Monitoring my bandwidth usage
I’ve never really thought of it but I use a lot of bandwidth. I guess it’s mainly because I run a program called Majestic 12. MJ12 is a distributed computing project with the aim to build a top notch search engine.
What I am getting at is that it uses tons of bandwidth and I’ve recently noticed that my internet connection hasn’t been up to it’s normal capacity and I’m starting to wonder if I’m being throttled by my ISP. As a result, I decided to find a program to tell me exactly how much bandwidth I am using.
I stumbled on an open source project called FreeMeter. It’s super easy to install (actually you just unzip it) and run the program. It first brings up a graph that shows you your current usage but there are tons of options, ranging from selecting any of the network interfaces on your PC to what traffic you want to see (upload/download) to the update interval.
I haven’t been using it very long but it appears to be a decent program and hasn’t caused any noticeable problems as of yet. I don’t really know if it’s going to help me figure out if my ISP is throttling me, I guess I would have to call them and ask.
~TheNerd
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I would certainly expect that your bandwidth is being capped (limited) in some manner or another. Usually, the way ordinary users are capped is to limit bandwidth via the ISP furnished Modem (which is why I always buy a retail cable modem). The reason: they only have a certain amount of it for use. Within that amount, more users paying that monthly fee=more $$ with out added cost.
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Hi,
glad you like FreeMeter, right now I’m fixing bug & wirting new functionalities
regards
Miechu
ps.
Check my other project called Proto here: http://miechu.pl/proto/