 192.168.X.Y
Rate: 512K
Interface: LAN switch

[u]Upload[/u]
Direction: In
Protocol: Any IP based
Source: 192.168.X.Y
Destination: Any
Rate: 128K
Interface: LAN switch
[/code]

[quote]6. A group AAA (IP range 192.168.0.10 - 60) has unlimited access to the Internet.[/quote]

Create a rule like this:
[code]
Direction: Both
Protocol: Any IP based
Source: 192.168.0.10 - 192.168.0.60
Destination: Any
Rate: Unlimited
Interface: LAN switch
[/code]

[quote]7. How should rules and groups setup? Users should look like this: 1603 - 128Kb (128 download; 33.6 upload), 2901 - 512Kb; 502 - 128Kb; 701 - 256 Kb; 303 - 256 Kbetc;[/quote]

You probably do not need to use groups (I mean BWM's MAC & IP address groups). Simply create a rule per customer to cover the necessary range as per question 5. If a customer may have more than one IP address, specify an IP range rather than an individual IP address.

[quote]8. Should MAC address give a better control so that no one change his IP to get a better bandwidth?[/quote]

Depends. Firstly, you may have to deal with duplicate MAC addresses (where more than one computer has the same MAC address). Secondly, modern NICs allow to change their MAC address by a end user, which essentially makes no difference as both IP and MAC addresses can be forged.

[quote]9. The BWM Share Server is configured with XP�s Internet Connection Sharing. Should the BWM Bridge set ON? Which of both gives a better performance and control?[/quote]

This depends whether you hit the limit of the number of simultaneous connections imposed by the ICS service. If so, you may want to use RRAS, but you will need to install a server edition of Windows. Or you can use bridging, but in this case your modem has to be a router or be able to route traffic and do NAT. There is no real difference in performance between either of them.

[quote]10. All other PCs and/or IP don�t have access to the Internet.[/quote]

Create the following rule (at the [b]end[/b] of the ruleset):
[code]
Direction: Both
Protocol: Any IP based
Source: 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
Destination: Any
Rate: Blocked
Interface: LAN switch
[/code]

[quote]1. If we would have a second line of ADSL, BWM makes a channel balance? Access to any of the lines is assigned, default, automatic, balanced?[/quote]

No, it does not make any balancing. You will need to use third-party software, or you can simply tune the server's or modem's routing tables so half of your customers (say those below 192.168.15.255) goes via one ADSL line, and another half goes via the second ADSL line.

[quote]2. It is possible to monitor the records from another PC outside the network, over the Internet?[/quote]

If you mean accessing the BWM software remotely - yes. The BWM GUI talks to the core via a HTTP based protocol via port 8701. Provided that, you make all the necessary settings like port forwarding in your modem, you can control BWM remotely.

[quote]3. Can the BWM recognize PC's MAC that are within a Access Point device (Wireless)?[/quote]

It's hard to say. BWM sees MAC addresses as they come within the wire. Most likely all PCs behind the access point (i.e. wireless PCs) will be visible as a single MAC address, so you will have to enforce bandwidth restrictions based on their IP addresses.

[SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager] SoftPerfect Bandwidth's Rules doesn't work...

GFG — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:33:45 -0400

can anyone help me :'( ????