As Internet Service Providers (ISPs) increasingly impose monthly data caps to consumer accounts, users who stream video, play online games, or just use the Internet a lot, find themselves at risk of ...

[Kurt] likes to know what’s going on with his network. He already uses bandwidth checking software on his DD-WRT capable router, but he wanted a second opinion. So he built his own network monitor.

While Activity Monitor will show you process stats, it does not give you information on which programs may be using your network bandwidth. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a ...

In the world of digital networks, there exist tools that serve as silent watchers, capturing and deciphering the hidden language of data packets. These tools are known as packet sniffers. Packet ...

Every now and then I'll notice that my internet access is slow. I live in a rural area and I'm happy to have DSL at all but my ISP service is 3mbs down 1mbs up. So it doesn't take much to make a ...

Network slowdowns can have a damaging impact on your business, so it’s critical to implement a good, feature-rich performance monitor. Compare WhatsUp Gold or SolarWinds to see which product might ...

I'd like to get a list of all processes using network (TCP/IP) bandwidth, sortable by PID, process name, bandwidth usage, etc. (like Activity Monitor or "top" do for CPU/RAM usage).<BR><BR>A GUI tool ...

There are a lot of reasons why systems slow down. Some process might be bogging down the CPU, you may be seeing a lot of disk contention, or maybe memory is in high demand and a lot of swapping is ...