DU Meter 5.02 Build 3254 RETAIL | 2.3 MBDU Meter is an award winning, powerful and user-friendly tool fromHagel Technologies, that enables you to use your Internet connectionmore efficiently. DU Meter lets you see how much of your full bandwidthpotential is actually utilized at any given point, either by displayinga real-time graph, numerical display, or both. It works with Dial-Up,DSL, DSL, Cable Modem, and Ethernet cards.
DU Meter can be configured to fit neatly in the blank space on yourbrowser toolbar and uses only a very small amount of Windows resources.DU Meter installation involves no changes to your Windows system files.
The current version includes some superb new features including fulllogging and reporting capabilities with export to many different fileformats, including Excel and HTML. It also has an auto hide feature,monitoring of online hours with alerts, a fully customizable interface,and a great stopwatch which helps you to accurately time your downloads.
DU Meter 4.0 is a major new version of our award-winning utility. Itwill enable you to use your Internet connection more efficiently byproviding an accurate visualization of the data which is flowingthrough your computer's network connection. DU Meter also includes anextensive reporting facility, a flexible notifications and eventssystem, and more.
• Keep an eye on your Internet connection: see data coming in or going out.
• Protect yourself from unexpected charges or Internet service disruption.
• Receive alerts about dangerous or unexpected network activity.
• Easy to use - works automatically with no user input required.
• Uses very little resources, fully compatible with Windows Vista and XP.
* Have you ever found yourself wondering why some downloads seem totake an eternity to complete, or why your e-mail program seems to bestuck in the middle of e-mail retrieval. Is it really hanging, or maybeit's just downloading a large e-mail attachment? DU Meter provides theanswer to these and other mysteries, and can also alert you ofdangerous or unexpected network activity. Watching your data transferrates can be very enlightening no matter what you do online, and you'llsoon be wondering how you managed without DU Meter before.
* Many Internet users believe their "unlimited" account lets them surfthe Internet, send large email attachments and download as many moviesand songs as they choose. However it is well documented by the mediathat many Internet Service Providers, both in the U.S. and elsewhere,do in fact set definite usage limits, even though they may advertise tothe contrary. Some will take drastic measures like termination of anaccount without any advance warning, if these limits are exceeded. DUMeter can create detailed reports of the total network traffic volumeon your computer and can alert you if certain limits are surpassed. Ifyou have teenage children or if you own or manage a business, DU Metercan be especially useful for you to you too.
Other DU Meter highlights:• Provides clear graphical and/or numerical display
• Reporting facility with export to many different file formats, including HTML, Excel, PDF and others
• Permits close supervision of uploads and downloads
• Compatible with all network interfaces: Dial-Up, Cable, ADSL, Ethernet, and others
• Fully compatible with Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000
• Requires minimal screen real estate and system resources
• Involves no changes to your Windows system files
• Auto-hide feature minimizes the meter to the system tray in the absence of network activity
• 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
DU Meter was designed from the ground up to be very light on systemresources usage. It should have negligible impact on your computer'sperformance, and any computer that can run a supported version ofWindows, can run DU Meter.
DU Meter supports Windows Windows 7, Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000.
Although DU Meter is 32-bit application, it runs on both 32-bit and64-bit versions of Windows. On 64-bit Windows all functions aresupported except Vista sidebar integration.
Changes in DU Meter 5.0:Most important features:
* DUMeter can discriminate between Internet and local LAN traffic, andmonitor either of them. It can figure out what is Internet and what isLAN traffic automatically, or you can supply a list of IP subnetworksyou wish to monitor or ignore.
* If your networking traffic is not free (or it starts to cost you overa certain monthly limit), DU Meter can calculate and display total costof traffic during this billing period. Peak/off-peak rates aresupported too.
* DU Meter can terminate all network connections as a result of analert condition being met. E.g. you can specify that if monthly ordaily traffic is over a certain limit, no more network traffic will beinitiated.
* Alerts may be based on current monthly charges.
* Many bug fixes and improvements in stability and robustness - DUMeter can automatically recover now from database corruption (extremelyrare).
* Still light system resources usage: Despite all these improvements, DU Meter still takes very little system resources
Display improvements:
* Explorer deskband mode - DU Meter can attach itself to Windows taskbar for unobtrusive and prominent display.
* Full support for 64-bit Windows - including Sidebar and Windows taskbar integration.
* Several new types of graphs available, in addition to DU Meter "classic" mode.
* Numerical display can show either current throughput values, or totalmonthly traffic, or monthly charges (network traffic costs).
* Sub-pixel anti-aliased drawing for more visually pleasing display.
* Numerical display is highlighted if alert condition is in effect.
* "Click-through" mode - DU Meter window is visible and semi-translucent, and all mouse clicks go to the application below.
Reporting improvements:
* Reports network data transfer costs if configured.
* Report file names can be automatically based on computer name or current date.
* Many other improvements and bug fixes.
