Re: Excessive system usage problem -

2011-06-24 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 24/06/11 13:58, Rick Stevens wrote: > On 06/24/2011 10:42 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> On 24/06/11 13:08, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >>> On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 07:38 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: I have a home LAN and limited internet access. If I exceed the usage specified in my sub

Re: Excessive system usage problem -

2011-06-24 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 24/06/11 15:40, g wrote: > hello bob, > > On 06/24/2011 12:39 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > <> > >> But yes, I understand the router is the point at which >> everything converges. I suppose I could insert a hub between the >> router and the "modem." > you need to go back for another coffee. ;) > >

Re: Excessive system usage problem -

2011-06-24 Thread g
hello bob, On 06/24/2011 12:39 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: <> > But yes, I understand the router is the point at which > everything converges. I suppose I could insert a hub between the > router and the "modem." you need to go back for another coffee. ;) because you want to "meter" users/devices,

Re: Excessive system usage problem -

2011-06-24 Thread Rick Stevens
On 06/24/2011 10:42 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 24/06/11 13:08, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 07:38 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: >>> I have a home LAN and limited internet access. If I exceed the >>> usage specified in my subscription my data rates are slowed. >>> >>>

Re: Excessive system usage problem -

2011-06-24 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 24/06/11 13:08, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 07:38 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> I have a home LAN and limited internet access. If I exceed the >> usage specified in my subscription my data rates are slowed. >> >> There are a dozen devices that can connect

Re: Excessive system usage problem -

2011-06-24 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 07:38 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I have a home LAN and limited internet access. If I exceed the > usage specified in my subscription my data rates are slowed. > > There are a dozen devices that can connect to the internet and > five or six people usin

Re: Excessive system usage problem -

2011-06-24 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 24/06/11 07:57, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 24.06.2011 13:38, schrieb Bob Goodwin: >> yesterday someone left something running and by the time I >> realized the problem we had used more than a gigabyte which >> doesn't sound like much if you have unlimited usage but we only >> get 17 gigs per mo

Re: Excessive system usage problem -

2011-06-24 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 24/06/11 10:06, Michael Ekstrand wrote: > > You could try running ntop, iftop, or something like it on the hub > itself. I do not know if dd-wrt packages are available for either of > those programs. > > - Michel > I can try that If I can't get ntop to work with the router I su

Re: Excessive system usage problem -

2011-06-24 Thread Michael Ekstrand
On 06/24/2011 07:39 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > The "choke point" is a Linksys E3000 wireless router running > DD-WRT connected to the "modem." DD-WRT apparently has a log > function but it appears to be temporary in that the data appears > and disappears quickly in som

Re: Excessive system usage problem -

2011-06-24 Thread Ed Greshko
Bob Goodwin wrote: > >The "choke point" is a Linksys E3000 wireless router running >DD-WRT connected to the "modem." DD-WRT apparently has a log > function but it appears to be temporary in that the data appears > and disappears quickly in some way that I have never un

Re: Excessive system usage problem -

2011-06-24 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 24/06/11 08:12, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 06/24/2011 07:38 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> Can someone suggest a way of measuring usage per device, >> identifying them by address, MAC, or uuid? I really need to know >> which one is the offender to control the problem. >> > It i

Re: Excessive system usage problem -

2011-06-24 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/24/2011 07:38 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I have a home LAN and limited internet access. If I exceed the > usage specified in my subscription my data rates are slowed. > > There are a dozen devices that can connect to the internet and > five or six people using th

Re: Excessive system usage problem -

2011-06-24 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Bob Goodwin writes: I have a home LAN and limited internet access. If I exceed the usage specified in my subscription my data rates are slowed. There are a dozen devices that can connect to the internet and five or six people using them. yesterday someone left s

Re: Excessive system usage problem -

2011-06-24 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 24.06.2011 13:38, schrieb Bob Goodwin: > yesterday someone left something running and by the time I > realized the problem we had used more than a gigabyte which > doesn't sound like much if you have unlimited usage but we only > get 17 gigs per month this is the wrong package especially f