My network connection is via a cable/xDSL modem. Will CommView be able to monitor traffic on it?
A. If your modem has a dual USB/Ethernet interface and you can connect it to an Ethernet card, CommView will certainly capture traffic on it. If it has only a USB interface, the best thing to do is to try. Q. My firewall software warns me that CommView is “attempting to access the Internet.” I am aware that some sites are able to track users by collecting the information sent by their programs via Internet. Why does CommView “attempt to access the Internet”? A. Three activities may alert your firewall. First, it may be an attempt to resolve IP addresses to hostnames. Since CommView has to contact your DNS servers to make a DNS query, it inevitably triggers the alarm. You can disable this feature (Settings => Options => Disable DNS resolving), but in this case, the Latest IP Connections tab will not be able to show you the hostnames. Second, you may have configured the program to check if updates or new versions are available. To do this, CommView has to connect to www.tamos.com. You ca
