Advanced Network Activity Settings

Configure Computers

Advanced options allow you to adjust the time-out period at which the Client "flushes" a network event. Change this settings only if you are sure you will not compromise the Client's ability to record, or if directed by SpectorSoft Technical Support. At the Network Activity Settings box, click the Advanced button (a message warns against changing advanced settings).

Flush after n minutes of inactivity - Enter the number of inactivity minutes that should pass before the Network event ends. "Inactivity" is the number of minutes that should transpire between network connections before recording of an event.

The default inactivity time is 10 minutes.

If more than one connection is made by the same program to the same network address and network port within a specific period of time (of inactivity), the Client will not "start" a new event, it will add the connection to the current event.

If the inactivity time period passes without any new connections being made, the Client records the activity as an "event," including the count of connections made during the event.

Reducing the time generates more events. Raising the inactivity minutes generates fewer events with more connections.

Click OK. Click OK or Next on the Settings panel, and continue on to activate the new configuration.

Note: A connection to the same network IP address but at a different port is always recorded as a separate network event.

For example: If you browse CNN in the morning for 5 minutes and again at lunch for 15 minutes two separate network events involving cnn.com are recorded (inactivity was detected between morning and lunch). If you are browsing CNN in the morning and continue to browse continuously until lunch, a single event with many connections would be recorded (no inactivity detected).