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Powerful bandwidth meter, monitor and traffic controller, which measures, displays and controls all traffic.

BWMeter is a powerful bandwidth meter, monitor and traffic controller, which measures, displays and controls all traffic to/from your computer or on your network. Unlike other products, it can analyze the data packets (where they come from, where they go, which port and protocol they use). This makes it possible to distinguish between local and internet traffic for example. BWMeter can also be used for traffic control by setting a speed limit for all kinds of connections or restricting access to certain internet sites. It creates statistics for all computers in your network, measuring and displaying all LAN traffic as well as download / upload from the internet. You can even define filters which show your transfer with certain internet addresses (e.g. to see how much data you download from your favorite news server). BWMeter is ideal for home users to get an overview of how much bandwidth they use, as well as small to large businesses, where one computer can control the traffic and maintain the statistics of downloaded / uploaded data of all computers in the network. The product is easy to configure and offers a rich set of options and features for beginners as well as experts and network administrators.

Key Features

* Graphical and numerical display of bandwidth
* User definable filters for measuring bandwidth
* User definable graphs to visualize bandwidth
* Can monitor all network interfaces / adapters
* Can monitor and display all traffic on the network
* Traffic control, access control and speed limits
* Creates daily, weekly, monthly and yearly statistics
* Shows statistics of other computers running BWMeter
* Alerts and notifications
* Creates statistics of all local network and internet traffic
* Shows hostile internet traffic (hackers, viruses, etc.)
* Statistics can be exported / imported
* Easy installation and configuration with default options
* Supports LAN, WAN, VPN, ADSL, xDSL, Modem, Dial-Up, etc.
* Can run as a Service (Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003 only)
* Absolute flexibility
* Many options for full customization
* and much more...

System requirements

* Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, XP or 2003

What's New:

4.0.0(08.04.08)

* New: full 64 bit support
* New: improved Vista compatibility
* New: interface focus color adjusts to system default
* New: several improvemnts and bug fixes
* New: the new version does not support Windows 95, 98, ME and NT4 anymore! Please download version 3 of BWMeter if you need support for the old operating systems.

Version 3.4.0(16.02.08)

* New: improved network driver for better compatibility
* Fix: various small internal improvements and bug fixes

Version 3.3.3(25.12.07)

* Fix: various small internal improvements and bug fixes

Version 3.3.2(05.11.07)

* Fix: various small internal improvements and bug fixes

Version 3.3.1(23.10.07)

* Fix: various small improvements and bug fixes of the main program and the setup program