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About LinkBacksIn Windows XP SP2, when you double click on the wireless network connection icon in the tray it shows activity in packets. How do I change this to bytes, kilobytes, megabytes type thing.
Not a fan of packets.
In Windows XP SP2, when you double click on the wireless network connection icon in the tray it shows activity in packets. How do I change this to bytes, kilobytes, megabytes type thing.
Not a fan of packets.
HEXUS|iMc
I believe the information comes from the network card driver, if the driver (or card) only supports reporting traffic sent/received in packets then that is what you see.
The Network Connections service just dumps this updated counter from the card driver - if it were to track number of packets and convert to bytes it would slow the system down a lot, as a packet can contain 576 to ~1492 bytes so it's not a simple conversion.
You would in effect be doing a permanent network sniff just to get that basic info.
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Ok Paul, thanks for this looks like I will have to make do.
HEXUS|iMc
does windows not report it correctly with its monitor program
extract from ms kb:
1. Click Start, click Run, and then type perfmon.msc in the Open box.
2. In the Performance window [edit: click 'system monitor' on the tree] , right-click the right pane, and then click Add Counters.
3. Under Performance object, choose 'Network Interface'.
you should get a list of the ins and outs of the adapter pick the ones you want info on and click add
you can turn the graph off under, right click -> properties, if you just want raw data
Last edited by Purple; 07-12-2004 at 03:52 PM.
Thanks Purple, never even knew about perfmon.msc. You deserve a merit mark or something!
HEXUS|iMc
check the post agian i had to edit it twice
I only see bytes per second on my machine?
The "activity" of the network connection shows cumulative data sent and received since the NIC was last enabled.
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PC: Win10 x64 | Asus Maximus VIII | Core i7-6700K | 16GB DDR3 | 2x250GB SSD | 500GB SSD | 2TB SATA-300 | GeForce GTX1080
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indeed it does show bytes per second, oh well maybe not that useful then, you can however retrieve this information using a the Win API if you wanted to write a program that added up the bytes per second, this wouldnt be too difficult. Also i THINK you can make new objects with 'start->run->wbemtest' but you would need to read a tutorial about this program as i have never used it because its a little scary and have had no need to
Last edited by Purple; 07-12-2004 at 07:05 PM.
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