Providing Network Statistics and Packet Information

The Network Packet Provider (NPP) is a DLL that communicates with the Network Monitor driver and provides network statistics and packet data.

The most common ways to use the NPP include:

• Network statistics.
• Frames passed to the application in real time.
• Packets accessible only after the capture has been stopped.

This section includes the following topics:

• Selecting a NIC
• Using GetNPPBlobTable