Handle-iT Network Latency Monitor

An active Internet connection automatically triggers traffic, because services depending on online activities freely try to access target websites and update info. This is also the case with malicious processes you can’t really identify, but thanks to applications like Handle-iT Network Latency Monitor you’re one step closer to identifying them.

A neat advantage bundled inside because of good programming is portability. In other words, right after you download the application, it can be stored on an USB Flash drive so you can carry it around and use it on other computers as well. The only thing you need to check is whether or not the computer you’re using it on is fitted with .NET Framework, because the app needs it to function.

When it runs, there’s no activity triggered by default, and you’re only facing a big, empty space. An upper toolbar is used to hold all elements you need to gather info, as well as a details box that shows the Internet connection type, as well as speed you can achieve.

Sadly, you can’t make the application scan your whole network, because it’s specially built for local use. As such, you can make it scan incoming and outgoing data packages to be traced to the source. As a result, the big, empty space gets filled with all activity it detected, placing findings in a list with details like process name, description, status, local, remote address, max roundtrip time, and several others.

If you only want to track a specific host, you need to know its exact IP address. Writing it down in the dedicated field and pressing the Host RTT button attempts to grab results from the address you provided, as well as interaction with your computer. Enabling the auto refresh function is only recommended for a single target, because you only get a couple of seconds to look at the list before it gets refreshed again, when used with all PC processes.

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that Handle-iT Network Latency Monitor comes in handy for simple network management for a single PC. The level of details provided is neat, but you can’t export it in any way, nor can you copy it to the clipboard. It runs smooth, grabs info in a short time, thus deserves a try overall.