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Nerdtalker
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join:2003-02-18
Tucson, AZ
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1 edit | Re: Bandwidth Monitor for Computers-Suggestions? Excellent, excellent, excellent thread. You beat me to it by a tiny bit  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? | |
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funchords
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Washington, DC | 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? | |
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join:2003-09-16
Warren, OH
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| said by Nerdtalker  :• 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 :• 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 :• PfSense/m0n0wall Pretty sure these have some facility for this, yes.
said by Nerdtalker :• 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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| mardyron
join:2004-02-06
Hydes, MD
| 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... | |
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