Network Stats Monitor - New Plug in suggestion

I started use TLB instead of Sysmetrix because it was more discreet, always viewable and easier to customise to my needs. However one tool that is missing is a Net Stats plug in. I would like to see my current Network input usage in KB and Output (Although less important) in KB. These could be textual, I am unsure of how useful a histogram would be as it would be so small.

Network usage is an important piece of information to Bradband user especially when downloading from many different sources.

Anyway that is my suggestion

The work being done on TLB is excellent especially the continuing inprovements. I am recommending TLB on my website and will also mention any improvements to TLB there.

I agree that a network monitor plugin would be very useful (although I think this topic belongs under the TLB discussions). My suggestion would be 2 horizontal bar graphs, one for inbound traffic, one for out. Allow the user to select his internet connection (from dial-up through T1) from a list in the proprties window. Maybe have another selection in that list called "other" which activates 2 text boxes to enter up and downstream speed manually. Maybe include a link to dslreports.com's speed tests to help people figure out their speeds. The plugin could then use the entered "max" values, monitor the actual traffic, and compute a percentage to populate the graph for each side. I'd also like to have the option of displaying the actual bandwidth used (in kb) or a percentage inside this graph (similar to drive space), or just the text readouts for people who don't want the graph.

The topic has been moved

OK, I'll make this plugin

Lyle
BTW what is your Windows version. I found that on Windows NT4/2000/XP it is not too hard to take statistic about RAS connections On Win 9x/Me a bit harder

I use windows XP pro

Thanks for looking into this - I am sure it will proove to be a successful plugin.