Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? in Comcast HSI http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21028677 en Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:14:36 EDT Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:14:36 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21512126 funchords : 22.6 GB -- but none of it on Comcast.

Remember, "the typical user uses only 3 GB" so we're all pretty much hogs. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21512126 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:05:26 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21507811 dadkins :
said by Unit649 See Profile :

I figured this died a long time ago.

Still using WRT and its fine. I found out, btw, if the power is lost to the router, you only lose that day of stats-the rest are written to memory. How long that can happen before it runs out is anyones guess though.

November has been a banner month for me...34 GB! OMG! :)
Welcome my fellow bandwidth hog! :D

33.4GB here. :o
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said by Unit649 See Profile :

November has been a banner month for me...34 GB! OMG! :)
OINK! :o :) :p]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21507375 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:50:01 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21507134 Unit649 : I figured this died a long time ago.

Still using WRT and its fine. I found out, btw, if the power is lost to the router, you only lose that day of stats-the rest are written to memory. How long that can happen before it runs out is anyones guess though.

November has been a banner month for me...34 GB! OMG! :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21507134 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:43:38 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21505128 sortofageek : Thank you. Useful new feature, IMO. I like Tomato as well, just noticed the upgrade yesterday.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21505128 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:23:02 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21505064 Rob :
said by Assman See Profile :

said by Rob See Profile :

Yea, this is Tomato 1.22 (latest version). I found it to be more superior than DD-WRT.
In what ways?
I was referring to the bandwidth monitoring section, sorry.

Tomato is much faster, and the bandwidth monitoring section is more advance and easier to use/setup.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21505064 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:58:00 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21505053 Assman :
said by Rob See Profile :

Yea, this is Tomato 1.22 (latest version). I found it to be more superior than DD-WRT.
In what ways?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21505053 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:55:51 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21504912 Rob : Yea, this is Tomato 1.22 (latest version). I found it to be more superior than DD-WRT.
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So for now, I still use my router. Even after they release the tool, I will still use my router and "compare" the results.

It will be interesting.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21504883 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:09:52 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21179427 Unit649 : Just as an update:

I have been using NetMonitor as well as a DDWRT flash (found out I could do it with the new N router) a few days after.

So far I've used 22GB. About what I expected. I guess I'm good. Even better, the router doesn't even get warm now at all, seems like. Must be because of the new OS in the router.

Glad to see the thread helped a bunch of people including myself. October 1 is coming soon. Keep an eye on that cap, everyone :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21179427 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:46:51 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21151805 sansri88 : I don't think so...

I have Trendnet TEW-452BRP. That other meter works only with the 432BRP..]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21151805 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:41:16 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21151796 sortofageek : Can you flash your router with DD-WRT? If so, that would also monitor your network WAN bandwidth.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21151796 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:39:47 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21151120 funchords : If your router "can collect and report bandwidth usage (if router supports SNMP or includes packet lengths in log records)" then try Wallwatcher.

»sonic.net/wallwatcher/

Otherwise, you can get a router compatible with Tomato, or you can wait and see if Comcast gets a customer-accessible meter out on time.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21151120 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:25:02 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21151078 sansri88 : Is there anything out there that measures bandwidth usage on a network wide basis? I don't have a router compatible with Tomato so I can't use that, and Netmeter checks only one computer.

I don't want to have to install netmeter on all 5-6 of my computers. Plus I have 2 iPhones that use our network a lot.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21151078 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:19:20 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21150542 sortofageek : I still have NetMeter running. Supposedly it is monitoring one of the six-seven computers currently running within my LAN. The problems are:

1. It monitors only one computer connection.
2. It monitors not just the WAN traffic relevant to my Comcast connection, but also the local LAN traffic which Comcast should not care about.


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I am hoping, whatever Comcast provides for our use in monitoring, it will monitor WAN traffic only.

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21150542 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:46:44 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21150434 anon : I was using NetMeter and it went buggy after it reached 100 GB projected, it started new month and listing totals for 1899. So now I'm trying DU Meter.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21150434 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:28:13 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21078287 Unit649 : I did go and flash the router with WRT yesterday. Turns out the new N one works on it.

The only issue I see is that the stats are stored on it only until it loses power-so I'm keeping the stats on each computer also since those are stored.

So far it looks like I'm headed for a 34GB month, if the first weeks figures remain consistant....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21078287 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:53:36 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21076251 mardyron : I use the DU Meter [url]»www.dumeter.com/[/url].. I been using it for quite sometime. It works great & can create a spreadsheet of usage for daily/weekly/month usage. I have it on all my PC's on my network. This way I can monitor the b/w, not too mention it is a quick way to see if spyware is trying to send data...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21076251 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:02:14 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21074864 MxxCon :
said by gglockner See Profile :

does Cacti require me to always keep a computer powered on and running Cacti?
if you want consistent and accurate numbers, yes.
otherwise you'll have gaps in your data. if you have only 1 computer that is running it, the difference won't be big. but if this is one of many computers on your lan, your cacti numbers will be useless.
your def don't need to run cacti, especially since you couldn't even find a "cactu for dummies" tutorial. there are simpler to use packages around.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21074864 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:00:15 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21073926 gglockner : Hi, can someone point me to a Cacti for Dummies tutorial? It's a pretty powerful system. I've figured out how to connect it to my router (Apple Time Capsule) and grab its SNMP data, but I can't figure out how to create charts that actually track total bandwidth across the WAN port. Furthermore, does Cacti require me to always keep a computer powered on and running Cacti? Seems like it might be easier to pickup a Linksys router and load Tomato firmware.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21073926 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:11:02 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21068170 inferno : Comcast will monitor your upload as well... Look what the moderator said on the comcast forums:

said by compton See Profile :

For now the limit is only for downloads.
You are wrong, check out the moderator's post from the comcast forum (his name is in red)

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21068170 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:12:01 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21067580 Homebrew1994 : I fear I am the only one in the world without a Linksys WRT54G router.

Does anyone have any ideas for other routers?
I have 2:
Belkin F5D6231-4 (an old 80211b I use as to extend range to some hard to the basement)
Netgear Rangemax WPN824 v2 (my main router)
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said by HR :

I've got the Buffalo 54 router that Tomato supports..but so far I'm just a wee bit fearful of flashing the firmware to install Tomato.

Can someone out there handhold me and tell me "its all gonna be alright!" :D I'd be primarily doing it just for the bandwidth monitoring, but also the Quality of Service feature is awesome...being able to shape traffic.

I assume the Tomato firmware doesn't interfere with standard traffic like, say, passing a VPN signal or what have you....and is port forwarding (to pass, say, a NetMeeting signal) still supported without incident...
It'll be ok. What I prefer to do, to ensure a successful flashing is, disconnect all devices from the router and leave only 1 computer hard wired to the router. I also disconnect the cable modem so the router has no Internet access.

Then (I use a Linksys), I assign my computer a static IP of 192.168.1.2 (The router is 192.168.1.1), with a subnet of 255.255.2550 and the gateway as the router (192.168.1.1).

The I flash the router with Tomato.

Been using it and have 0 problems! ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21064322 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:36:08 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21064210 anon : I've got the Buffalo 54 router that Tomato supports..but so far I'm just a wee bit fearful of flashing the firmware to install Tomato.

Can someone out there handhold me and tell me "its all gonna be alright!" :D I'd be primarily doing it just for the bandwidth monitoring, but also the Quality of Service feature is awesome...being able to shape traffic.

I assume the Tomato firmware doesn't interfere with standard traffic like, say, passing a VPN signal or what have you....and is port forwarding (to pass, say, a NetMeeting signal) still supported without incident...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21064210 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:20:09 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21060912 I pos rep : Put in the DD-WRT firmware in your router and use that. That is what I have been using to see my usage and it seems pretty good. Also the Tomato router firmware has such a feature I believe.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21060912 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:43:27 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21060747 iansltx : Heh, getting worried now about bandwidth caps and such...

I now have an Asus wl500w but don't want to flash it to DD-WRT because it'll take too long to get back the functionality I have right now (USB drive connected acts like an FTP server). My question is whether I can just take my older WRT54G with DD-WRT on it and use it as a bandwidth meter or not. My worry is that the system will be double-wrouted (can I just bridge it?), and that the router in the middle will choke on all the P2P etc. connections like it did before. Also my worry is that it'll degrade the performance on the WAN connection. If these aren't the case I'll gladly go back to monitoring traffic with it between my new router and the cable modem.

Otherwise, does anyone know of a piece of Mac software that would allow me to do SNMP bandwidth monitoring? The wl500w does support that.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21060747 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:40:33 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21058662 anon :
said by lightzout See Profile :

but macs just don't seem to like anything besides apple hardware
Macs work fine with non-Apple hardware.

In fact, I've never owned any Apple networking hardware, no issues at all. It's all standards-based stuff. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21058662 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:10:59 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21054906 lightzout : I am still wondering if there are any Mac apps for the apple routers. I only use wireless for a macbook (my PC and xbox are hard wired) but macs just don't seem to like anything besides apple hardware. So just wanted to see if anyone else uses an application for base stations.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21054906 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:31:49 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21054769 sortofageek : Yes, but that was only me (daughter away) on slow days. I only watched one program each day (about an hour and a half each). We can easily watch more on a lazy day with both at the computers.

Edit: Anyway, my purpose in posting those was mainly to show the difference between what NetMeter monitors as opposed to a router firmware like Tomato.

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Seeing as Tomato shows that as less, like just over 2GB per day, you're in the clear. :)
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Anyway, here are the comparisons so far and these are actually slow days for us. Daughter not around much and I have been outside quite a bit.


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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21054656 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:01:41 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21054065 funchords : Here's the external site: »getsatisfaction.com/comcast/topi···_monitor

The exchange goes like this:
Comcast sets 250GB bandwidth cap without giving any way to check bandwidth usage? How is that legal? When can I expect Comcast will have a bandwidth monitoring tool available?

I know the FAQ tells you how to download a tool on a single computer and I know I can install 3rd party firmware to monitor all network traffic. That does not suffice. I need to know at any time what Comcast is reading on my internet usage so I can make internet usage choices accordingly.
Zane, to answer your question directly, I'm told that we are developing a suite of tools that will allow you to monitor your usage as you describe. As these come on line, we'll post the details.

Scott
And Scott Westerman is a big geek (meaning, he has a stellar reputation with me). He wouldn't say that unless he had a high confidence that the company would come through.

That said, we don't want tools that don't work or aren't ready -- which is why some companies won't talk about unreleased software. I like Scott's approach better -- talk about what's being planned and just keep us posted. Late is better than broken.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21054065 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:52:06 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21053830 dadkins : *HERE* the small amount of LAN traffic I do is accountable.
The rare movie transfer(*NOT* Blu-ray!).
So, when I see a total upload exceeding the normal 6-12, I know some of it is LAN traffic.
See pic.

Take the received and add 10, maybe 12 - that is usually what I do for WAN total. Anything else is LAN.
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said by sortofageek See Profile :

OT and no reply requested: Wondering if you'll all be model forum citizens if I get kicked off and it takes time to switch to FiOS. ;)
BUWAHAHAHAHAHA....... :o :o :p ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21053761 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:51:24 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21053740 AVonGauss : Thank you, as I said, I was probably just being blind last night - skipped right over the links in the post. Thanks again.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21053740 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:47:07 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21053077 USA Zombie :
said by AVonGauss See Profile :

I am probably just being blind and missed it, but where abouts on their forum did you see the post?
Post made by ZaneP where he mentions another forum and a post made by Comcast rep Scott Westerman.

Just announced ( and pulled back down) Data Caps]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21053077 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:44:46 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21051610 sortofageek : I installed NetMeter on my main box on the 1st and also flashed the BIOS on my Linky WRT54GS to Tomato V.1.21 firmware.

NetMeter is obviously monitoring all traffic on my NIC w/o discriminating between local network and internet. I'm seeing about 3 times as much bandwidth reported on that one NIC via NetMeter than Tomato is showing for the entire domain (WAN only).

I decided, finally, to start monitoring since it would be embarrassing to be periodically unable to moderate the CC Forum because CC had throttled me. And, before someone asks, I am not interested in downloading those pics some of you fellows like and I am not a thief. We do hold a couple of subscriptions to netflix.com and daughter has a season pass to watch shows via Amazon. There are also a couple of TechNet Plus subscriptions (download only) in this household.

Now that I can monitor bandwidth on the WAN, I can see how it would be possible for us to top that 250GB limit. Not likely, but entirely possible.

Anyway, I can't see how NetMeter can be useful for monitoring internet useage, even though I am also not confident my monitoring using the router firmware will be comparable to whatever means of monitoring Comcast has. :(

OT and no reply requested: Wondering if you'll all be model forum citizens if I get kicked off and it takes time to switch to FiOS. ;)
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said by bjy20716 See Profile :

So Tomato only works on WRT54G Version 1 - 4?

Do you have to ad anything on to get bandwidth monitoring in the DDWRT Micro?
And the GS.

# Linksys WRT54G v1-v4, WRT54GS v1-v4, WRT54GL v1.x, WRTSL54GS (no USB support)

It's almost all the same hardware that DD-WRT supports, granted DD-WRT supports more. Not sure about DDWRT micro, but I'm sure you can get something together.
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said by MxxCon See Profile :

Check out RASG&S from the developer of FlashFXP
»trvx.com/rasgs/
(new, better looking version with less memory will be released in a few hours.)
I see the new version is there now. I tried it quickly, but I think it's pretty ugly compared to the free NetMeter. The window is just a lot more bulky and I don't see any transparency options.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21051532 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:00:15 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21049936 bjy20716 : So Tomato only works on WRT54G Version 1 - 4?

Do you have to ad anything on to get bandwidth monitoring in the DDWRT Micro?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21049936 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:03:07 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21049624 Rod P : For Mac OS X Users

SurplusMeter and a minimum of OS X 10.4.4 will give you what you need, in a simple small business or home office setup.
FWIW,
-Rod]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21049624 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:49:34 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21049575 MxxCon :
said by Lex Luthor See Profile :

said by MxxCon See Profile :

Check out RASG&S from the developer of FlashFXP
»trvx.com/rasgs/
(new, better looking version with less memory will be released in a few hours.)
Interesting, I've never seen this one posted. How's it compare with the free NetMeter? This one hasn't been updated in over a year, do you really know a new update is coming? I don't even see anything in their forums about a new version.
I've been using rasgs since 2002 and i have my daily bandwidth stats from back then :)
I'm talking to bigstar(developer of flashfxp and this rasgs) on daily basis. right now i'm using v1.42 with new graph drawing algorithm. I'm trying to poke him to upload this new version on the website :)
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said by Nerdtalker See Profile :

said by fuziwuzi See Profile :

I'm curious as to why would you buy this router from T-Mobile and not use the voice features? Having the SIM card(s) and voice capability is the whole point of this router. Otherwise you could just go buy a regular Linksys.
I didn't buy it from T-Mobile.

The reason I did purchase it, however, is because it has (as I've already noted), double the RAM and double the ROM of the normal WRT54G, even the GS. That's a ton of extra space that makes it run faster and support even more feature-rich firmwares than the other stock WRT54GLs. I couldn't care less about telephony and voice features, especially since I have Sprint; I'm just in it because for $70 on eBay you can get one custom modded with a JTAG, heatsink, PoE modifications, pre-flashed, and with the double RAM and ROM. That's a killing compared to how much a new GL costs.

That's why.

Regardless, it's amazingly well suited for bandwidth monitoring like this with Tomato.
That makes sense, then. I bought mine from T-Mobile to use the @Home service. So far I'm VERY impressed, the voice quality is on par with landlines. Even when I'm doing some heavy downloading the voice quality never falters (it does automatic QOS for the voice service). I have the standard Comcast 6/1 service and have my desktop computer hardwired to the router. I have my TiVO connecting to the router wirelessly using the 802.11g service. And with a DECT6.0 cordless handset system connected to the POTS jack on the router, I get phone service throughout my apartment.

I just wish Linksys would let the router's log be accessed by a computer on the internal network. That could make keeping up with the data much easier.
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said by bryank See Profile :

I have a linksys wrt54g router, have the DD-WRT firmware installed, and use a program called RFlow Collector to monitor my bandwidth on my network. Works really nice once set up.
Can RFlow Collector work with Tomato too or is there something else that I can run on one PC that pulls the data from Tomato?

said by MxxCon See Profile :

Check out RASG&S from the developer of FlashFXP
»trvx.com/rasgs/
(new, better looking version with less memory will be released in a few hours.)
Interesting, I've never seen this one posted. How's it compare with the free NetMeter? This one hasn't been updated in over a year, do you really know a new update is coming? I don't even see anything in their forums about a new version.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21049392 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:57:41 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21049213 Movieman420 : I was using NetLimiter 2 Pro before the hard cap was declared...nice thing is that it monitors all processes and it counts network traffic and net traffic separate. Bad thing is it needs to be on all pcs using the connection. Great program tho...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21049213 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:50:59 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21048870 Nerdtalker :
said by fuziwuzi See Profile :

I'm curious as to why would you buy this router from T-Mobile and not use the voice features? Having the SIM card(s) and voice capability is the whole point of this router. Otherwise you could just go buy a regular Linksys.
I didn't buy it from T-Mobile.

The reason I did purchase it, however, is because it has (as I've already noted), double the RAM and double the ROM of the normal WRT54G, even the GS. That's a ton of extra space that makes it run faster and support even more feature-rich firmwares than the other stock WRT54GLs. I couldn't care less about telephony and voice features, especially since I have Sprint; I'm just in it because for $70 on eBay you can get one custom modded with a JTAG, heatsink, PoE modifications, pre-flashed, and with the double RAM and ROM. That's a killing compared to how much a new GL costs.

That's why.

Regardless, it's amazingly well suited for bandwidth monitoring like this with Tomato.
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said by USA Zombie See Profile :

I just read on the Comcast forums that the company is developing a suite of tools to monitor usage.
Hopefully at the modem level.
Whether or not they will be done by October 1st I do not know.
I am probably just being blind and missed it, but where abouts on their forum did you see the post?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21048858 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:47:56 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21048116 USA Zombie : I just read on the Comcast forums that the company is developing a suite of tools to monitor usage.
Hopefully at the modem level.
Whether or not they will be done by October 1st I do not know.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21048116 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:59:32 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21048090 Rob :
said by SomeGuyInTexas :

There's a way around the caps. I have had Earthlink service provided over Comcast's cable for years. Just checked with Earthlink and they said no cap for me!
hehe.. someone is in for a surprise! ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21048090 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:55:55 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21048002 anon : There's a way around the caps. I have had Earthlink service provided over Comcast's cable for years. Just checked with Earthlink and they said no cap for me!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21048002 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:38:27 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21047660 MxxCon : Check out RASG&S from the developer of FlashFXP
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I wonder how long before the Internet is completely owned by our Corporate Freedom loving Friends??]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21046955 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:24:19 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21046312 JollyStomper : I guess I'll be using wall watcher, as I have a PIX 501...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21046312 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:25:33 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21046252 USR56K : For those of you who opt to use Cacti (aka rrdtool -- this is the back-end which does the graphing / data storage), don't forget that the default settings for rrdtool will AVERAGE the data over time. This WILL SKEW your monthly bandwidth numbers!

I strongly suggest you read the rrd-beginners guide to familiarize yourself with it. In cacti, the rrdtool default settings (aka steps/rows) can be easily changed. Plenty of posts on the Cacti forums on how to properly increase it so it'll keep a month of granular data, etc.

I also created the Beta Cacti Windows installer
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said by Qbert :

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I haven't come close to downloading 250GB in the 2 years that I had DuMeter installed :) so you must not be talking to me]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21045685 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:48:54 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21045012 MalibuMaxx : With the PS3 and Xbox 360 in the house this is unfeasable for people to do on their own... If I wasent a network admin I wouldnt know how to install firmware on my router to determine if im over or not... not to mention the mistakes that comcast could make... believe me they do...

So I installed DDWRT on my 310N linksys to monitor the whole network... Comcast needs to make the effort if they are going to do bandwidth limitations to make their own meter available to the public...

Sad but tru... :huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21045012 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:52:46 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21044328 centric : I also have Tomato running on my Buffalo router and love the bandwidth monitoring. I just installed the firmware, so I'm wondering since I only have 2mb free RAM in my router after the upgrade, will I run out of ram running the bandwidth monitoring eventually? I tried using a samba share with the router bandwidth option, but it seemed sluggish and would time out while trying to post data at the same time I was checking it. Anyone with Tomato wanna comment?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21044328 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:53:44 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21043939 fuziwuzi :
said by Nerdtalker See Profile :

Ironically I just mentioned that that's the exact router I'm using. Granted, I don't use the voice software (have no use for it), but you're sitting on top of a faster-than-normal and more-ram-than normal WRT54GS with that one.

Flashing is a bit complicated since it requires a JTAG, but you can certainly do it.

I'm curious as to why would you buy this router from T-Mobile and not use the voice features? Having the SIM card(s) and voice capability is the whole point of this router. Otherwise you could just go buy a regular Linksys.
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said by fuziwuzi See Profile :

Or some of us who can't flash the firmware. I now have the Linksys WRTU54G-TM for T-Mobile's @Home service. I've read that some people have successfully loaded the opensource software but in doing so they lose the voice functions, which is the whole point in having this router. To maintain the voice functions, we must use the standard Linksys software made available for it specifically.
Ironically I just mentioned that that's the exact router I'm using. Granted, I don't use the voice software (have no use for it), but you're sitting on top of a faster-than-normal and more-ram-than normal WRT54GS with that one.

Flashing is a bit complicated since it requires a JTAG, but you can certainly do it.

I guess the bandwidth monitoring stuff will catch on for consumer-level hardware, but until then, you're gonna have to make do with really marginal client-side monitoring, or 3rd party firmware which has it built in, or setting up a *nix server and getting Cacti or something running. I've tried all three in the past few years.

It'd be easiest if Comcast just opened the same tools they use to monitor us in the first place to the customers.
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said by Unit649 See Profile :

Yep. I'm just wondering if this kind of thing "sweeps ISPs" now that Comcast has done it, if they will make something like it standard on the newer routers.

You know, for those not as savvy who fear stuff like "flashing firmware" :)
It might be, but I hope they don't. This would put more pressure on Comcast to provide their subscribers with a tool that allows us to see our bandwidth consumption directly from Comcast.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21041464 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:50:57 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21041329 fuziwuzi :
said by Unit649 See Profile :

Yep. I'm just wondering if this kind of thing "sweeps ISPs" now that Comcast has done it, if they will make something like it standard on the newer routers.

You know, for those not as savvy who fear stuff like "flashing firmware" :)
Or some of us who can't flash the firmware. I now have the Linksys WRTU54G-TM for T-Mobile's @Home service. I've read that some people have successfully loaded the opensource software but in doing so they lose the voice functions, which is the whole point in having this router. To maintain the voice functions, we must use the standard Linksys software made available for it specifically.
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said by Unit649 See Profile :

Yep. I'm just wondering if this kind of thing "sweeps ISPs" now that Comcast has done it, if they will make something like it standard on the newer routers.
That would be very smart for them to do.
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You know, for those not as savvy who fear stuff like "flashing firmware" :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21039282 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:15:20 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21039055 Nerdtalker :
said by Unit649 See Profile :

Linksys, come up with a cheap one? :)
They essentially already have. As I've already noted three times so far, you're going to get enterprise level support and bandwidth use reporting/monitoring if you go with any WRT54GL/GS/G/e.t.c. flashed with Tomato or DD-WRT.

That's a whopping $50-60 bucks. I spent $70 on my WRT54G-TM which has double the RAM, double the ROM, a flash JTAG and PoE support, as well as a heatsink soldered on for oc'ing it to 233 MHz stable all the time.

Again, this is such a great enterprise-level solution for people, and the WRT54G is such a high penetration device, it's hard to argue against it as the comprehensive solution for monitoring all bandwidth.
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My Linksys's don't, but then again they don't have much logging at all.

I gave my parents a D-link router which did collect some pretty good stats and logs - much better than the Linksys - but it died pretty quickly.

If I have to buy and flash the "Linux" Linksys box, I guess I will but jeez this really should be a basic stat, available via HTML. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21038460 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:37:43 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21038136 Unit649 : Has anyone else that runs DU Meter noticed a memory leak in it? I noticed this morning (I run "sensors view" on my computer thats always on) that I had 27% memory usage. Now I'm up to 37%, and usually it goes up about a percent a day (I reboot it when it gets around 50%). Consumption is up since I installed DU Meter.

Going to have to keep an eye on that. Doesn't matter on my other machines, but 10% a day means rebooting every 3-4 days instead of every 2 weeks. Probably not a real issue, but perhaps it stores the data in memory and doesn't commit it to the disk until its closed?

Interresting.

I appreciate the other suggestions. I didn't think about flashing and using the router as a "go between" just to measure data. That may be a good call. I don't have anything other than XP or Vista computers BTW, so other device 'usage' is not a concern as of yet for me, which is why I was trying DU Meter first.

I wonder if the 'free' just like it one exhibits the memory leak I'm seeing. Might have to check that out if this keeps up.

I wonder if there are devices out there (or may be developed now) that could be placed between the router and the modem just purely for this? Probably not cheap, but with this going on, I'm betting someone develops one now... The more I think of it, the more I'm thinking thats a really good idea. They make firewall appliances like that, I know.... Probably cost too much though. EDIT: I did a search, most are integrated with firewall, and you could pay for a few years Business level with the money you'd spend. Linksys, come up with a cheap one? :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21038136 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:20:35 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21037935 anon : I suggest you flas your old GS with a bandwidth monitor and put it between the modem and the N router, this will allow you to test the bandwidth monitor capability without screwing up your N router, I was a long time devotee of dd-wrt but a christmas flash error really annoyed alot of people and causes problem. I am now running Tomato which is Linksys wrt54gs compatible m but you may want to check with dd-wrt to see if there are any extra steps. You need to run router side because you have to remember Wii and PS2 or VOIP data is also counted which isn't going to cut it with a per computer software program. Also, They will not like traffic from the program going to your computer.

If you do as a I said then remember to put the Gs in Gateways mode and the n router in "router mode"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21037935 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:39:38 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21036633 Lex Luthor :
said by funchords See Profile :

Before buying DU Meter, give Netlimiter a try. It's nearly identical and it's free.
You mean netmeter, but yes, not much reason to pay for DU Meter.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21036633 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:33:51 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21036301 funchords : Before buying DU Meter, give Netlimiter a try. It's nearly identical and it's free.

»www.metal-machine.de/readerror/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21036301 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:16:24 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21036169 joetaxpayer : Has Comcast stated "no available meter"? I'd think it would be accessible the same way my server provider lets me see my traffic. And they offer an email if I approach an amount to me me over the included transfer GB.

Joe]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21036169 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:35:40 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21036068 pianotech : I've been trying DU Meter and like it. Small, unobtrusive. In 24 hours I've logged about 179 MB of traffic on one computer.

Of course, when the trial is up I'll have to decide whether or not to spring for the $19.99 or try a free alternative.
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And yes, I'm certain that I've downloaded more than the 1.45GB mine is showing as well... The search for a good monitor continues...

Terry
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Unfortunatly I don't find this to be an accurate tool (I'm really unsure what it's monitoring, but I think I have exceeded the 11GB download it shows for this month :uhh:.)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21035901 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:28:52 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21035417 wenter99 :
said by vxbinco See Profile :

The easiest way to monitor Bandwidth is through McAfee Security Center which is provided free by Comcast.

Go to the advanced menu, click on tools and the drop down menu of traffic analysis.
Advanced menu where? I haven't been able to find this tool in McAfee. A little more detail would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Terry
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As such, I'm getting an Asus WL500W in Wednesday. It is also compatible with DD-WRT, however I bought it mostly for the features (onboard BitTorrent, USB storage...it also does pretty well at N routing, with 32 MB of RAM). My question being, using the stock firmware, will WallWatcher work well with the system? If I were to reflash, it'd be to use DD-WRT (would lose a lot of custom stuff though but the mega build does have a lot included) but if not, how could I pull stats off of the router? This is important because I (desktop and laptop) am not the only one using the router (two more computers, XBox 360, Wii).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21034362 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:04:18 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21034252 NormanS :
said by aaronwt See Profile :

said by Ripper See Profile :

WallWatcher can track your bandwidth if you have a router that is on there supported list. »www.wallwatcher.com/
This sounds like a good option since it pulls the info from the router which is needed to truly see what the usage is. Just monitoring a PC usage does no good when there are dozens of other devices connecting to the Internet.
Indeed. We just added a DirecTV HR-21 satellite receiver, and I have already tested the VoD capability. Something running on my HP Pavilion m7590n would only track the BitTorrent and email usage on that computer. I need to watch data movement on that Pavilion, the HP Pavilion a1440n, the HP Pavilion 6745C, the HP Photosmart C6180 All-In-One printer (bi-directional Internet access!), the DirecTV HR-21, and the Sony Playstation 2. I'll have to set it up, and test it.
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Glad to see a reply from someone who heavily surfs and only used 7gb. Course, if the cap is 5.....oops.

Going to have to install one of these on Mom's computer and see whats going on with hers.

Put DU Meter on 2 of my computers tonight, so we will see how it goes. Its been on 3 hours and I've used.....206MB. Been online for about 4 hours since I got home from work, course the download of it wasn't included in that figure.

The month's figures will tell of course, but I didn't think I was honestly using much, cept for when Windows update pops up....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21033783 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:55:42 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21033652 vxbinco : The easiest way to monitor Bandwidth is through McAfee Security Center which is provided free by Comcast.

Go to the advanced menu, click on tools and the drop down menu of traffic analysis. It will give you session totals, totals for current month and last month usage.

Of course it will only monitor the computer on which it is installed, and traffic that is monitored by McAfee which should be all traffic on your system. However, it is simple just to add up all traffic for all computers on your network.

I have vonage; it will not monitor that traffic but I think it is minimal usage. Comcast own Digital voice will not be included in the cap.

I use my system everyday and my last month usage was 7.00 GB on my whole network. I consider myself more than a light user, with frequent web surfing, some streaming audio and video; but no gaming, no heavy music or video downloads, or peer to peer. This month, I should approach 14.00 GB, this month, because of more than usual downloads.

I do not consider 250 GB an issue. There has to be some control over excessive use.

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21033652 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:11:31 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21033200 thor793 : Ok...got a WRT54GL from Fry's and put Tomato on it. I highly recommend it as well. I have had no issues at all with it so far. The bandwidth monitoring is very nice.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21033200 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:03:37 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21032827 Der_Idiot : I use cacti. I had to turn my granularity to 1minute polling, but other then that, it's fantastic.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21032827 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:22:36 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21032240 Unit649 : Glad to see all the responses.

From what I've been reading on here though, my newer linksys N router may not be flashable, but I'm looking into it more. I don't really want to mess that router up, that kind of stuff angers the wife :)

I think for now I may go for a "per computer" solution. I think Comcast is going to have to step up and provide something. I honestly think I don't even get near 100GB a month much less 250, but being that we're here, who knows, maybe I'll find out I use a lot more or less than I think I do. I know I have lan traffic, but its going to be hard to discern that from other traffic without bringing the router into play.

But if this becomes more prevelant, some kind of bandwidth monitoring will become a feature for $20 more, I'm sure, on routers :)

I'd love to use something like MRTG (I have it on my Linode) but I'd have to build another box, etc etc. Not sure if I want to go that far into it.

Probably will use DuMeter (or the free "equivelent") for those few friends who are already on email paranoid about their usage :) The one I'm still most worried about is my Mom on Frontier who does nothing much, but likely would cross the 5gb threshold by the sheer amount of time she spends surfing. I hope they really get their collective heads out of their backsides over there, I tell you. Next visit I'm going to have to put something on there and start seeing if its going to be a problem or not.

Thanks again for the suggestions and I hope its helping more people out than just me. I can't honestly believe that "google" was the solution presented by Comcast either-you think they could have listed a few. I doubt their NOC facility is so busy that thy couldn't have taken 5 minutes to post some good ones. But who knows :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21032240 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:03:52 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21031987 Nerdtalker : Tomato is seriously the best option for people who already have 3rd-party-firmware-running WRT54G routers or their derivatives.

I've checked out the DD-WRT firmwares and such, and these are great too, but Tomato just offers a different level of bandwidth monitoring.

I've uploaded some pics of that, forgive my data :D
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21031987 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:10:00 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21031810 53059959 :
said by bondo :

I've been trying out this freeware called PRTG traffic grapher, it monitors my whole network by looking at the SNMP on the router. so far seems pretty good, because I have about 7 computers hooked up to the router.
I second PRTG. I run it on my windows 2003 servers, works great. You get 3 free different monitors of whatever you want to qualify as freeware, after that you must purchase the product. It's a little more advanced and designed to run in a server setting.

edit: nvm I guess they changed it now they offer 10 free monitors with their new product as freeware.

»www.paessler.com/prtg7]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21031810 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:25:09 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21031500 aaronwt :
said by Ripper See Profile :

WallWatcher can track your bandwidth if you have a router that is on there supported list. »www.wallwatcher.com/
This sounds like a good option since it pulls the info from the router which is needed to truly see what the usage is. Just monitoring a PC usage does no good when there are dozens of other devices connecting to the Internet. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21031500 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:23:29 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21031309 iddx : i use rrdtool/mrtg]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21031309 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:35:18 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21030772 pitroad01 : I use NetMeter
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21030772 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:39:57 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21030635 Ripper : WallWatcher can track your bandwidth if you have a router that is on there supported list. »www.wallwatcher.com/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21030635 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:13:33 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21030587 thor793 : The best I have used is built into Kaspersky Internet Security 2009. It has a Network Monitor that keeps track of application bandwidth usage per day/week both incoming and outgoing. So you can check out which of your programs use the most.

Note though, if you enable it to report feedback...you should know that just participating will use up a bit more traffic...not too much but it makes the internet use by Kaspersky notable in the bandwidth meter. If you enable extended statistics it will make Kaspersky the top bandwidth user of all your applications for every single day, no matter what other programs you are using. This has the potential to drive up your internet traffic a great deal...so I would recommend not enabling extended statistics. Example: Over the few days I've been using it I had one day that stood out. I used up 3.5 GB on the download side...of that 2.3 GB was from Kaspersky...the next closest application was iTunes at 764MB.

Aside from the bandwidth monitoring I find it to be a very good internet security package. For me it replaced BitDefender (previously my favorite) after I had some incompatibilities between BitDefender's firewall and Vista Ultimate 64 Bit. The only problem I have with Kaspersky is that the active scans (not the normal background monitoring it does) don't pop up any type of window when they run...so they can sneak up on you and slow down your computer if you're in the middle of using it when they run. I highly recommend it as an internet security package.

I think I'm going to pick up a WRT54GL sometime Saturday and try out some of the firmwares available to it (starting with Tomato I think). I haven't been able to find anything for the router I have, a Linksys BEFSR41 4 port wired broadband router. Kaspersky is great...but only covers 2 computers that I have it loaded on. We have 6 other internet enabled devices (computers, DVR, cellphones on Wifi) that need to be tracked as well...a router based monitor is pretty much the only way to go. I'll keep the old one just as a backup though, in case something goes wrong with the firmware.

I'm still going to be paying attention to Kaspersky though as I find it's application-based bandwidth statistics interesting.

I think the most reliable bandwidth meters are always tied to your router....so it catches everything going through. Software based firewalls are less accurate since you can have network traffic that doesn't use up internet traffic. On single computer connections that's not a huge deal...it's more of a problem with connections connected to routers that have a network behind them...such as my situation.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21030587 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:39:55 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21030344 lightzout : This was the first question on my mind as well. But why wouldn't Comcast just add it to subscriber's account information? It seems pretty unfair to people who may be on the high side not to give them a chance to know when to back off. My wife and I both use up bandwidth well beyond the average user but I have no idea whether its close to 250 gigs. I use an apple base station. If anyone knows a good compatible mac or pc application please share any recommendations. At the very least they could email customers if or when they were past 200 gigs so people could reduce use or just accept the over-cap fees. This probably doesn't apply to business accounts right?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21030344 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:13:32 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21030269 jerry666 : another vote for du meter . works well free updates . lots of good features]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21030269 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:37:45 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21029796 Vchat20 :
said by Nerdtalker See Profile :

• Windows - DuMeter »www.dumeter.com/ (very popular, excellent set of tools and reporting, but also only for individual clients. Nice prediction features)
Netmeter: »www.metal-machine.de/readerror/
A freeware clone of DUmeter. Not AS feature packed, but pretty darn close.
said by Nerdtalker See Profile :

• DDWRT?
The newer v24 RC builds include a bandwidth tracker. Those builds are pretty damn stable for basic home setups that I have seen.
said by Nerdtalker See Profile :

• PfSense/m0n0wall
Pretty sure these have some facility for this, yes.
said by Nerdtalker See Profile :

• Others I don't know about?
Smoothwall, which is another *nix based router distro like the above, has a user-built mod built exactly for tracking cap usage and can track usage by IP on the LAN side. Check the forums for more info.
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I swear, some people should have pace-makers installed to free up the resources. Breathing and heart beat taxes their whole system, all of their brain cells wasted on life support.-two bit brains, and the second bit is wasted on parity! ~head_spaz]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21029796 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:21:29 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21029653 funchords : I think that some routers also have UPNP interfaces that might report back these statistics. I haven't looked for UPNP tools in a couple of years -- anyone have any favorites?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21029653 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:47:42 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21028761 Rob : Another vote for Tomato firmware. I've been using it since.. forever.. and besides the fact that it's fast and has so many extra features that I use, the bandwidth monitoring section is superb.

DD-WRT is also an excellent firmware (with the ability to have different SSID/VLANS), but the bandwidth monitoring section of Tomato out performs DD-WRT IMO.
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The only reason I'm asking is because I have more than myself to support also. Flashing the router, though something I may eventually do myself, will probably not be something that some of the friends I have would want me to do :)

Part of the reason that I was asking out here. I know we're all a bit more on the advanced side, but for "Joe Schmoe" I'd rather just have an easy software solution that can sit in the tray and be easily checked.

Thanks for the tips so far everyone, I'll be checking back and checking out whats been presented so far. I think this is a good idea-I'm sure the publicity created by this happening will probably be drawing people to this site, and invaribly, here. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21028754 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:18:30 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21028677 Nerdtalker : Excellent, excellent, excellent thread. You beat me to it by a tiny bit :D honestly!

A lot of these posts have focused on client-side monitoring, but this isn't robust enough.

Client-Side:
• Linux - vnstat »humdi.net/vnstat/ (very basic, linux based bandwidth reporting and monitoring)
• Windows - DuMeter »www.dumeter.com/ (very popular, excellent set of tools and reporting, but also only for individual clients. Nice prediction features)
• Windows - BandwidthMonitor »www.bwmonitor.com/ (haven't used it, but seems robust and similar to DuMeter)
• Windows - BW Meter »www.softpedia.com/get/Network-To···er.shtml (seems pretty good, similar to the last two)

Router-Side:
• WRT54G/GS/GL/e.t.c. - Tomato »www.polarcloud.com/tomato (Excellent real-time, last 24 hours, daily, weekly, and monthly bandwidth reporting for every interface. This is what I use and recommend the most since it works so well and represents all traffic passing the WAN)
• Server - MRTG »www.mrtg.com/ (Basic, seems depreciated by cacti, but still works, doesn't give an actual bit-statistic of use though)
• Server - Cacti »www.cacti.net/ (very comprehensive tool for bandwidth monitoring via SNMP, evolved from MRTG)
• DDWRT?
• PfSense/m0n0wall
• Others I don't know about?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21028677 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:03:25 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21028642 anon : I've been trying out this freeware called PRTG traffic grapher, it monitors my whole network by looking at the SNMP on the router. so far seems pretty good, because I have about 7 computers hooked up to the router.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21028642 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:56:38 EDT Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21028421 anon : I'm using NetLimiter 2 Monitor (Free), it has lots of great features. You can view your bandwidth within any time frame. You also can see how much bandwidth each application uses.

Or you can flash your router with a 3rd party firmware like Tomato (better for bandwidth monitoring) and DD-WRT (compatible with more routers). This way you can monitor all devices connected to the router including consoles. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21028421 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:16:10 EDT Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21028326 Unit649 : Mod Note: Will Comcast provide a bandwidth meter? jlivingood See Profile says "yes." Here ---> »Re: Bandwidth Limits - Meter

December 2, 2008 update: »Comcast To Offer Bandwidth Use Tracker In January

»Exclusive Screens Of Comcast's New Bandwidth Meter

Ok, since its happened, and there are tons of choices online, can anyone suggest a good total consumption monitor I can use for each computer, that I can set to reset and record my usage each month, since Comcast suggests to do so on your own?

Feel free to move this if you wish, but everything I'm finding by "google search" as suggested so far only seems to record what you're doing while you're on, once you shutdown that data is lost.

Thanks for any input! Oh, and I would prefer XP/Vista compatibility since I have both OS's running on my LAN. :)

I don't think I'll ever get close, but since its part of the AUP now, I guess I probably should monitor my usage. I appreciate any input!

Think with this too it might be time....for broadband router makers to include consumption monitoring too :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21028326 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:59:37 EDT