SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager is a full-featured traffic management tool for Windows that offers cost-effective bandwidth control and quality of service based on built-in prioritized rules.
These rules can specify a bandwidth limit for each Internet user. This kind of software often called bandwidth shaper, bandwidth limiter or traffic shaper. SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager, helps you to applly bandwidth rules to certain IP addresses, ports and even network interfaces. And these can be done without making any changes to the infrastructure of your network.
The rich feature set of SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager is easily managed via the intuitive Windows GUI.
The software requires Windows 2000 or higher and a network connection, which could be a wireless connection, or a modem that conforms to the NDIS standard.
Here are some key features of "SoftPerfect Bandwidth Manager":
· Centralized configuration from a single network location.
· Flexible, prioritized, bidirectional rules to specify maximum data rates.
· Rules for IP addresses, protocols, ports (for TCP/IP) and network interfaces.
· Transparency for end users.
· No software installation is required on client workstations in most cases.
· Detailed and comprehensive statistics are available for each rule.
· Quotas and penalties to discourage misuse.
Requirements:
· A network connection (wired or wireless) or a modem
· 3 MB on hard drive
Limitations:
· 30 days trial
· Nag screen
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Maximum queue size now can be configured on a per-rule basis.
· Added a column showing used quota percentage.
· Added missing check in the GUI. A quota defined with smooth decrease and dual volume limit, yet with single numeric initial and reduced transfer rates might have led to a crash.