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[sheddyian]

Sitting here waiting for 3 different computers to download updates (and streaming some music to my phone as well), I wondered how much of my bandwidth I'm actually using.

And realised I've no idea, and don't seem to have a way to measure it.

Do any modems have a tool/function/bit of the web interface that shows a snapshot %age or plots a graph like Windows Performance monitor does?

I don't mean usage as in 40Gb/month (the ISP will have a chart showing your monthly usage), I mean "your line capacity is 20mb, you are using 85% at the moment" (or a graph showing that percentage)

Do any modems/routers do that?

Just curious really.

Ian

[Ixel]

I use pfSense, that has the ability to graph traffic, packets, ping times, and real-time usage (e.g. 15.51 Mbps down, 1.32 Mbps up) in a nice graph too. Google up pfSense for further details on it. It's basically a FreeBSD based router firmware, but very sophisticated and advanced, and I currently use it instead of the Business Hub 3 that BT supplied as I'm able to setup QoS as I want, not how the Hub would want.

I think there's a tool called cFos Speed or something like that, perhaps someone else can clarify. It's a Windows application for monitoring usage.

[sheddyian]

pfSense sounds interesting!  Apart from the nuisance of having an extra PC running all the time, I quite like the idea of a dedicated firewall/DHCP server etc that's highly configurable.

Something to think about 

Thanks

Ian