Are there any free Bandwidth Meters available?

Question

I have been using DU Meter for monitoring my bandwidth. Since the trial period has expired, I'm searching for free softwares with the same functionality.

Answer 1

Under Windows Vista and 7 you can also use Windows Gadgets/Widgets to replace more traditional taskbar bandwidth meters. I'm very partial towards the excellent Network Meters (wired and wireless) at AddGadgets.

Answer 2

I have used NetMeter often.
Its open source now since the author has decided to stop maintaining it.
The Delphi source code is available for download since last month.
This is a link to the 1.1.4 BETA binary.

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• You'll find some more answers at Desktop Internet traffic measurement software.
  DU Meter is the selected answer but there are other references.
• There is also a reference to NetStat Live in this other answer.
• And, BWMeter was in some other reference -- but, that might be an overkill

Answer 3

I've used BitMeter and it does it's job pretty well.

BitMeter 2 is a bandwidth meter, it allows you to visually monitor your internet connection by displaying a scrolling graph that shows your upload and download speed over time. BitMeter is freeware - ie. it is given away completely free of charge, there is no trial period, no time-limited features, no spyware, and no adware, guaranteed.

Answer 4

Networx, free tool for windows 7. Just trying this out now and so far its very good, minimalistic and shows exactly what i need. Can monitor current transfer rate and keep track of overall usage.

Answer 5

You can use gkrellm.