DU Meter Monitor Your Internet Connection Performance Forrest Stroud
DU Meter (Download/Upload Meter) is an inexpensive utility with one major purpose in mind — to let you know how much of your bandwidth potential is actually being utilized at any given point in time.
In addition to supporting all 32-bit Windows platforms (Windows 95/98/NT/ME/XP/2000), DU Meter also supports all types of net connections — from dial-up connections to cable modems and DSL lines to T3 lines and everything in between. DU Meter even supports LAN network devices.
One particularly beneficial use for DU Meter is as a sidekick to TweakDUN. You can use DU Meter to get exact transfer rate results when trying out different MTU and similar settings in TweakDUN. The DU Meter results will then allow you to accurately determine which combination of TweakDUN settings works best for your connection.
Another useful feature is DU Meter's stopwatch, which can be used to measure data transfer rates over a given period of time. After pressing start, the stopwatch will track elapsed time, accumulated data (in Kilobytes), maximum transfer rate (in kilobits per second - kbps), and average rate of transfer (again in kbps) until you press stop. The only downside to the stopwatch is that there aren't any user configuration options — i.e. you can't change the average and maximum rates to Kilobytes per second (Kbps) instead of the default kilobits per second.
