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Thread ID: 80368 2007-06-20 08:40:00 Network usage control spaceman8815 (4112) Press F1
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560931 2007-06-20 08:40:00 Hi,

what software is available for controlling the usage of various computers on a home network as we have an overseas student staying at our house and wants to pay for internet usage and want to know how to limit his computer (about 10 GB) to the amount of internet usage he pays me for per month without limiting me.
spaceman8815 (4112)
560932 2007-06-20 09:15:00 Just give him the whole bill... zcc (50)
560933 2007-06-20 09:22:00 LOL! winmacguy (3367)
560934 2007-06-20 09:24:00 Does the honesty system not work? It's probably not worth the effort of putting controls in place etc. somebody (208)
560935 2007-06-20 10:05:00 There are a number of utilities available (some are free) for monitoring internet usage - they keep track of time and many will do a running calculation of your bill. I think most are probably designed to track an actual online connection rather than individual users on that connection, but some may do what you are looking for. I would suggest searching on various combinations of eg internet connection, monitor, usage, calculate etc.

HTH
Robin S_ (86)
560936 2007-06-20 13:22:00 Well, do you have a router because Linsys routers can do this. beeswax34 (63)
560937 2007-06-20 13:31:00 yes i have a netgear wireless router WGR614 v7 spaceman8815 (4112)
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