YOu guys still remember those old USB ADSL modem with no ethernet port? They used to come with some kind of software that lets you see how much data is being transferred "live". A kind of data transfer meter.

What I'm trying to depict is that the software has a "blue bar" that goes from 0 to 512 or 0 to 1024 or whatever speed your ADSL streamyx comes with. It also has an upload bar that does pretty much the same thing.

The good thing about this "meter" is that you can roughly tell how fast you are downloading or uploading every single seconds, by staring at the blue bar that goes from left to right (nifty little animation).

But most modern router, modem, modem-router-switch etc dont have these, so I'm just thinking, is there any 3rd party software that does this?

A reliable one of course.

try "DU Meter"

http://www.dumeter.com



there is also some other cool widget running on konfabulator which does the same

This post has been edited by earl-ku: Feb 15 2006, 06:37 AM

You can use the Windows Performance Monitor. Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Performance Monitor. Add in counters for the network interfaces.

> wiki this <

errr, I can only see measurement in bytes and stuff, nothing about live bandwidth usage meter in the add new counter dialog boxes.

Are you sure?

Doesnt look as good as DUMeter, now if only DUMeter is free. hmhhh.

This post has been edited by lamely_named: Feb 15 2006, 12:29 PM

can show the sample pic????