What is QTrace?
qTrace is a free and open-source network analyzer and packet capture utility for Windows. It offers advanced features for network troubleshooting, analysis, and monitoring.
Some key capabilities of qTrace include:
- Real-time packet capture and inspection - Capture packets crossing the network, apply filters, inspect packet contents in detail.
- Advanced protocol analysis - Analyze hundreds of protocols including TCP, UDP, HTTP, DNS, and more to identify issues.
- Performance measurement and reporting - Monitor bandwidth usage, latency, jitter to diagnose network slowdowns.
- Customizable reports and dashboards - Build reports with graphs and tables to visualize traffic stats and trends.
- Identify intrusions and malware - Detect anomalous behaviors and potential attacks using smart algorithm alerts.
- Supports Wireshark capture files - Open .pcap files in qTrace for powerful post-capture analysis.
With an intuitive GUI and extensive analytics capabilities, qTrace provides valuable insights for network engineers, administrators, security analysts, and developers. It can help debug connectivity and throughput problems, optimize networks, and strengthen security.