Bandwidth

January 18, 2006 1:40 PM

What would be a good, small utility for tracking my inbound/outbound DSL bandwidth consumption (as an end user)? All the tools I'm Googling seem to be for system administrators... I'm not running a server.
posted by hodyoaten to computers & internet (10 comments total)

Lots here
posted by essexjan at 1:43 PM on January 18, 2006

Here's a small, free bandwidth monitor from the 2nd page of the Google search.
posted by essexjan at 1:46 PM on January 18, 2006

AnalogX's NetStat Live might be what you're looking for. I've heard some nasty things about their proxy software (leaving you as a wide open proxy on the net, I think), but NetStat seems to be a decent little app.
posted by kableh at 1:47 PM on January 18, 2006

You could also buy a router like the WRT54G (if you don't have one already), upload custom firmware like hyperWRT, and look at the router info. This might not be the solution you are looking for, but a lot of routers have this info.

WAN (rx/tx) :
13.69 G (1.59 K/s) 14.16 G (0.20 K/s)
posted by adzm at 2:07 PM on January 18, 2006

Assuming you mean for a single computer, DU Meter works quite well, and doesn't look too ugly to boot. I'm reasonably sure it will keep track of bandwidth usage long-term, although I haven't verified that myself.
posted by cyrusdogstar at 2:07 PM on January 18, 2006

I use NetPerSec. Even though PCMag tries to charge for their prieviously free utilities, you can easily download it here.
posted by smackfu at 2:09 PM on January 18, 2006

Also, the program NetMeteris a small, clean, free (gratis) utility I use when I just want to see what my current up/down is.
posted by adzm at 2:11 PM on January 18, 2006

This java app looks pretty neat.
posted by The Jesse Helms at 2:12 PM on January 18, 2006

second for DU meter, which will moniter day/month/year, and also allows you to set alarms for outgoing/incoming/total.
posted by tiamat at 2:38 PM on January 18, 2006

Also the NetStat widget for the Yahoo! Widget Engine.
posted by JamesMessick at 6:27 PM on January 18, 2006