BWMeter 6.2.0 | 0.8 Mb
BWMeter is a powerful bandwidth meter, monitor and traffic controller, which measures, displays and controls all traffic to/from your computer or on your network. Unlike other products, it can analyze the data packets (where they come from, where they go, which port and protocol they use). This makes it possible to distinguish between local and internet traffic for example. BWMeter can also be used for traffic control by setting a speed limit for all kinds of connections or restricting access to certain internet sites.
It creates statistics for all computers in your network, measuring and displaying all LAN traffic as well as download / upload from the internet. You can even define filters which show your transfer with certain internet addresses (e.g. to see how much data you download from your favorite news server). BWMeter is ideal for home users to get an overview of how much bandwidth they use, as well as small to large businesses, where one computer can control the traffic and maintain the statistics of downloaded / uploaded data of all computers in the network. The product is easy to configure and offers a rich set of options and features for beginners as well as experts and network administrators.
Key Features:
• Graphical and numerical display of bandwidth
• User definable filters for measuring bandwidth
• User definable graphs to visualize bandwidth
• Can monitor all network interfaces / adapters
• Can monitor and display all traffic on the network
• Traffic control, access control and speed limits
• Creates daily, weekly, monthly and yearly statistics
• Shows statistics of other computers running BWMeter
• Alerts and notifications
• Creates statistics of all local network and internet traffic
• Shows hostile internet traffic (hackers, viruses, etc.)
• Statistics can be exported / imported
• Easy installation and configuration with default options
• Supports LAN, WAN, VPN, ADSL, xDSL, Modem, Dial-Up, etc.
• Can run as a Service (Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003 only)
• Absolute flexibility
• Many options for full customization
• and much more...
Users who want to know exactly how much bandwidth they use will definitely find BWMeter a very handy tool, as the application provides a detailed analysis of both the network and the Internet connection, but also some other great features.
Although it was initially designed to give you an overview over the network and Internet traffic, BWMeter provides much more than that, including tools to control network access, graphs and even alerts and notifications.
The application thus has tons of features, so it could be a bit difficult to get along with it if you're not an experienced user. Well, yes and no, because the interface has been designed to make the whole job a lot easier, so features are nicely organized in the main window.
BWMeter lets you set up filters for either the local network or the Internet, but also configure speed limits and stop traffic or enable download and upload restrictions.
What we liked the most however where the graphs generated by the app that can be updated at an user-defined interval and can be fully customized with a different position and size, various display units and fractional digits, but also with a new visual style.
Otherwise, the amount of statistics provided by BWMeter is absolutely impressive, showing you valuable information either hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or yearly.
Since it's also capable of controlling app access to the network and Internet, the user will also have to set up separate rules for each application, so you also have the chance to block dangerous or suspicious processes.
All in all, BWMeter is an excellent application if you're planning to monitor bandwidth closely, but you will have to purchase a license to unlock its full powers.
0.8 Mb
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