Windows Firewall Notifier (WFN) is a firewall monitoring program with connection path mapping. Its advanced options let you see the bandwidth speed of programs sending and receiving data on different ports in real time. What stands out is the ability to see the geographic location of the destination— the place in the world where your data is sent.
The program acts as an extension of Windows Firewall. Apart from using all the native configurations of the operating system, you can track connection paths and get desktop notifications when unknown outbound connections are detected.
How to Monitor Incoming and Outgoing Firewall Connections in Real Time
First, note that Windows Firewall Notifier depends on the native Windows Firewall; it is not a dedicated firewall program. Once you run the environment (it is portable), it starts working immediately. All the informative data is shown in the center of its interface, while the tools are listed on the left side in sections.
In the connections section, you see all active connections of your computer. The program also shows the program name, the ports transmitting, the remote address, the country, and so on.
Next, the Map section shows a world map in the center with all the routes, including outgoing and incoming ports. Another great feature is Bandwidth, where you can monitor your bandwidth in real time with simple-to-understand graphs.
The platform also includes other functions like firewall rule management, security log viewing, and the ability to adjust the connection filter configuration, among others.
Windows Firewall Notifier is truly a great firewall monitoring program that lets you observe the destination routes of data transfers from programs installed on your computer. It is free and available for Windows operating systems.
