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| CommTraffic Help Documentation |
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CommTraffic offers a powerful set of tools for monitoring current network traffic and network utilization. Open the Toolbox window and select the Monitor page to start viewing the traffic statistics and the network bandwidth utilization in numerical and graphical form. 
Each section may be of one of three types: Incoming, Outgoing, or Summary. The section type is displayed on the left side of the section's caption bar. The graph illustrates the current network utilization. The peak value of the graph represents the highest bandwidth utilization within the time range shown by the graph. The numerical value in the graph's upper left corner represents the upper value of the traffic scale. The speed units (bits per second or bytes per second) can be changed by right-clicking on the graph and selecting the necessary value from the Speed menu item, or by double-clicking on the speed counters. Additional information about the traffic is available in the section's caption bar: Current indicates the network throughput value for the past 2 seconds, Average shows the average network throughput value during the past hour, and Maximum shows the highest throughput during the past hour. The Monitor page allows you to display several sections, one or more for each of the traffic types: Incoming, Outgoing, and Summary traffic. You can close a section by clicking on the "~" sign in the upper left corner of the section and clicking Section => Close, or right-clicking on the section and clicking Section => Close. If you would like to add a new section, click on the "~" sign, then click Section => Insert New => Above/Below and choose the section type (Incoming, Outgoing, or Summary). If you would like to change the section type, you can click on the button with the section name next to the "~" sign in the upper left corner until the desired section type is displayed. Please note that changing the section type will reset the graph and the Current, Average, and Maximum throughput values. Right-clicking on the section on the section and selecting Graph from the pop-up menu can change the appearance of the graphs. The menu contains the following items and sections: Clear – resets the current graph and the Current, Average, and Maximum throughput values. Data Line – the graph is drawn using a colored line. Peaks – the graph is drawn as a number of vertical bars of varying height that represent the changes in the network utilization. Polygon – the graph is drawn as a series of polygons. Antialiasing – when checked, the sharp edges of the graph lines are smoothed. Double-clicking on it may also change the appearance of the graph. Grid None – neither horizontal nor vertical gridlines are displayed. Vertical – only vertical gridlines are displayed. Horizontal – only horizontal gridlines are displayed. Both – both vertical and horizontal gridlines are displayed. Scale Compact/Normal/Wide/Extra Wide – allows you to zoom the graph horizontally. The default representation is Normal. Compact shrinks the graph horizontally, thus fitting a longer period into the monitor window section. Wide and Extra Wide zoom the graph in. Copy – copies the current graph to the clipboard. Save – allows you to save the current graph image in bitmap (.BMP) or Portable Network Graphics (.PNG) formats. Below the graphs you can see the counters, which, unlike the graphs, show the traffic statistics accumulated by the program for a longer period of time. The counters can be of five types: Session, Today, This Week, This Month, and Last Month. The counters can display the duration of the Internet connection in time units or traffic volume, as well as the limits and expenses incurred for Internet connection. Hide the counters altogether by right-clicking on this section and selecting Total => Visible. You can change the type of information that is displayed by clicking on the button under the word Total in the section's bottom right corner until the desired information appears, or right-click on the section, select Total => Kind and then select the desired type of information. To add, remove, or redefine counters, double click on them or right-click on the section and select Total => Customize. A window will appear where you can select the kind of information from the drop-down list. Hide the counters altogether by right clicking on the section and select Total => Visible. 
Each item on the drop-down list has a number in brackets that represents the number of assigned counters. The counter names are listed below. To add a new counter, click on the Add button and select it from the list. If you would like to remove a counter, select it with a mouse click and click on the Delete button. You can move the counters up and down in the list by clicking on the corresponding button. Moving the counters up in the list will move them to the left on the the Total section pane. |
