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JoelP - 29/12/09 at 10:13 PM

does anyone know of a way to find out how much you have been downloading previously per month? Im on unlimited at the min but im considering binning the house conntection and phone and just using mobile internet, but obviously thats limited usage.

Cheers!

AdrianH - 29/12/09 at 10:30 PM

Is it a plug in router to the wall socket as sometimes they have their own web page that can give stats.

If connected to your own PC and powered down when not in use you may still be able to look for logs and work out that way.

for example from my router

System Up Time 147:50:56
Port Status TxPkts RxPkts Collisions Tx B/s Rx B/s Up Time
WAN PPPoA 1934921 2727554 0 417 3344 139:21:37
LAN 10M/100M 2257039 1767769 0 2046 395 147:50:52
WLAN 11M/54M 689114 543293 0 1532 167 147:50:42


At least I think you can work it out!


Adrian

[Edited on 29-12-09 by AdrianH]

stevebubs - 29/12/09 at 10:50 PM

Who are you with? Some providers have webpages that show usage...

stevebubs - 29/12/09 at 10:50 PM

Who are you with? Some providers have webpages that show usage...

mookaloid - 29/12/09 at 11:11 PM

quote:
Originally posted by AdrianH
Is it a plug in router to the wall socket as sometimes they have their own web page that can give stats.

If connected to your own PC and powered down when not in use you may still be able to look for logs and work out that way.

for example from my router

System Up Time 147:50:56
Port Status TxPkts RxPkts Collisions Tx B/s Rx B/s Up Time
WAN PPPoA 1934921 2727554 0 417 3344 139:21:37
LAN 10M/100M 2257039 1767769 0 2046 395 147:50:52
WLAN 11M/54M 689114 543293 0 1532 167 147:50:42


At least I think you can work it out!


Adrian

[Edited on 29-12-09 by AdrianH]


That's recording packets of data - not bits or bytes unfortunately.

With Ethernet, packets can contain data of between about 64 and 1500 bytes if I recall.

Not sure what happens to it on the ATM side but I think You'll need an SNMP enabled router (Cisco probably) and some network monitoring software to count the actual data.

Hope that helps

Cheers Mark

dhutch - 30/12/09 at 01:25 AM

You many also be able to setup a software counter on your machine.

BenB - 30/12/09 at 08:07 AM

That's what I did (software). There are free broadband monitors outthere.

http://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/broadband-download-monitor.html

gingerprince - 30/12/09 at 09:33 AM

quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
Not sure what happens to it on the ATM side but I think You'll need an SNMP enabled router (Cisco probably) and some network monitoring software to count the actual data.


If you've got a compatible router, then you can flash DD-WRT firmware on, which enables as much gubbins as you can shake a stick at, including SNMP.

yellow melos - 30/12/09 at 09:59 AM

you will have to watch out on mobile broadband, they a re gits.. especially if you go accross another network... they will charge you for more time that you actually use !!!!

my boss went to france with his mobile broadband... he did not use it untill he got to france... it said he had been on for 2 hours total but they charged him for 10 ( because he went across another network ) even though the meter on the sofware they supplied said otherwise

Ninehigh - 30/12/09 at 10:23 AM

I have one through the devil, I mean 3, and they have a page telling you how much you've used. Mind you the software that comes with the modem reads about half what they say.

Yeah be very careful with it. Somehow with absolutely no proof whatsoever they told me I downloaded 6gb in 45 mins (not possible, even if I was sat ON a mobile mast, according to a BT engineer) and when we demanded they prove it their response was "You used it, you pay"

Mind you this is the same people that keep claiming the entire network across the country has gone down when the problem was I didn't put the sim card in.

Tbh if you're only using it in your home I'd stick with the home one

JoelP - 30/12/09 at 09:11 PM

too technical for me but thanks anyway!