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| 1145891 | 2010-10-19 04:26:00 | TUC isn't bad, provided that the Telecom meter is working at the time. Having your own records I've found is a much safer and more accurate solution, not to mention you can then monitor on the router which device is using the data, including the likes of Wii's, Cellphones, iPod Touches etc, where you can't install the traditional windows software! | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1145892 | 2010-10-19 05:18:00 | Thanks people.. Found this (www.softpedia.com)- seems to be working well :thumbs: |
tuiruru (12277) | ||
| 1145893 | 2010-10-19 06:21:00 | TUC isn't bad, provided that the Telecom meter is working at the time. Having your own records I've found is a much safer and more accurate solution, not to mention you can then monitor on the router which device is using the data, including the likes of Wii's, Cellphones, iPod Touches etc, where you can't install the traditional windows software! Thanks all for this thread, for the mention of the firmware utilities, since I'm looking for a LAN/Internet tracking package. I have the Thomson TG585 V8 wireless router via Telecom, and suspect my teenage daughter is skype/face book video chatting late at night, though she says she's only voice chatting. I'll try that TUC utility, but would that Tomato utility after reading at lifehacker (lifehacker.com) work for Thomsons? Bit worried I might bad flash the original firmware, unless it can be backed up or easily restored? |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1145894 | 2010-10-19 09:08:00 | would that Tomato utility after reading at lifehacker (lifehacker.com) work for Thomsons? Bit worried I might bad flash the original firmware, unless it can be backed up or easily restored? No, thomson routers are a bit useless. I found a cheap one (D-link dir-300) that supported DD-WRT for $30 off trademe. |
utopian201 (6245) | ||
| 1145895 | 2010-10-19 10:15:00 | ^^ What utopian201 said. The general rule of thumb: If it has ADSL built in, it's not supported. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1145896 | 2010-10-20 09:22:00 | ^^ What utopian201 said. The general rule of thumb: If it has ADSL built in, it's not supported. pity. It is so convenient having an all in one router. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 1145897 | 2010-10-20 10:35:00 | pity. It is so convenient having an all in one router. Yeah true. |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1145898 | 2010-10-20 18:12:00 | Are you sure thats what it is monitoring? If it doesn't have to install anything on other PCs, that screenshot looks to be just traffic from -your- PC to the other IPs... Unless your PC is acting as the gateway.It's quite possible to count traffic from other PCs without being between those PCs and the net, and without installing anything on them. Provided you're not using a smart switch that's configured to prevent it (which basically means this trick works on pretty much every home network in existence), you can simply set your switch port to promiscuous, and the switch will send you *all* the traffic, regardless of where it's actually headed for. The benefit of this approach is it lets you count everything. The downside comes when the aggregate bandwidth across the whole switch is more than your individual port can handle... The other issue with this approach is you'll also be counting local transfers between PCs on the network, unless you make a point of filtering out this traffic without counting it. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 1145899 | 2010-10-20 21:37:00 | Provided you're not using a smart switch that's configured to prevent it (which basically means this trick works on pretty much every home network in existence), you can simply set your switch port to promiscuous, and the switch will send you *all* the traffic, regardless of where it's actually headed for. The benefit of this approach is it lets you count everything. The downside comes when the aggregate bandwidth across the whole switch is more than your individual port can handle... The other issue with this approach is you'll also be counting local transfers between PCs on the network, unless you make a point of filtering out this traffic without counting it. How do you configure a home user's switch? There is no console/serial port or ip address to log into. Home switches in general are -not- configurable. What kind of switch are you referring to? This would require the use of a managed switch where you can log in to actually set traffic mirroring. The only way you could do this with a normal home user's switch is to overload the internal mac address tables so it doesn't know which mac address is on which port. This turns it into a hub, broadcasting traffic out all ports. This of course makes it as slow as a hub. |
utopian201 (6245) | ||
| 1145900 | 2010-10-21 01:10:00 | ...would require the use of a managed switch where you can log in to actually set traffic mirroring...Good point - being used to dealing with enterprise gear, I overlooked that somewhat vital requirement - my mistake :badpc:. | Erayd (23) | ||
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