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What is DU Meter?
DU Meter is an award winning utility from Hagel Technologies that provides an accurate account of the data which is flowing through your computer's network connection at any given moment. This readout is presented in both numerical and graphical format, in real time. DU Meter includes extensive logging facility, flexible events system, and more. It supports Windows 95/98/NT4/2000 and XP! DU Meter works with virtually all types of network connections: phone modems, DSL, cable modem, LAN, satellite, and more.
Why should you use DU Meter?
There are many reasons why you might want to monitor your network activity. Watching your data transfer rates can be very enlightening as you download a web page, email, or a software application. This will give you a much better idea of how long the operation will take. It will also let you know how efficient your Internet connection is. And it can alert you of dangerous or unexpected network activity.
If you are trying to improve your performance over the Internet and you are going to spend some time optimizing your configuration for maximum download speeds, it's critical that you accurately monitor your download speeds or data transfer rates so you can compare them at various settings.
DU Meter most important features
Provides clear graphical and/or numerical display
Logging facility with export to many different file formats, including
Excel and HTML
Permits close supervision of uploads and downloads
Works with Dial-Up, ISDN, Cable Modem, ADSL, Ethernet cards, and more
Option to select specific network interface
Full compatibility with Windows 98, NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows
XP
Requires minimal screen real estate and system resources
Simple installation
Involves no changes to your Windows system files
Configurable to load with Windows
Auto-hide feature minimizes the meter to the system tray in the absence
of network activity
Readout in either kB/sec (kilobytes per second) or kbps (kilobits per
second)
Scalable to your own modem download capabilities
Option to view readout in moment-to-moment or average values
Option to notify user or disconnect from the Internet automatically
when network activity drops below a certain level
Useful stopwatch to accurately time downloads and report the average
transfer rates
