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1253459 2012-01-10 20:57:00 HI All
Im looking for a windows gadget or small program that monitors internet traffic from a netbook
There is plenty of network ones but none that actually specific to wan traffic

Any ideas?

Cheers
Gobe
Gobe1 (6290)
1253460 2012-01-10 21:42:00 Most fool-proof way is to do it from the router itself.

There are a few that you can specifically get to exclude LAN-data (Essential if you copy a lot of large files to / from your machine), but I can't remember any off the top of my head sorry.
Chilling_Silence (9)
1253461 2012-01-10 21:54:00 Networx can exclude LAN data
www.softperfect.com
Renegade (16270)
1253462 2012-01-10 23:01:00 Networx can exclude LAN data
www.softperfect.com Second netWorx :thumbs: -- Use it on all our PC's here and it monitors in real time, can give monthly, Weekly, Daily & hourly reports.

It does WAN and as mentioned you can exclude the LAN traffic.
wainuitech (129)
1253463 2012-01-10 23:08:00 Nifty, might have to give it a whirl and see how it matches what my routers say :) Chilling_Silence (9)
1253464 2012-01-11 00:36:00 This is for someone else
thanks for the replies, networx it is cheers :thumbs:
Gobe1 (6290)
1253465 2012-01-11 00:45:00 Does it have to be installed on every computer on the network? gary67 (56)
1253466 2012-01-11 01:07:00 Does it have to be installed on every computer on the network?

Yes, so things like iPod Touches, Playstations etc, all don't get monitored. If that kind of level is needed, then custom router firmware such as Gargoyle is the *only* way to go.
Chilling_Silence (9)
1253467 2012-01-11 03:48:00 Does it have to be installed on every computer on the network?

It can monitor the complete router traffic as long as the router has SNMP, other wise you get the message below.

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wainuitech (129)
1253468 2012-01-12 07:13:00 The answer (if you have the budget) is exinda, its simply awesome. It's a layer 2 box that sits between your wan/lan. In our case it sits between the internet and the lan/wan too and does edge cache/reporting. Alex B (15479)
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