Comments on: A "Task Manager" for Bandwidth (for Windows 2000)?

Question: A "Task Manager" for Bandwidth (for Windows 2000)?

scarabic — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 11:54:50 -0800

I'd like to know which applications on my computer are using how much of my internet connection's bandwidth. Something like Task Manager for bandwidth. Any recommendations for something free for Win2K that's easy to install, use, and uninstall? Or is there a built-in utility I'm missing?

By: Hackworth

Hackworth — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 12:52:38 -0800

Well, there's Down2Home, which will monitor and log how much bandwidth total you are using, but it doesn't tell you how much each individual program might be using.

By: nixxon

nixxon — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 12:58:53 -0800

Netlimiter does what you want (and also lets you limit the bandwidth for a particular application). Not free, but you can download a trial version.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 13:55:45 -0800

This might be a better URL for that.

By: nixxon

nixxon — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:07:39 -0800

Er, yeah. Sorry about that. I'm using a proxy that encrypts URLs, and I guess it encrypted the URL I linked in my post. Thanks for the correction, jessamyn.

By: Blue Stone

Blue Stone — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:54:33 -0800

Netlimiter is neat, but it doesn't come free ($30).

By: Blue Stone

Blue Stone — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:56:16 -0800

[yeah ... I saw you said it wasn't free, two seconds after I pressed post - sigh.]

By: the biscuit man

the biscuit man — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 16:23:42 -0800

Is there anything similar to Netlimiter under OS X?

By: kindall

kindall — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 16:57:08 -0800

If you just want the limiting functions, for Mac OS X you can look at throttled, although it apparently is port-based rather than application-based. Still, particular ports are typically associated with applications.

By: the biscuit man

the biscuit man — Thu, 10 Jun 2004 17:52:26 -0800

Thanks kindall! I will see if I can figure it out.