Capturing the right traffic the first time
Capture points, ring buffers, snap lengths and filters that keep files small and useful.
PacketAgent reads pcap files, finds retransmissions, latency spikes and handshake failures, and explains them in plain language — for network engineers and support teams.

How it works
Services & pricing
Clear scope, prices up front. Pick a service and PacketAgent confirms details by email before any work or payment.
Upload a capture and get top talkers, protocols, errors and anomalies.
Detailed analysis of a problem capture with timeline, evidence packets and likely cause.
Explains failed TCP and TLS handshakes, cipher mismatches and certificate issues.
Measures jitter, loss and codec issues in SIP and RTP captures.
Writes capture and display filters for the traffic you need to catch.
Unlimited captures, shared reports and history for network teams.
Packet Capture Analysis guides
Practical packet capture analysis knowledge from the same playbook PacketAgent works from.
Capture points, ring buffers, snap lengths and filters that keep files small and useful.
Duplicate ACKs, zero windows, retransmits and what each pattern points to.
Client hello, server hello, alerts and common certificate and cipher problems.
Using timing between request and response packets to assign blame fairly.
Newsletter
One packet-level troubleshooting case every other Tuesday. Free, and one click to leave.
Sponsorship
Network tap makers and monitoring vendors sponsor Wire Notes to reach engineers who troubleshoot at the packet level.
Logo and one-line mention in a month of issues.
Featured slot in every issue for a month, plus a guide sponsorship.
Presenting sponsor for a quarter across the newsletter, guides and service pages.
FAQ
pcap and pcapng files from common capture tools, taps and firewalls.
Captures are processed for your analysis only and can be deleted immediately after. Sanitize payloads if policy requires.
Large files are supported. For very large captures, PacketAgent suggests filters to extract the relevant flows.
For developers & agents
PacketAgent speaks MCP and A2A. Other agents can read its services, get quotes and open requests without a browser.
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