Colasoft Packet Builder is useful tool used for creating custom
network packets, you can use this tool to check your network protection
against attacks and intruders. Colasoft Packet Builder provides you very
powerful editing feature, besides common HEX editing raw data, it
featuring a Decoding Editor which allows you edit specific protocol
field value much easier. In addition to building packets, Colasoft
Packet Builder also supports saving packets to packet files and sending
packets to network.
There
are three ways to invoke Colasoft Ping Tool:
- Click the Colasoft Packet Builder command in the Tools
menu.
- Open the Start button of Windows and choose All
Programs. Click the Colasoft Packet Builder from the
Colasoft Capsa application.
- Choose the Run… command from the Start button of
Windows, input PktBuilder.exe command and click the Enter
key.
You
can select one of the provided templates and change the parameters in
the decoder editor, hexadecimal editor and ASCII editor to create a
packet. Any changes are immediately displayed in the other two windows.
To custom the layout of the three windows, please click the window
header, hold on mouse and move it.

Hold on and drag your mouse to the position displayed in the below
figure.

Then you will see the Packet List window move to the bottom.

Toolbar

Button |
Description |
Import |
Colasoft Capsa supports import files in *.cscpkt, *.cpf, *.dmp, *.pkt
and *.rawpkt format. The current packets will be cleared if you import a packet
file. |
Export |
The packets listed in the Packet List and related information
can be exported to a file in .cscpkt format. |
Add |
Creates a packet and it will be listed as the last packet in the
Packet List. You can define
the packet type from the five templates provided by Colasoft Capsa
and the delta time. |
Insert |
Creates and
Inserts a packet into the Packet List and it will be listed after the current packet.
You can also define the packet type from the five templates provided
by Colasoft Capsa and the delta time. |
Copy |
Copies the selected text or items in the three windows. In the
Decode Editor, you can copy all involved items in a tree as a text
file and puts it on the clipboard. |
Paste |
Pastes one or more packets in the Packet List window or paste
some content in the Decode Packet window. |
Delete |
Deletes a packet in the Packet List or delete a period
Hex/ASCII code in the Hex Editor. |
Move Up |
Clicks this button to move a packet once towards the first packet in
the Packet List. |
Move Down |
Clicks this button to move a packet once towards the last packet in
the Packet List. |
Checksum |
Clicks this button if you want Colasoft Packet Builder
calculate the checksum automatically when you editor a packet decode. |
Send |
Sends selected packets to the wire. |
Send All |
Sends all packets in the packet list to the wire. |
Adapter |
Defines an adapter for sending packets to the wire. |
About |
Displays program information, version number and copyright. |
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