TrafMeter

TrafMeter is a professional software application whose purpose is to help administrators assess the traffic of the network with the aid of different filters (e.g. IP address of source/destination, protocol, port) in real-time, and view the collected statistics via graphs and reports.

The utility integrates a network translation engine (NAT) for allowing multiple hosts on a private network to access the Internet using a single public IP address, firewall for offering protection against intrusions, as well as user authentication from LAN.

TrafMeter sports a clean interface that integrates a bunch of network configuration parameters. The administrative console has its features divided into several categories so you can easily track them, namely Statistic, Services and Configuration options.

The application is able to graphically display the captured information, along with details about the traffic counters (e.g. sent and received bytes), logs (type, date, time and event), denied packets, process list, as well as current DHCP options.

TrafMeter gives you the possibility to make use of a powerful firewall engine that enables all outgoing traffic (only for TCP, UDP and ICMP protocols) and blocks any incoming communication. You may set up firewall exceptions for allowing access to network services running on your computer.

What’s more, you can use the DNS feature in order to translate human-readable domain name into a machine-readable IP address, enable the DHCP mode to automatically configure the protocol used on IP networks, as well as forward and rewrite the headers of IP packets (source/destination address for all protocols and source/destination port for TCP or UDP).

TrafMeter helps you add, edit or delete filters, define specific IP addresses/networks into groups and use them for creating rules, limit the maximum traffic speed, block or allow websites based on URL blacklist and whitelist, as well as create unlimited number of user accounts and assign permission to specific users for viewing the current value of the traffic counters, speed and traffic to exceed the limit.

The utility allows you to automatically or manually send SMS when the traffic limit is exceeded, generate XML or database traffic reports, record the IP packet headers of captured traffic to plain text file format or database, as well as extract and process VPN packets.

TrafMeter implements a powerful suite of features for helping you carry out real-time monitoring tasks of Internet traffic, and is suitable especially for power users.