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Re: LAN freezes every 10 minutes exactly
22 days ago, by Andrew in Bandwidth Manager Forum
Yes, try doing these two commands in admin command prompt if the problem occurs again: net stop BMService net start BMService If this helps, the easiest thing is probably setup a watchdog script that tests network reachability and restarts the service should something go wrong.
Re: LAN freezes every 10 minutes exactly
23 days ago, by Andrew in Bandwidth Manager Forum
Unfortunately there isn't much known about this issue. As we have a number of customers running their BM instances 24/7 with zero issues, there seems to be an external reason that only affects a few users, most likely connected to network card drivers. Just a couple of questions to narrow it down: When you say restarting the software does nothing: did you restart the actual Bandwidth Manager
Re: Error when downloading MAC-address or NIC database
24 days ago, by Andrew in Network Scanner Forum
It appears to be caused by an Internet Explorer configuration issue, as the Network Scanner uses its API to download files. As a workaround you can easily download the file manually. Then, if you are using the installed version, unzip the downloaded OUI.TXT to: C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\SoftPerfect Network Scanner\ If you are using the portable version, unzip OUI.TXT into
Re: Custom folders, volume label and drive icon
24 days ago, by Andrew in RAM Disk Forum
It indeed doesn't make sense to use a 24 GB image for a small amount of data. However, for your goals, you don't need to use an image at all: To have a set of predefined folders and a volume label, simply specify those in your RAM disk's properties as shown below. You can specify any number of folders that can also be nested. As the file system we recommend exFAT or NTFS, the former is a bit f
Re: How to get Websites traffic in Applications counted correctly
4 weeks ago, by Andrew in NetWorx Forum
Sorry we can't reproduce this issue - we've tested with JDownloader downloading a 100 MB file and it worked as expected.
Re: Displaying multiple graphs
4 weeks ago, by Andrew in NetWorx Forum
No, unfortunately in Windows version only one graph is possible (it combines readings from multiple ports). Though at the moment there is a special build of NetWorx available based on the same code as the Linux and macOS versions, which can do that. It has fewer features, but it can display one graph per port. You can download it here.
4 weeks ago, by Andrew in RAM Disk Forum
Likewise, builds 17692 and 17666 are insider previews. Unfortunately since insider previews often have bugs, we can only investigate the problem if makes it into an official release.
4 weeks ago, by Andrew in RAM Disk Forum
Windows build 17738 is an Insider Preview. From our experience, things are often broken in preview builds, so we'll check how it works when the release is out.
Re: Merge data from two columns into one virtual column
4 weeks ago, by Andrew in Network Scanner Forum
Those are called regular expressions and can be quite difficult to master. Here is an article in Wikipedia about them. In your case something like this should work. It will match any numbers and periods (decimal points): ([0-9.]+) By the way, if your source column is a Remote File column that connects to shared folder and looks for a file's version, another way to combine the two columns
Re: Enter custom name in the Host Name column
5 weeks ago, by Andrew in Network Scanner Forum
No, but there is a special column for custom tags or names. It is called Friendly names, see Options - Friendly Names / Comments in the main menu. You can choose to associate custom names with IP addresses, MAC addresses, host names or a combination of these.
Re: How to get Websites traffic in Applications counted correctly
5 weeks ago, by Andrew in NetWorx Forum
Sorry we can't tell much from these screenshots and would need to see your data records. Back up your usage to a .DB file (Usage Records - Backup), compress it into a .ZIP file and attach it to a support ticket here. Please also mention what exactly doesn't match - it's not clear from the screenshots.
Re: Different values in General and Per Day reports
5 weeks ago, by Andrew in NetWorx Forum
Most likely the display setting was changed to On-peak or Off-peak rather than All hours. This setting affects what is displayed in the Per Day, Per Week, Per Month and Custom reports. It has no effect on the General tab. So simply choose Display - All Hours, then click Refresh and the numbers should match:
Re: Slow RAM disk on a new gaming laptop
5 weeks ago, by Andrew in RAM Disk Forum
There could be two reasons why your speeds are low: There may be another disk filter driver or file filter driver that inspects everything written to and read from every disk. Usually this comes in a form of a Internet security product or antivirus, either of which can have a significant impact on performance. There may be a hardware issue with the memory itself and its timings configuration.
Re: Create temporary RAM disk that is not recreated after reboot
6 weeks ago, by Andrew in RAM Disk Forum
Thank you for your feedback. There isn't exactly a setting for that, but yes it can be easily achieved. Here is how: There is a console version of the program named ramdiskc.exe located in the application folder. It's designed for creating on-demand RAM disks. Any disk created with the console version is not visible in the GUI and disappears upon shutdown. So you could create a couple of sh
Re: Wipe Memory on Dismount option missing
6 weeks ago, by Andrew in RAM Disk Forum
The availability of this option depends on the type of RAM disk used: A boot-time RAM disk that is mounted on system boot. This type of disk is created by default and the "wipe memory" option is not there because it's simply not necessary. A boot-time RAM disk is unmounted just before the system shuts down or restarts and all RAM is then usually wiped by a built-in BIOS memory test.
Re: RAM-Disk exists after rebooting system
6 weeks ago, by Andrew in RAM Disk Forum
By saying "exists", do you mean it keeps files and folders? If so, this link can help: RAM Disk keeps files and folders after shutdown
Re: Does NetWorx bandwidth monitor increase ping?
7 weeks ago, by Andrew in NetWorx Forum
No, it does not affect ping in any way. We have a separate software package called Connection Emulator to simulate network latency (increased ping) and other connection issues if that's something you want to do.
Re: Deleting ghost A: drive after uninstalling the RAM Disk app
7 weeks ago, by Andrew in RAM Disk Forum
It looks like Windows has retained a mount point somewhere. Check these registry keys: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\DOS Devices As one of these may have A:\ allocated. Alternatively see if you can remove the persistent drive letter from Start - Run - diskmgmt.msc.
Re: Ramdisk SMB Share is not persistent
7 weeks ago, by Andrew in RAM Disk Forum
It is probably a timing issue where it takes longer to create a larger disk, which results in the Server service starting before the disk is ready. Please see this forum thread for a couple of workarounds.
Re: Two columns with identical names and /cols switch
8 weeks ago, by Andrew in Network Scanner Forum
The Scanner's code looks for the first column matching the requested name, and the search is case-insensitive. This can be easily worked around by renaming the SNMP column into something like SNMP Host Name and change /cols accordingly: ... /cols:"IP Address;System Description;SNMP Host Name"
Re: How to prevent Windows 10 update from corrupting RamDisk image
2 months ago, by Andrew in RAM Disk Forum
Unfortunately Windows 10 is somewhat "cruel" with applications, services and even drivers that run on it. I guess Microsoft designed it this way to make such slow and heavy system appear to work faster by killing running tasks after a rather short timeout. There is a relevant registry setting that applies to services, though I am not sure if it works for drivers too: HKEY_LOCAL_MA
Re: How to change RAMdisk size used for TEMP folder
2 months ago, by Andrew in RAM Disk Forum
For a RAM disk without an image, its size can easily be changed by editing the disk properties. Once the disk size was altered, a warning message will appear. When using the disk for temp files, we recommend clicking Cancel, gracefully closing all the running programs, and rebooting the computer. Otherwise clicking OK will forcibly remount the disk and may break programs that had open files on th
Re: Setting up separate profiles for different locations
2 months ago, by Andrew in NetWorx Forum
If you want to keep separate usage records for each place, I am afraid this is not supported. However if you only want to monitor usage at home and ignore usage at any other place, there is a setting in NetWorx just for that. Simply go to the Main Settings. You will see a button titled Networks, which lets you exclude certain networks from monitoring. It detects all networks that you connect t
Re: Tracking current WiFi users
2 months ago, by Andrew in Network Scanner Forum
There are a couple of options you could use: You can scan your WiFi IP address range with our network scanner. The number of detected address should be very close to the number of WiFi users. You can also automate the scanning via the command line interface. If your access points support SNMP reporting, you may be able to pull the number of users from their SNMP tables with something like PRTG
Re: Can I use NetWorx on my Android phone to monitor WiFi data?
2 months ago, by Andrew in NetWorx Forum
Unfortunately NetWorx is not available for Android. It only works on desktop platforms like Windows, macOS and Linux. For Android there is a built-in data monitor as well as few third-party apps to monitor your usage.
Re: Feature request: graph with no background
2 months ago, by Andrew in NetWorx Forum
That's right the Y-axis is part of the frame and the X-axis doesn't really exist. It looks great in your setup anyway! Regarding saving the config, everything including the settings and usage is kept in a database. It can be backed up and restored via Usage Report - Backup.
Re: Feature request: graph with no background
2 months ago, by Andrew in NetWorx Forum
That's a good idea, but we've implemented it a bit differently. There is a new setting Graph background transparent added in the Hidden Settings. The latest preliminary build with this setting can be downloaded here. When enabled, the current background color will be rendered as transparent. Any graph lines or text of the same colour will be also treated this way. So you can, for example, set
Re: Solution for a possible conflict with Microsoft Word
2 months ago, by Andrew in RAM Disk Forum
We haven't seen this specific issue with MS Word, but some applications do not work correctly with standalone volumes, which can be seen as I/O errors or simply the inability to access a RAM disk. To solve, try enabling the HDD emulation option in the RAM Disk settings. This option emulates a complete Hard Disk Drive with partitions indistinguishable from a real device, which usually fixes co
Re: Feature request: Specify DNS server per address range
2 months ago, by Andrew in Network Scanner Forum
Maximum flexibility is something we had in mind, so the DNS resolver was implemented as object that can be used from VB script. If you download the latest version from the home page, go to Options - Remote Scripting - New and add the following code: 'Resolve a name or IP address via DNS 'This example performs a reverse lookup 'Create internal DNS object set dnsObj = Internal.CreateObje
Re: Interrogate Cisco Unified IP Phone CP-7942G
2 months ago, by Andrew in Network Scanner Forum
The following regular expression should do the trick: .*Host Name</b></td>\s*<td[^>]*>\s*</td>\s*<td[^>]*><b>([^<]*) .*Phone DN</b></td>\s*<td[^>]*>\s*</td>\s*<td[^>]*><b>([^<]*) .*Model Number</b></td>\s*<td[^>]*>\s*</td>\s*<td[^>]*><b>([^<]*) Basically you