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THE HANDY DANDY ANALOGX NETSTAT LIVE

Have you ever been browsing the internet, and things just seem a bit slower
than they normally do? Ever wonder just how directly you connect to another
server on the internet? How about just wanting to know whether or not you're
sending and receiving data on a cable modem or other high-speed connection?
If you're like me, then these thoughts have probably crossed your mind more
than once... It sure would be wonderful if someone could solve this problem,
and make the world just a little bit better. Once again, AnalogX comes to
the rescue with AnalogX NetStat LIVE!

AnalogX NetStat Live (or NSL) is a super easy to use, fast, and effective way to monitor your internet connection status and system performance. It graphs the last 60 seconds of data throughput, displaying the average datarate, the total amount of data sent since last reboot, and the maximum datarate. It tracks these for all incoming and outgoing messages, so you don't need to worry about configuring your browser or other programs to work with it - it just does it automatically!

The Display

The NSL window is split into several section; any of the pane's inside the window can be turned on or off to help customize the look of the program to exactly what you want. To enable or disable a pane, simply right click on the NSL window, and choose 'Statistics' from the menu - anything with a check next to it will be displayed. Here's a list of the pane's currently available:

  • Local Machine: This shows the current machine name, IP address, and network interface being monitored
  • Remote Machine: This shows information regarding a remote machine, including average ping time and number of hops
    1. Local Machine: This shows the current machine name, IP address, and network interface being monitored
    2. Remote Machine: This shows information regarding a remote machine, including average ping time and number of hops
    3. Incoming Totals: This shows totals for the incoming data Incoming: This shows the total amount of data on the incoming (download) channel
    4. Outgoing Totals: This shows totals for the outgoing data Outgoing: This shows the total amount of data on the outgoing (upload) channel
    5. Threads: This shows the total number of threads currently running in the system
    6. sCPU: This graphs the CPU load
  • Incoming Totals: This shows totals for the incoming data Incoming: This shows the total amount of data on the incoming (download) channel
  • Outgoing Totals: This shows totals for the outgoing data Outgoing: This shows the total amount of data on the outgoing (upload) channel
  • Threads: This shows the total number of threads currently running in the system
  • sCPU: This graphs the CPU load

The graphs automatically adjust themselves to whatever bandwidth you have available to you, so the number indicated as the 'maximum' value will be the very top of the graph. If a value larger than the current maximum comes in, the graph will automatically adjust to make this the new top value. If you want to, you can 'Reset' the graphs and values to zero to get a clean reading of the current performance.

  • The values displayed (current, average, and maximum) are shown in three different ways; if the value is less than 1024 bytes, it will have a 'B' after it.
  •  If it's more than 1024 bytes, then it will have a 'KB' after it; and finally if it's greater than 1024KB it will have an 'MB' after it (for megabyte).
  • If it has the small b after it, then the display is in BITS, so 'Kb' is kiloBITS, while 'KB' is kiloBYTES. It's also important to note that the current value is your current throughput, it will tend to jump around, so the it's usually better to rely on the average value.
  • The average value, which is an average of the last 60 seconds, is your best indicator of how fast your connection is. You may also notice a light line on the graph; this is the current average line.

You may have noticed that the remote network info has a machine listed, and some info pertaining to it... Would you like to know how to change the server? Just open up your browser, go to a webpage, and copy the url (including the http://) into the clipboard (by hitting CTRL-C). Now look at NSL... Notice anything? The server will now be replaced with whatever you had in the clipboard!

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