The Monitor tab is divided into 2 sections.

The Incoming Searches section shows search terms sent by the other Gnutella users. These queries allow you to see some terms that other people are searching for. This is a feature turned off by default. You must click the “Enable” checkbox to turn this on. If you select the “Enable” box, you will see phrases stream across your screen. If you are not a designated Ultrapeer you may see relatively few search terms. These phrases represent queries that you are currently receiving from the Gnutella Network. Deselecting the "Enable" box will pause the display of these queries.

You can control the number of searches that are displayed by typing a number in the box labeled “Show last – searches.” If you only want to see the most recent searches, set this to a small number. If you want to keep a select number of search words stored rather than the continuous stream, you can deselect of the “Enable” checkbox and the search terms displayed will not be replaced. The Uploads section monitors upload activity. Here, you can see what files other Gnutella users are downloading from your Shared Directory. In the window, you can view the Name, Host (IP address of the host downloading from you) Size, Status, Chat, Progress, Speed, Time(Time it will take to complete the download), Vendor/Version (the Gnutella client the host is running to download from you).

Kill Upload allows you to cancel an upload in progress. If someone is downloading a file from your shared directory, you can halt the transfer by clicking this button. Clear Inactive clears files that were disrupted, completed or aborted from the Uploads list.