Looking for a network monitoring program?

Question

I'm looking for a Windows network monitoring program to monitor my bandwidth on a single computer and log my usages over periods of time.

Looking around for this to prepare for Comcast's upcoming bandwidth cap next month.

Answer 1

Wireshark and the Microsoft Network Network Monitor are both protocol analyzers; they peer inside the things your network is sending, but they're both quite overkill for what you're wanting to do, and a beast to learn besides.

In digging around for an answer to your question (you have aroused my curiosity), I found a blog post and a link to NetStat Live, a simple-looking program that will probably do what you want it to do.  NetStat Live is free, and monitors both uploads and downloads.  The only thing I don't see is that it logs your usage over time -- you might want to investigate elsewhere if you really want to log your usage.  Links provided below.

Answer 2

www.wireshark.org

It used to be Ethereal.  This may be way overkill for what you're wanting to monitor.