Any good, easy to use packet sniffers for Windows?

[MDesigner]

I'm looking for a packet sniffer that's fairly easy to use, has options like filtering IPs and ports, etc. I like NetworkActiv (their free sniffer) but there's a known bug that it only captures one direction (incoming) on some interfaces.. which it happens to be doing on mine. I need to capture both directions. Any suggestions? I'm trying to avoid Ethereal because I think the interface is not very intuitive.

Thanks!

 

[Nothinman]

Ethereal is about the best there is, not to be rude but if you can't figure it out you probably shouldn't be sniffing packets.

 

[MDesigner]

I tried it a looong time ago. Maybe it's developed a bit now.

Something strange is going on.. I tried another packet sniffer, and it too could only capture incoming packets. Is there some problem with my network that is preventing the sniffers from capturing outgoing packets?

 

[Nothinman]

Only thing I can imagine is that the sniffer was only configured to capture/display inbound packets. I would think if it was able to sniff one direction it could do both, but you never know.

 

[MDesigner]

I got Ethereal.. it looks a bit more polished. The filters were a tiny bit complicated but once I found the tcpdump man page, all became clear. Thanks!