BWTracker

BWTtracker is a software tool that provides users with a simple means of monitoring their upload and download speeds for the current day or the entire month, as well as viewing Whois information.

You are required to go through a setup process, yet you should know it does not come with any unpleasant surprises and it is over in a jiffy. After completing it, you are greeted by a pretty well-organized layout, as it consist of a menu bar, several buttons and several panes which display all kinds of information, without seeming cluttered.

Moreover, it packs some extensive Help content and therefore, we can safely say it is suitable for all types of users, including those less experienced.

This application enables you to log your daily and monthly upload and download speeds and view a graphical representation for these coordinates. In addition to that, it is possible to pause, stop and resume the process, as well as reset the current session, todays’ and these months’ results, with just a click of the button.

You can view a list of all the current connections, along with details such as remote host and port, local host and port, protocol type and state, while interface information can also be brought up. Alarms can be set up when particular speeds exceed the user-input values, with support for WAV and MP3 audio tracks.

Whois information pertaining to a custom host name or IP address can be displayed in a separate window, while you can also trace any host and configure parameters such as packets, maximum hops, number of tries and idle timeout.

To wrap it up, BWTtracker is a pretty efficient and reliable piece of software when it comes to monitoring your Internet speed and viewing various information. The interface is accessible to everybody, the response time is good and the computer’s performance is not hampered, regardless of the process under way.