Tag Archives: network

Windows: Network packet capture with pktmon

Hi,

Windows has a built in tool for network capturing.

List Adapter

pktmon comp list

Capture on interface with ID 8 , this save the packets to C:\Windows\System32\pktmon.etl

pktmon start --capture --comp 8 --pkt-size 0

Stop capturing

pktmon stop

Save as pcap format

pktmon etl2pcap C:\Windows\System32\pktmon.etl --out D:\trace.pcapng

Michael

Windows: Enable policy to prevent connections to multiple networks

Hi,

via Windows Policy it is possible to restrict the access to multiple Networks.
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Windows: Explorer cannot access a mounted network drive when connect is established with administrator permissions

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Windows has a security feature which prevents an User from accessing network drives mounted in a cmd.exe or powershell when they are started elevated.

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VMware: Change network configuration of a vCenter Appliance (VCSA )

Hi,

a customer had the problem that, due to outdated DNS Server settings, vCenter didn’t start all services. Connecting with a browser just show “No healthy upstreams” and the login to the VCSA GUI takes a long time.
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Windows: Get, set or change the network access type or network category

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to get and the network access type and the network category use the powershell commandlets Continue reading Windows: Get, set or change the network access type or network category →