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monitor neighbour wlan consumption: what tool?
My neighbour has a new laptop, and I helped him out with the password to
my Sweex wlan router. Question is: what tool should I use to make sure his usage of my broadband connection stays within reason. He's going to pay me, he said, 15.00 euro a month. I'm used to paying over 70.00 euro a month. So he's going to help me out by handing me 21% of the total bill cost. I made this table to show you how much I consume myself: aug/sep 37,285 MB sep/oct 16,615 MB oct/nov 8,435 MB (this period is not finished yet, so I won't include it) I spent on average for 3 months (aug/sep/oct): 26,950 MB. That is 100% of 70.00 euro. The 21% my neighbour is buying with his 15.00 euro adds up to 5,659 MB. So basically I need to limit his broadband usage to 5,659 MB. That's where I need a tool. If he exceeds that limit, he should pay extra. Or I change my WEP password. I'm sure someone here on this group knows the answer - has already done some research in that area. That is the knowledge I hope to access writing this. In case I miss your reply, my email address is . Please forward a copy of your post to that email address. Just to be on the safe side. I'm using Xnews 5.04.25, and I'm setting "FollowUp-To" = "poster", though I'm not sure what this will do. I don't use usenet groups as a habit. -- Regards, Stefaan Meeuws |
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monitor neighbour wlan consumption: what tool?
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When using regular consumer devices each computer goes directly to the Router and the Internet. End-Users Router usually do not provide bandwidth usage information. The only way to measure it is to install software that can log the usage on each computer. Example, http://www.bwmonitor.com/ Jack (MS, MVP-Networking) "Stefaan Meeuws" wrote in message ... My neighbour has a new laptop, and I helped him out with the password to my Sweex wlan router. Question is: what tool should I use to make sure his usage of my broadband connection stays within reason. He's going to pay me, he said, 15.00 euro a month. I'm used to paying over 70.00 euro a month. So he's going to help me out by handing me 21% of the total bill cost. I made this table to show you how much I consume myself: aug/sep 37,285 MB sep/oct 16,615 MB oct/nov 8,435 MB (this period is not finished yet, so I won't include it) I spent on average for 3 months (aug/sep/oct): 26,950 MB. That is 100% of 70.00 euro. The 21% my neighbour is buying with his 15.00 euro adds up to 5,659 MB. So basically I need to limit his broadband usage to 5,659 MB. That's where I need a tool. If he exceeds that limit, he should pay extra. Or I change my WEP password. I'm sure someone here on this group knows the answer - has already done some research in that area. That is the knowledge I hope to access writing this. In case I miss your reply, my email address is . Please forward a copy of your post to that email address. Just to be on the safe side. I'm using Xnews 5.04.25, and I'm setting "FollowUp-To" = "poster", though I'm not sure what this will do. I don't use usenet groups as a habit. -- Regards, Stefaan Meeuws |
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monitor neighbour wlan consumption: what tool?
Stefaan Meeuws;866859 Wrote: My neighbour has a new laptop, and I helped him out with the password to my Sweex wlan router. Question is: what tool should I use to make sure his usage of my broadband connection stays within reason. He's going to pay me, he said, 15.00 euro a month. I'm used to paying over 70.00 euro a month. So he's going to help me out by handing me 21% of the total bill cost. I made this table to show you how much I consume myself: aug/sep 37,285 MB sep/oct 16,615 MB oct/nov 8,435 MB (this period is not finished yet, so I won't include it) I spent on average for 3 months (aug/sep/oct): 26,950 MB. That is 100% of 70.00 euro. The 21% my neighbour is buying with his 15.00 euro adds up to 5,659 MB. So basically I need to limit his broadband usage to 5,659 MB. That's where I need a tool. If he exceeds that limit, he should pay extra. Or I change my WEP password. I'm sure someone here on this group knows the answer - has already done some research in that area. That is the knowledge I hope to access writing this. In case I miss your reply, my email address is rsdev@xxxxxx. Please forward a copy of your post to that email address. Just to be on the safe side. I'm using Xnews 5.04.25, and I'm setting "FollowUp-To" = "poster", though I'm not sure what this will do. I don't use usenet groups as a habit. -- Regards, Stefaan Meeuws Hi Stefan, There is a free app. here you may like to look at - keeps a running total of usage - needs to be on the pc in question 'BitMeter - Free software downloads and reviews - CNET Download.com' (http://www.download.com/BitMeter/300...dlPid=10880320) Hope it helps SIW2 -- SIW2 |