bobjohnson Premium Member join:2007-02-03 Spartanburg, SC |
[HSI] Usage Monitoring?I know that Charter has caps that they really don't enforce but I'm curious as to what I'm actually using. What is the best way to monitor my usage. My setup is as basic as I could get as it is temporary but I would like to see anyways. |
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mtn_area
Anon
2013-Feb-19 9:32 pm
DUMeter for one computer, dd-wrt I think can do whole router. |
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to bobjohnson
Networx is another one.
and some routers track usage. I have a NETGEAR that tracks usage monthly. |
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bobjohnson Premium Member join:2007-02-03 Spartanburg, SC |
said by compuguybna:Networx is another one.
and some routers track usage. I have a NETGEAR that tracks usage monthly. Ok. I bought a $24 belkin from WalMart that doesn't track usage so I'm trying to come up with creative solutions to my curiosity. |
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crazyk4952 Premium Member join:2002-02-04 united state Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite Ubiquiti UniFi AP-LR Polycom VVX300
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to bobjohnson
said by bobjohnson:I know that Charter has caps that they really don't enforce but I'm curious as to what I'm actually using. What is the best way to monitor my usage. My setup is as basic as I could get as it is temporary but I would like to see anyways. The best way to monitor your total usage is from your router. If your router does not have this feature, you may need to flash it with DDWRT or Tomato. You can check here to see if your router is compatible with DDWRT: » www.dd-wrt.com/site/supp ··· database |
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ARRIS SB6121 Netgear WNDR3800
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to compuguybna
I agree, before I got a Netgear router to track everything in the house, I used the free Networx program to tell me the usage of the pc I use the most. Guess the OP could put it on every pc, if he has more than one. On second thought... I don't think that would work. » www.softperfect.com/prod ··· networx/ |
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bobjohnson Premium Member join:2007-02-03 Spartanburg, SC |
to crazyk4952
Re: [HSI] Usage Monitoring?I guess I'll have to get a better router if I want to play with this stuff lol. Thanks guys. |
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to bobjohnson
I spent the extra $ for a Netgear Router. I like you was just going to get the cheapest router because I thought a router was a router.
But it is worth the extra up charge to have a piece of mind at monitoring your usage and plus I have seen better coverage and speeds with my Netgear vs. Belkin. |
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bobjohnson Premium Member join:2007-02-03 Spartanburg, SC |
I have a Linksys N750 @ home that I like alot, it works great as well but since I'm only gonna be up here in charter world for a little less than a year I didn't want to spend a lot on any of this stuff... But I didn't think about my nerd side wanting to play with everything As we all know, you can't really tinker with cheap stuff. |
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mtn_area
Anon
2013-Feb-20 5:22 pm
They're fairly cheap but harder to set up, I run a Mikrotik RB750GL and it gives you nice bandwidth graphs over time and can be setup to connect to an MRTG and monitor overall usage of the ports. |
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to bobjohnson
P.S. not everyone should just go flashing the firmware in their router (like tomato or DDWRT).....Good way to brick your router if you don't know what you're doing. |
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