How do I look at my usage for earlier this week (in previous billing period)
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Thanks for that. I had seen Net meter recommended on here so I installed it on my son's machine and on mine.
Mysteriously Netmeter on his machine keeps resetting the totals to zero
but on mine it works fine!
One thing I have noticed with netmeter is that it seems to record data transfers between networked machines. That would mean the totals for me would include internet use and data transfer.
Thanks for that. I had seen Net meter recommended on here so I installed it on my son's machine and on mine.
Mysteriously Netmeter on his machine keeps resetting the totals to zero
but on mine it works fine!One thing I have noticed with netmeter is that it seems to record data transfers between networked machines. That would mean the totals for me would include internet use and data transfer.
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Mysteriously Netmeter on his machine keeps resetting the totals to zero but on mine it works fine!
Don`t know why that is, unless he has found out how to do it ! ! !
that way, he can claim "I didn`t use that much.... look at my netmeter !" Perhaps you could find a "similar" prog, that is "stealthy", and only you know where you put it..... If it asks for an icon on the desktop during setup, then check it to say "no icon on desktop". and hopefully, he will not notice it on the system tray.... (leave the Netmeter on the desktop, and he will think that is all there is to worry about..
......................until......................
Oh he knows how to do it, but claims he never touches it!
It would be nice to have something I could run on my machine to keep a check on him.
I have been using the VMBU to try and encourage him to stay within a daily household limit.
When I was giving grief out about us going to the limit on monthly usage, he used to say it's not me it's my sister etc. So I disconnected him for a week (punishment).
When I reviewed the use for that week it had gone down by 75%!
Now he is being somewhat more considerate, shall we say.
It would be nice to have something I could run on my machine to keep a check on him.
I have been using the VMBU to try and encourage him to stay within a daily household limit.
When I was giving grief out about us going to the limit on monthly usage, he used to say it's not me it's my sister etc. So I disconnected him for a week (punishment).
When I reviewed the use for that week it had gone down by 75%!
Now he is being somewhat more considerate, shall we say.
Santiago - I was recently experimenting with an IP accounting system based upon Smoothwall and the Bandwidthd daemon which would give graphs and reports like this:
Unfortunately though, it requires a dedicated machine and a bit of a network reconfiguration and probably isn't suitable for home use (unless you're incredibly geeky like me ;))
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Unfortunately though, it requires a dedicated machine and a bit of a network reconfiguration and probably isn't suitable for home use (unless you're incredibly geeky like me ;))
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I have been googling around, and came up with this site.....
Looks to be similar to what I advised in my last post..... (just a icon in the tray)
http://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/article.asp?id=broadband-download-monitor&kt=373&gclid=CKTFm4Dq0JI...
Thats a long URL..... but it points to a page that has "Broadband Download Monitor" which is FREE (my favourite type of software.....
You have to "register" first, then when you have your password, you can download it....
Good luck.... let us know if it is any use !
Looks to be similar to what I advised in my last post..... (just a icon in the tray)
http://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/article.asp?id=broadband-download-monitor&kt=373&gclid=CKTFm4Dq0JI...
Thats a long URL..... but it points to a page that has "Broadband Download Monitor" which is FREE (my favourite type of software.....
You have to "register" first, then when you have your password, you can download it....
Good luck.... let us know if it is any use !
@Barry
Yes you are right, bit too tech for me
Thanks for the idea though
Also my son's machine is not on my home network (I just thought it was simpler that way!)
The trick with this is for him to know he is being managed. For example I have blocked YouTube during peak time using a scheduled block on my netgear router. He got used to that after a few days. I am going to see what else I can set up on the router.
@shutter
Ok thanks I will have a look at that and let you know
Yes you are right, bit too tech for me
Thanks for the idea thoughAlso my son's machine is not on my home network (I just thought it was simpler that way!)
The trick with this is for him to know he is being managed. For example I have blocked YouTube during peak time using a scheduled block on my netgear router. He got used to that after a few days. I am going to see what else I can set up on the router.
@shutter
Ok thanks I will have a look at that and let you know