Hey,

Was wondering if there is any way to monitor the amount of data being put through my wireless router.

I ahve got one installed on my pc... But want to see how much the other guys in the house are using.

Any ideas?

 

what exactly do you mean by data? like how much bandwidth and downloads everyones doing? if so net limiter is good or so ive heard

 

Will Net limiter monitor my whole connection.. Or just how many Gb of data is downloaded/upleaded

 

Net Limiter will only monitor YOUR computer, it won't monitor the other peoples' machines unless they're using your computer as a gateway (which would make a wireless router kind of pointless).

Your best bet would be to look into whether your router supports SNMP-querying (check the manual, ask the manufacturer/vendor) and, if so, to look at a program like PRTG (a free SNMP-management program, that would let you query your router for whatever information it stores via SNMP).

 

Ahh the man in the know! i stand corrected

 

UI can see how many packets of data have been through the router.. But nothing else

 

If set up correctly, on a decent router that supports it properly, SNMP can be a very powerful tool......as an example (albeit not a good one, since no home-user is going to be using a Ł750,000 router on an ADSL connection), here's what we're graphing (and monitoring, using another program) on one of our major routers in work:

Main CPU Load
Routing CPU Load
Traffic inbound (on every port)
Traffic outbound (on every port)
Interface errors (on every port)
Packets dropped (SYN and ICMP, on every port)
Flaps (on every port) *a flap is when the interface drops and comes straight back again
Internal temperature using built-in sensors
Number of routes announced (on any port using BGP)

Each graph is set up to update every 5 minutes, and the monitoring system checks each value every 5 minutes against threshold rules configured within itself, and will alert (via audible noise, email, and SMS to the on-call mobile) if any value goes outside of these thresholds.

So yes, configured properly SNMP is a very powerful tool......but, as I said, you'd need to check if the router you're using will actually support it...

 

your ISP will probbaly have a "check your usage page" if it's a capped connection, use that

 

I'm on NTHell... So no limits..

Will have a look when I get home though

 

if youve got no limits, why do you care?

 

3 words:

Fair Usage Policy

NTL run one, even thoughwe are uncapped.

 

well, they haven't had a go at me and ive had cable since the day it came out.

netlimiter tells me i downloaded 345gb last month