Sniffnet allows configuring custom notifications to warn you about specific network events.
You can set up notifications from the Notifications tab of the application's settings.
By default, all notifications are disabled.
You can decide to enable notifications for the following events:
- data threshold exceeded
- new data exchanged from favorites
- new data exchanged from a blacklisted IP
For each of these events, you can choose an alert sound to play when a notification is received and, in case of data threshold exceeded notifications, you can specify a custom threshold value (expressed as number of bits, bytes, or packets) to trigger the notification.
Note
Threshold values are referred to amounts of data exchanged each second, comprehending both incoming and outgoing traffic.
Tip
In case you prefer to receive alerts that don't emit any sound, you can set to null the application's volume via the dedicated slider, or you can disable sounds for specific notification kinds.
This settings page also includes a checkbox to enable remote notifications forwarding to a custom endpoint; such feature is described in the dedicated Remote notifications Wiki page.
The notifications received during a monitoring session are visible in the Notifications page of the app.
Events are listed from the most recent to the oldest, and each notification includes details about the type of event, the timestamp of occurrence, and other information depending on the specific event.
Tip
Enabling notifications is particularly useful when paired with a custom filters configuration, as you can set up alerts for specific network conditions that you want to monitor closely.