Any way to view raw connection log?

[AppleBag]

As title says; I'd like to be able to view the raw connections log, the stuff you see on the Connections tab/textbox.

I'd like to be able to add it to a windows program so that it can be filtered, and all manipulated in all the good ways you can do with full blown apps.

 

[RMerlin]

netstat-nat

 

[AppleBag]

netstat-nat

Thanks, sorry but I'm not too skilled at Linux; is there an equivalent Windows app? Also, would that app view all connections through the router itself? I know there are SNMP viewers that show connections on your own machine out there already, but I need to view all connections going to/from all computers on the network. I'd really like a nice, standalone windows app that somehow "hooks" into the connections going through the router, so I can view it all in the standalone app.

 

[skeal]

Thanks, sorry but I'm not too skilled at Linux; is there an equivalent Windows app? Also, would that app view all connections through the router itself? I know there are SNMP viewers that show connections on your own machine out there already, but I need to view all connections going to/from all computers on the network. I'd really like a nice, standalone windows app that somehow "hooks" into the connections going through the router, so I can view it all in the standalone app.

Have you ever heard of Putty? Its a windows program that looks into your routers inner workings via SSH. @RMerlin gave you the command to run in an SSH session it works awesome. You could easily copy and paste to a program like Word or some other editor.

 

[john9527]

You could easily copy and paste to a program like Word or some other editor.

Or redirect the output to an SMB share, and open it directly in your desired editor/program.

 

[ColinTaylor]

but I need to view all connections going to/from all computers on the network.

What is the "need" you are trying to address? Maybe there's another way of achieving the same outcome.

 

[AppleBag]

@RMerlin gave you the command to run in an SSH session it works awesome.

doh! I googled his command and it led me to this, so I thought that's what he was talking about, lol. I will give Putty a try. ty

 

[AppleBag]

What is the "need" you are trying to address? Maybe there's another way of achieving the same outcome.

I'm trying to basically "filter" things as I choose from the "live logs", such as selecting to view only from specific machines and changing to another machine on the fly, amongst other things, rather than just have everything "dumped" out in one long scrolling window.

 

[ColinTaylor]

I'm trying to basically "filter" things as I choose from the "live logs", such as selecting to view only from specific machines and changing to another machine on the fly, amongst other things, rather than just have everything "dumped" out in one long scrolling window.

netstat-nat (which is used to populate the Connections tab) will give you a moment in time list of all the current connections. But if by "live logs" you mean some sort of real-time, constantly updated window of connections then the router doesn't have anything like that. The best you could do is poll netstat-nat every few seconds.

 

[RMerlin]

You can use the watch command, however the connection list is so long, you wouldn't be able to get anything useful on your screen.

watch netstat-nat -n