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Troubleshooter

Limit the bandwidth of Chrome or of any program efficiently

Several scenarios are possible when you need to work on line. You may download something with a torrent client, while you visit some pages with a browser, or you may download several files using several programs, etc. Unfortunately Windows won’t let you distribute bandwidth between your programs the way you need. Here is how you […]

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Internet System tools

Filter traffic and limit bandwidth, with Tmeter

TMeter (Traffic Meter) is a traffic monitoring and Internet sharing tool you can use to measure traffic by IP address, protocol, port, etc. in real-time. Among its functions the program includes a so called Traffic Shaper allowing you to restrict the speed of Internet access for specific users, apps, processes. Note that the free version […]

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System tools

Map drives according to current network automatically, with Network Drive Control

Network Drive Control lets you map your drives easily, not according to what Windows decides but according to what you want, depending on what network you are currently connected to. Using Network Drive Control you can enjoy access to particular network folders ignoring them when you are connected to a different network. The program is […]

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Internet System tools

Monitor network activity and create data traffic reports, with NetworkTrafficView

NetworkTrafficView is a free, safe and light program you can use to monitor network activity and create HTML reports. The program’s use is obvious, you won’t find any difficulty, just choose your network adapter and monitor mode. Use NetworkTrafficView to get details about your connection (IP, port, count of packets, status, speed and much more). […]

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Internet Troubleshooter

Automatically allocate more or less bandwidth to a process, with NetBalancer

NetBalancer is a free program (with some limitations) you can use to monitor and control your internet connection, allocating bandwidth where is most needed. The program is able to adjust download and upload priorities for any application and to monitor their internet traffic. Applications configured with a higher priority, automatically have more bandwidth available for […]

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Internet System tools

Inspect network connections with MKN Network Monitor

MKN NetworkMonitor was a free program that would monitor inbound and outbound network connections established by processes running on the system. The development of that program has stopped, but don’t be disappointed! There are alternatives, such as this nice desktop gadget: Net Speed gadget monitors download and upload speeds Net Speed gadget monitors download and […]

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Internet

Detect and analyze WiFi connections, with TekWiFi

TekWiFi is free, portable, light and simple, letting you just detect and examine WiFi connections. Of course you can run it directly from a USB device attached to a desktop or mobile PC, wherever you are. When you run it you will see any connection that is functioning in your area, including all you need […]

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Internet Web editing

Monitor uptime of http sites, with Uptime Scout

If you need a free and reliable application to monitor the availability of one or more web sites, in case some problem in your server has to be fixed, contact your support team or some colleagues, Uptime Scout can help you. Integrio Uptime Scout is a small application that works from the Windows System Tray, […]

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Internet

Monitor upload and download traffic with NetWorx

NetWorx is a free program that will let you monitor your upload and download speeds. You can use it to collect bandwidth usage data and measure the speed of your Internet or any network connection. NetWorx allows you to monitor all your network connections or a specific network connection (such as Ethernet or PPP) only. […]

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Internet

Monitor network traffic, upload and download speeds, with FreeMeter

FreeMeter is a small, portable and free program that will let you monitor the speed of your upload and download traffic. A resizable window will show on screen a graph of both or (if you prefer) upload only or download only speed, while in its status bar you can watch in number speed changes. FreeMeter’s […]

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