Monitoring network and dial-up connections

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Monitoring network and dial-up connections

You can obtain information about an active connection by using the Status menu command on the File menu.

By using Status, you can view:

  • The duration of a connection.

  • The speed at which you initially connected.

    For a single-link connection and for individual links in a multilink connection, this speed is negotiated (and fixed) at the time the connection or link is established. For multilink connections, this speed is equal to the sum of the speeds of the individual links. For multilink connections, this speed varies as links are added or deleted.

  • For local area connections, the number of bytes transmitted and received during a connection. For other types of connections, the number of bytes transmitted and received during a connection, and the associated compression and error statistics.

  • The diagnostic tools that you can use for a connection, if any. For example, the Windows Network Troubleshooter, TCP/IP, Autoping, and TCP/IP Windows IP Configuration. These tools are explicitly registered in the Windows Server 2003 family by their providers, whether the provider is Microsoft or another organization.

You can also generate diagnostic reports for remote access connections. For more information on remote access preferences and generating diagnostic reports, see Logging remote access connections and Enable logging.

For more information on monitoring connections, see Monitor a connection.

Note

  • If your computer is set up to accept incoming connections, a connection icon with a user name assigned to it appears in the Network Connections folder as each user connects. You can view the progress of incoming connections by right-clicking a named connection, and then clicking Status.