Kerio Tech Firewall6 User Manual
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19.2 Network connections overview
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Source, Destination
IP address of the source (the connection initiator) and of the destination. If there is an
appropriate reverse record in DNS, the IP address will be substituted with the DNS name.
The following columns are hidden by default. They can be enabled through the Modify columns
dialog opened from the context menu (for details, see chapter
).
Source port, Destination port
Ports used for the particular connection.
Protocol
Communication protocol (TCP or UDP)
Timeout
Time left until automatic disconnection. The countdown starts when data traffic stops.
Each new data packet sets the counter to zero.
Rx, Tx
Total size of data received (Rx) or transmitted (Tx) during the connection (in kilobytes).
Received data means the data transferred from Source to Destination, transmitted data
means the opposite.
Info
An informational text describing the connection (e.g. about the protocol inspector applied
to the connection).
Information in Connections is refreshed automatically within a user defined interval or the
Refresh button can be used for manual refreshing.
Options of the Connections Dialog
The following options are available below the list of connections:
•
Hide local connections — connections from or/and to the WinRoute host will not be
displayed in the Connections window.
This option only makes the list better-arranged and distinguishes connections of other
hosts in the local network from the WinRoute host’s connections.
•
Show DNS names — this option displays DNS names instead of IP addresses. If a DNS
name is not resolved for a certain connection, the IP address will be displayed.
Right-click on the Connections window (on the connection selected) to view a context menu
including the following options:
Kill connection
Use this option to finish selected connection immediately (in case of UDP connections all
following datagrams will be dropped).
Note: This option is active only if the context menu has been called by right-clicking on
a particular connection. If called up by right-clicking in the Connections window (with no
connection selected), the option is inactive.