Net Meter v DU Meter

I have downloaded both Net Meter, and DU Meter which is on a months trial,
Net Meter desn't seem to give much information and there are no help pages,
do you think it is worth paying for DU Meter ?

Or are there any more free ones worth trying ?
TIA

Pãt

"Linedancer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have downloaded both Net Meter, and DU Meter which is on a months trial,
> Net Meter desn't seem to give much information and there are no help
pages,
> do you think it is worth paying for DU Meter ?

> Pãt

I used Net Meter - seems to give all the information you (one?) could want?

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Frank

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> "Linedancer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> I have downloaded both Net Meter, and DU Meter which is on a months
>> trial,
>> Net Meter desn't seem to give much information and there are no help
> pages,
>> do you think it is worth paying for DU Meter ?
>
>> Pãt
>
> I used Net Meter - seems to give all the information you (one?) could
> want?
>
> --
> Frank
>

Without trying to state the obvious have you right clicked on the little
red/green arrows in your notification icons in the bottom corner of your
screen when running Netmeter. If you do that and then click Totals it gives
you all the possible data you need.

Roy

RChick wrote:
>>
>
> Without trying to state the obvious have you right clicked on the
> little red/green arrows in your notification icons in the bottom
> corner of your screen when running Netmeter. If you do that and then
> click Totals it gives you all the possible data you need.
>
> Roy

Yes I have done that, it gives the totals I know, it doesn't run unless you
open it though does it ?

DU meter runs all the time and gives daily, weekly, monthly reports etc.the
totals include data received today and data received since it started
running, it tells you how many hours online too.

Maybe that's not all necessary, I am just running a check on my usage prior
to getting broadband, and I want to be able to check it when I am on
broadband, then I can make sure I don't go over my 3gb a month
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Pãt

"Linedancer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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| RChick wrote:
| >>
| >
| > Without trying to state the obvious have you right clicked on the
| > little red/green arrows in your notification icons in the bottom
| > corner of your screen when running Netmeter. If you do that and then
| > click Totals it gives you all the possible data you need.
| >
| > Roy
|
| Yes I have done that, it gives the totals I know, it doesn't run unless
you
| open it though does it ?

Right click > Options

Checking - load on Windows Startup, as well as close to tray

keeps it running in the background and automatically starts logging as soon
as I connect.

manckevin wrote:
> >
> Right click > Options
>
> Checking - load on Windows Startup, as well as close to tray
>
> keeps it running in the background and automatically starts logging
> as soon as I connect.

Thanks for that :-)
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Pãt

RChick <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

: Without trying to state the obvious have you right clicked on the little
: red/green arrows in your notification icons in the bottom corner of your
: screen when running Netmeter. If you do that and then click Totals it gives
: you all the possible data you need.

I only tried Netmeter briefly and it generally seemed very good...EXCEPT
that I wanted it to itemize traffic on my ADSL link only - not local
inter-machine traffic on my router (which would also appear as traffic on
my Ethernet card) - basically all EXCEPT 192.168.*.*.

I do not know if I missed this or if dumeter can do it.

Brian McIlwrath wrote:
> RChick <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> : Without trying to state the obvious have you right clicked on the little
> : red/green arrows in your notification icons in the bottom corner of your
> : screen when running Netmeter. If you do that and then click Totals it gives
> : you all the possible data you need.
>
> I only tried Netmeter briefly and it generally seemed very good...EXCEPT
> that I wanted it to itemize traffic on my ADSL link only - not local
> inter-machine traffic on my router (which would also appear as traffic on
> my Ethernet card) - basically all EXCEPT 192.168.*.*.
>
> I do not know if I missed this or if dumeter can do it.

Get a router that does SNMP :-)

alex

Brian McIlwrath wrote:
> RChick <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> : Without trying to state the obvious have you right clicked on the little
> : red/green arrows in your notification icons in the bottom corner of your
> : screen when running Netmeter. If you do that and then click Totals it gives
> : you all the possible data you need.
>
> I only tried Netmeter briefly and it generally seemed very good...EXCEPT
> that I wanted it to itemize traffic on my ADSL link only - not local
> inter-machine traffic on my router (which would also appear as traffic on
> my Ethernet card) - basically all EXCEPT 192.168.*.*.
>
> I do not know if I missed this or if dumeter can do it.

On the Netmeter Options/General tab you can select the network interface
to monitor. Just choose the appropriate network adapter from the drop
down list.

Most of these options can be simply found with a right click and no more
than two minutes clicking through the tabs. Is a manual really needed
for that?

Tony

Tony Raven <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

: On the Netmeter Options/General tab you can select the network interface
: to monitor. Just choose the appropriate network adapter from the drop
: down list.

That doesn't work! Local traffic (within the LAN) *AND* ADSL Internet traffic
share the SAME Ethernet interface - and cannot be separated.

: Most of these options can be simply found with a right click and no more
: than two minutes clicking through the tabs. Is a manual really needed
: for that?

But you obviously don't understand it at all!!!