Registry Settings for TrafMeter Service

All settings of TrafMeter Service (except Filterset) are stored in the registry path:

[HKLM\Software\TrafMeter Software\TrafAgent\Settings]

There are several parameters of TrafMeter Service, which can be changed only by modifying the registry manually:

• DeniedPktLogLevel (type REG_DWORD). It defines a level of logging the denied packets:
  0 - disables logging the denied packets:
  1 - enables logging the denied packets:
  2 - the same as 1 but includes MAC addresses
• TrafficLimitMBytes (type REG_DWORD). It defines a number of bytes in 1 megabyte when checking a condition of the rule. It is used for creating traffic limits (for example, 1000000 will define 1 MB = 1000000 bytes). By default, 1 MB = 1048576 bytes.
• LogMemUsage (type REG_SZ). It defines a full path of a file for logging a memory usage of TrafMeter Service. It is useful for detecting memory leaks in TrafMeter Service. By default, Logging the memory usage is disabled.
• MSSQLConvertDateTime (type REG_DWORD) - It enables using function CONVERT() for converting type 'datetime' while recording Host Headers in MS SQL database:
  0 - disables using CONVERT() (by default)
  1 - enables using CONVERT(). Use this options when format of datetime is not 'yyyy-mm-dd hh:mi:ss'.
• BindAddr (type REG_SZ). It defines IP address (in decimal-dot notation) which will be used for accepting incoming connections from TrafMeter Administrative Console. This address must belong to PC running TrafMeter service.
• LogSize (type REG_DWORD). It defines the maximum size (in megabytes) for single log file of TrafMeter Service (by default, 2 Mb).
• LogRotate (type REG_DWORD). It defines number of rotations for TrafMeter log files (by default, 5).
• HostResolvePeriod (type REG_DWORD). It defines a period of refreshing (in seconds) an internal table with map "Hostname - IP address" used when checking the rule with a hostname as the source or as the destination (by default, 600).

 Note

• You should restart TrafMeter Service in order to apply the parameters listed above.