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We've compiled a list of 5 free and paid alternatives to WinPcap. The primary competitors include Microsoft Network Monitor, WinDivert. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between WinPcap and Microsoft Message Analyzer, Win10Pcap, Npcap. Also you can look at other similar options here: Network and Admin Software.


Windows Packet Divert (WinDivert) is a user-mode packet capture-and-divert package for Windows.

Win10Pcap
Free Open Source

Win10Pcap is a WinPcap-based Ethernet packet capture library.

Npcap
Free

Npcap is the Nmap Project's packet sniffing library for Windows.

Industry-standard tool for link-layer network access in Windows.

WinPcap Platforms

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WinPcap Overview

WinPcap is the first successful port of libpcap (originally developed for Unix-like operating systems) for Windows.
Features of WinPcap:
-WinPcap is released under the BSD open source licence.
-It implements all of the classic optimizations described in the packet capture literature (e.g., kernel-level filtering and buffering, context switch mitigation, partial packet copy), plus some original ones, like JIT filter compilation and kernel-level statistic processing.
- It allows applications to capture and transmit network packets bypassing the protocol stack.
-It has additional useful features, including kernel-level packet filtering, a network statistics engine and support for remote packet capture.

WinPcap Features

tick-square Network Monitoring

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WinPcap Categories

Network and Admin Software

WinPcap Tags

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