[Kurt] likes to know what’s going on with his network. He already uses bandwidth checking software on his DD-WRT capable router, but he wanted a second opinion. So he built his own network monitor.

I'm having some issues with my current internet connection and the ISP techs are unable to find a problem. For the last three nights for about a 3 hour period, I get very sporadic access to the ...

I have a 1700 series Cisco router and a 512K bit/sec leased line. About 50 users are accessing the Internet through that router, and I want to monitor my bandwidth consumption through the router. Is ...

Joining a slew of management vendors, AdventNet last week announced it would launch a NetFlow-based bandwidth-monitoring tool to help network administrators identify application traffic on their nets ...

One of the features included with most newer wireless routers is bandwidth usage monitoring. A bandwidth monitor lets you keep track of exactly how much data is uploaded and downloaded through your ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna and two ...

Windows only: Bandwidth monitor NetWorx is packed with tools to help you keep on top of what's happening on your network. As shown above, Networx offers network Statistics, Incoming Traffic, and Speed ...

Eli is Associate Editor for EdTech Magazine Higher Education. When not in the office, Eli is busy scanning the web for the latest podcasts or stepping into the boxing ring for a few rounds. As higher ...

For those Mac users who love to push their hardware to its limits, the OS X Activity Monitor (found in Applications > Utilities) can be a handy tool. I often use it to find out if one process or ...

Every now and then I'll notice that my internet access is slow. I live in a rural area and I'm happy to have DSL at all but my ISP service is 3mbs down 1mbs up. So it doesn't take much to make a ...