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Hidden options

There are a number of settings and preferences in the application that are not available directly. These are called hidden options and can be accessed by holding Ctrl + O in the regular settings dialog. This will bring up another dialog where you can fine-tune NetWorx as you like.

The settings are as follows.

• Totals shown on the top. Determines where the total row is located in the usage reports, either the first or the last row.
• Hours shown in hourly report. Determines how many hours back from now are displayed in the hourly report.
• Sync broadcast target address. Determines to what broadcast IP address the application sends discovery packets. If your PC has got more than one network adapter and you have turned usage synchronisation on, you may need to change this parameter to the correct address, e.g. 192.168.0.255.
• Sync computers with IP address. Just like the previous setting, this one only applies when you have turned usage synchronisation on. In some networks automatic discovery of other nodes falls flat due to firewalls or network configuration. In this case here you can manually specify one or more space-separated IP addresses of the computers which the application must synchronise with.
• Descending order in reports. Determines whether the newest or the oldest records are shown first in the usage reports.
• Usage adjustment factor. Applies a numeric coefficient to all usage reports by multiplying all records by this number. You can adjust this coefficient if your ISP's readings are a bit higher or lower than those reported by NetWorx and you want to equalise them. This does not affect the actual records in the database, so don't be afraid to experiment.
• Frameless tray icon graph. Enabling this option when you have turned on showing graph in the system tray icon will remove a 1-pixel border around it.
• Frameless graph window. Enabling this option will make the usage graph window borderless so it takes up less space, in particular on Windows Vista and 7. As the drawback though, you will be unable to resize it.
• Sliding window. Some ISPs only allow you to download a certain amount within past N hours or days. If this is the case, enter the period in hours in this field. Then you can go to the usage reports and choose Display - Last N hours, so that you can keep an eye on your usage in such a rolling period.
• Ultra-compact graph. Removes unnecessary elements from the usage graph, so that it can be shrunk to a tiny one.
• Fade click-through graph. Determines whether the graph fades out when it is in the click-though mode and you are hovering it.
• Superimposed numbers in deskband. Causes the current rates shown in desk band to occupy less space, which however may not always look nicely.
• Show dial-up speed in tooltip. Shows the names and speed of established dial-up connections, including mobile broadband when you click the application's icon in the system tray.
• One-colour graph labels. If this is set to true, current transfer rates displayed under the graph will be monochrome. Otherwise, they will be the same colour as the graph lines.
• Database location. Normally NetWorx stores usage data in a special folder available to all users in the system. In some cases though, you may want to move the database to another folder. Examples include backup purposes or a dual-boot system where you may want to monitor usage in different operating systems. If this is the case, specify a folder where you want to store usage data. The folder must be writable.
• Time-zone offset. When classifying traffic as on-peak and off-peak NetWorx uses the local time on your computer. Sometimes though, your ISP may use a different time-zone, for example if it is from a different state. This feature allows to add or subtract a number of minutes from your local time to compensate for the ISP's clock.
• Dialup auto-connect delay. If you are using mobile broadband, it usually takes time for the modem to find a network and connect to it. In this case, attempts to dial a connection before a network is found will fail. Here you can specify a delay before NetWorx attempts to establish a dial-up connection, thus letting the modem find a network.
• Minute ticks every. In the graph settings you may turn minute ticks on. If you wish to have ticks at a different interval, say every 30 secs, specify it here.
• Enable grid lines in reports. Merely a matter of taste. This turns on and off grid lines shown in the usage reports.
• Snap to desktop edges. When turned on, NetWorx Graph will snap to a desktop edge when you move it close enough.
• Smooth spikes. This makes the graph look better by smoothing bursts but less accurate.
• No. of digits after decimal. Number of digits in numbers throughout the application. For example, a value of 4 would format numbers as 0.0000.
• Dial-up check ping IP address. When checking whether a dial-up connection hangs the application pings the ISP's gateway server unless you specify a different address here.
• Dial-up check ping timeout. Number of seconds the application waits for a response in the dial-up status check.
• Logged user usage only. If this is set to true, NetWorx displays only currently logged user's usage throughout the application.
• Usage hotkey opens quota dialog. When set to true, hitting the usage hotkey will open the quota dialog instead of the usage dialog.
• Force rate unit. When set to 1 all data rates will be displayed in kB/s, when set to 2 all data rates will be displayed in MB/s.
• Router SNMP community. When monitoring a router NetWorx will use this string in SNMP queries. This is normally "public" unless your router is configured otherwise.