Software Tool to monitor socket port connections?

Hello everyone!

Can anyone suggest a software tool I can use to monitor and display the activity of socket ports while debugging Xojo? I have tried Wireshark and one or two others but cannot seem to get them to show the activity of socket ports when they are not going through a LAN connection, or a wireless LAN connection.

I am working on an app that has two parts and communicates using TCP. It would help me to debug when/if one part or the other drops the connection, or sends nothing etc.

Thank you,
Tim

I wrote such handy tool in VB6 about 15 years ago, and used that for years and years. Will check my backup-cd’s to see if I can find it again. Think it’s worth the time to write this tool in Xojo now, since it’s very handy if you use sockets in your projects.

httpscoop from Tuffcode is a nice tool for that
https://www.tuffcode.com/

Looks good. – but for this purpose I personally prefer as windows equivalent, or even better multiplatform product.

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[quote=264476:@Tim Seyfarth]Hello everyone!

Can anyone suggest a software tool I can use to monitor and display the activity of socket ports while debugging Xojo? I have tried Wireshark and one or two others but cannot seem to get them to show the activity of socket ports when they are not going through a LAN connection, or a wireless LAN connection.

I am working on an app that has two parts and communicates using TCP. It would help me to debug when/if one part or the other drops the connection, or sends nothing etc.

Thank you,
Tim[/quote]

On what platform ?

Hi All,

Thank you all for your responses! I will take a look at your suggested tools.

@John Hansen I am using Windows 7 and Windows 10.

Thank you,
Tim

Try Fiddler, I used Wireshark and Windows Network monitor before, It’s messy and confusing at first but for my needs, Fiddler works just fine.

Thanks Bernardo!

I will give them all a try. Much appreciated!
Tim