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| Thread ID: 114112 | 2010-11-18 10:07:00 | Good (Free) Broadband Usage Monitor | badjer (15173) | Press F1 |
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| 1154202 | 2010-11-18 10:07:00 | I'm sure this question's been asked before, but haven't seen any really useful answers ... I'm on a fixed broadband plan and have to watch carefully so that I don't exceed my limit towards the end of the month and don't get hit with massive excess charges or braking back to dial-up speed ... Can anyone recommend an open-source or freeware broadband usage monitor program - something geek-free and genuinely user-friendly, that will sit in the background, that I can pre-program to let me know when I'm getting close to my limit, and give me a moment-by-moment indication of where my usage is? Thanks in advance for any help. |
badjer (15173) | ||
| 1154203 | 2010-11-18 10:11:00 | What ISP are you with? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1154204 | 2010-11-18 10:12:00 | A router such as the Linksys WRT54GL running Gargoyle firmware is the best / safest / reliable / ultimate solution. Surprisingly easy to setup too! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1154205 | 2010-11-18 10:55:00 | I use this one. http://www.tuc.co.nz/ |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1154206 | 2010-11-18 20:47:00 | Hi Badger I'm in the same sort of situation and use NetMeter 1.1.4 Beta (www.metal-machine.de). It's free, you can set a data amount to give a warning, gives daily, weekly monthly readings and works with my wireless modem. Hope this helps |
tuiruru (12277) | ||
| 1154207 | 2010-11-18 20:52:00 | I have been using NetWorx (www.softperfect.com). Has daily, hourly charts, etc. In the end I got put off due to our high use, so increased incrementally by changing plans. So just go by the telecom stats, since now found our regular daily use bandwidth. | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1154208 | 2010-11-19 10:51:00 | I agree with Kahawai, NetWorx seems to be good. | NoTerra (16083) | ||
| 1154209 | 2010-11-19 21:31:00 | I use Networx, and NetLimiter2 Monitor. NetLimiter shows which programs are accessing the internet, and how much bandwidth each program has used. |
b.... (7683) | ||
| 1154210 | 2010-11-20 00:00:00 | Hi Badger I'm in the same sort of situation and use NetMeter 1.1.4 Beta (www.metal-machine.de). It's free, you can set a data amount to give a warning, gives daily, weekly monthly readings and works with my wireless modem. Hope this helps That's what I use. Not very helpful if you want a Per-PC account but if you don't care (like me) or only have one PC it works great. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1154211 | 2010-11-20 05:54:00 | Netmeter used to be my favourite until I installed my NAS box in the garage (and Netmeter couldn't distinguish between data to it or the internet) Also, multiple computers are a problem. So I now use the one Snorkbox uses - TUC - and I'm happy. |
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