Jump to content

How much internet usage am I using?

Br3tt96
By Br3tt96
in Networking
 Share
Posted

I'm curious... Is there a way to monitor how much data I'm using through my router? I can see the data on my PC, but I'd like to know all my house devices for the month. Is that possible?

Spoiler

 

LTT's Fastest single core CineBench 11.5/15 score on air with i7-4790K on air

Main Rig

CPU: i7-4770K @ 4.3GHz 1.18v, Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S, Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth Mark 2, RAM: 16 GB G.Skill Sniper Series @ 1866MHz, GPU: EVGA 980Ti Classified @ 1507/1977MHz , Storage: 500GB 850 EVO, WD Cavier Black/Blue 1TB+1TB,  Power Supply: Corsair HX 750W, Case: Fractal Design r4 Black Pearl w/ Window, OS: Windows 10 Home 64bit

 

Plex Server WIP

CPU: i5-3570K, Cooler: Stock, Motherboard: ASrock, Ram: 16GB, GPU: Intel igpu, Storage: 120GB Kingston SSD, 6TB WD Red, Powersupply: Corsair TX 750W, Case: Corsair Carbide Spec-01 OS: Windows 10

 

Lenovo Legion Laptop

CPU: i7-7700HQ, RAM: 8GB, GPU: 1050Ti 4GB, Storage: 500GB Crucial MX500, OS: Windows 10

 

 

Link to comment
https://linustechtips.com/topic/447788-how-much-internet-usage-am-i-using/
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Make a Linux router!

Laptop: Thinkpad W520 i7 2720QM 24GB RAM 1920x1080 2x SSDs Main Rig: 4790k 12GB Hyperx Beast Zotac 980ti AMP! Fractal Define S (window) RM850 Noctua NH-D15 EVGA Z97 FTW with 3 1080P 144hz monitors from Asus Secondary: i5 6600K, R9 390 STRIX, 16GB DDR4, Acer Predator 144Hz 1440P

As Centos 7 SU once said: With great power comes great responsibility.

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

login to the account on your IPS site they should tell you...the firmware of the router would need to have that ability built in which I doubt it does.

System Specs

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600x | Mobo: Gigabyte B550i Aorus Pro AX | RAM: Hyper X Fury 3600 64gb | GPU: Nvidia FE 4090 | Storage: WD Blk SN750 NVMe - 1tb, Samsung 860 Evo - 1tb, WD Blk - 6tb/5tb, WD Red - 10tb | PSU:Corsair ax860 | Cooling: AMD Wraith Stealth  Displays: 55" Samsung 4k Q80R, 24" BenQ XL2420TE/XL2411Z & Asus VG248QE | Kb: K70 RGB Blue | Mouse: Logitech G903 | Case: Fractal Torrent RGB | Extra: HTC Vive, Fanatec CSR/Shifters/CSR Elite Pedals w/ Rennsport stand, Thustmaster Warthog HOTAS, Track IR5,, ARCTIC Z3 Pro Triple Monitor Arm | OS: Win 10 Pro 64 bit

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

my ISP's website has this really nice page that shows me how much i've used in peak and dip hours.

(they have different polcies between the two, to avoid morons to upload 200GB at 5PM, when everyone in the world needs their cat videos)

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author

login to the account on your IPS site they should tell you...the firmware of the router would need to have that ability built in which I doubt it does.

The ISP doesn't have that available. It's a small town company with a crappy website.

Router

https://www.asus.com/us/Networking/RTN56U/

Spoiler

 

LTT's Fastest single core CineBench 11.5/15 score on air with i7-4790K on air

Main Rig

CPU: i7-4770K @ 4.3GHz 1.18v, Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S, Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth Mark 2, RAM: 16 GB G.Skill Sniper Series @ 1866MHz, GPU: EVGA 980Ti Classified @ 1507/1977MHz , Storage: 500GB 850 EVO, WD Cavier Black/Blue 1TB+1TB,  Power Supply: Corsair HX 750W, Case: Fractal Design r4 Black Pearl w/ Window, OS: Windows 10 Home 64bit

 

Plex Server WIP

CPU: i5-3570K, Cooler: Stock, Motherboard: ASrock, Ram: 16GB, GPU: Intel igpu, Storage: 120GB Kingston SSD, 6TB WD Red, Powersupply: Corsair TX 750W, Case: Corsair Carbide Spec-01 OS: Windows 10

 

Lenovo Legion Laptop

CPU: i7-7700HQ, RAM: 8GB, GPU: 1050Ti 4GB, Storage: 500GB Crucial MX500, OS: Windows 10

 

 

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author

If you have Windows 10 (8 might work also):

Settings (not control panel), > Network > Data Usage

I know I can see that, but I meant all data.

Spoiler

 

LTT's Fastest single core CineBench 11.5/15 score on air with i7-4790K on air

Main Rig

CPU: i7-4770K @ 4.3GHz 1.18v, Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S, Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth Mark 2, RAM: 16 GB G.Skill Sniper Series @ 1866MHz, GPU: EVGA 980Ti Classified @ 1507/1977MHz , Storage: 500GB 850 EVO, WD Cavier Black/Blue 1TB+1TB,  Power Supply: Corsair HX 750W, Case: Fractal Design r4 Black Pearl w/ Window, OS: Windows 10 Home 64bit

 

Plex Server WIP

CPU: i5-3570K, Cooler: Stock, Motherboard: ASrock, Ram: 16GB, GPU: Intel igpu, Storage: 120GB Kingston SSD, 6TB WD Red, Powersupply: Corsair TX 750W, Case: Corsair Carbide Spec-01 OS: Windows 10

 

Lenovo Legion Laptop

CPU: i7-7700HQ, RAM: 8GB, GPU: 1050Ti 4GB, Storage: 500GB Crucial MX500, OS: Windows 10

 

 

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

ttraf daemon can easily provide you with this information, provided you flashed your router with DD-WRT. Not sure about the RT-N56U, but the RT-N16 is definitely compatible. Can't check compatibility right now because the site appears to be down. Edit: apparently not. I say try your luck with OpenWRT instead.

γνῶθι σεαυτόν

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

to add some more info to what has been said above by others - since your ISP can't tell you your usage, you have to get it from the router. Some routers have the ability to show you a bandwidth graph in their interface by default of current usage, but not most. To add this functionality, and to also allow you to be able to log usage, you may have to flash your router with one of the alternative firmwares, such as Tomato, DD-Wrt, or OpenWRT. You'll have to do your research to see which one(s), if any, are compatible, and if they have any issues (for example, on one of my routers I could flash it with DD-WRT or OpenWRT, but I would lose the 5GHz capability, and I decided I couldn't live with that. If you can flash an alternative firmware onto it, and the firmware supports SNMP (for DD-WRT, you have to choose a feature set to install, that varies by image size) then you would be able to log the traffic using an SNMP tool. The ones I am familiar with are MRTG and Zabbix. MRTG (Multi Router Traffic Grapher) is a staple of the particular industry I work in, and Zabbix does a lot more than log traffic, it is an entire network monitoring system.

Looking to buy GTX690, other multi-GPU cards, or single-slot graphics cards: 

 

Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing Networking

×