We took NetBalancer for a spin and it’s a great solution for monitoring bandwidth at the tool level.
Let’s take it for a spin and start monitoring our applications.
Navigate toEdit –> Settingsand then change the Traffic Unit toMBin order to make the graphic display more useful.
The second thing you want to do is, while still in theSettingsmenu, is checkShow only online processes.
We want to see which apps are connecting to the internet and what they are doing.
The real download is a copy of a Linux ISO we’re downloading in Chrome.
The download, however, was kicked over from Chrome to the Avast anti-virus scanner.
If we didn’t have Avast installed then the data would appear under the Chrome.exe directly.
Barring any anti-virus scanner hijinks seeing which app is sucking down data is as easy as sorting the columns.
NetBalancer was designed to help you balance the load on your connection.
The free version of NetBalancer only allows for up to 5 utility restrictions.
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