Changin stats parameter in status window

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Is there a way to change the traffic (Sent & Received) displayed on a
network connection status window from packets to bytes/Kilobytes/Megabytes?

This is for a Windows XP Pro SP2 PC. It has wired-LAN, wireless-LAN and
wireless-WAN (EVDO) connections. The last one does display the traffic in
Bytes!

BTW - how many Megabytes are there in one "packet"?

Regards and thanks in anticipation.

JP
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Is there a way to change the traffic (Sent & Received) displayed
on a network connection status window from packets to
bytes/Kilobytes/Megabytes?
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Not that I'm aware of.
You can get Bytes/Second of an interface using
start->run->perfmon.msc
(Hit the "+" symbol above the graph, select "network interface" as a
performance object, and pick an interface to add a line to the chart)
This is for a Windows XP Pro SP2 PC. It has wired-LAN,
wireless-LAN and wireless-WAN (EVDO) connections. The last one
does display the traffic in Bytes!
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BTW - how many Megabytes are there in one "packet"?
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That's like asking how many gallons there are in a fill-up. (It
depends how many gallons you need and is limited by your tank size)

With TCP/IP, the packets are as small as they require and may be as
big as the MTU value set up in your protocol stack. Usually, MTU is
set around 512 bytes for dial-up to a little over 1500 bytes for a
LAN connection. So I guess the closest answer to your question is
something like "up to 0.0015 Megabytes/packet".

HTH,
John
 
John Wunderlich said:
Not that I'm aware of.
You can get Bytes/Second of an interface using
start->run->perfmon.msc
(Hit the "+" symbol above the graph, select "network interface" as a
performance object, and pick an interface to add a line to the chart)



That's like asking how many gallons there are in a fill-up. (It
depends how many gallons you need and is limited by your tank size)

With TCP/IP, the packets are as small as they require and may be as
big as the MTU value set up in your protocol stack. Usually, MTU is
set around 512 bytes for dial-up to a little over 1500 bytes for a
LAN connection. So I guess the closest answer to your question is
something like "up to 0.0015 Megabytes/packet".

HTH,
John
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It helps! Thanks a lot for the information!

Regards.

JP
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Hi
It depends on the Person who wrote the drivers for the Network Card.
If the drivers were written to display Packets that what would be measured.
If you want a Mb/sec. display you can add a 3rd party applications.
Example: http://www.rokario.com/products/bandmon/2-0/
Jack (MVP-Networking).
 
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