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weescott

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Network looks like this:

Zoom ADSL modem>
Netgear WGT624 Wireless Router>
Ethernet to main PC running XP Pro
Ethernet to NAS drive
Wireless to>
2 laptops. XP PRO and Vista Home Prem 32bit
Possibly 1 or 2 more very old laptops running a lite linux of some sort
PS3
HTPC with XP Pro
Netgear wireless Print Server>
Ethernet to Second PC With Vista 64 Ultimate

I am on a capped connection with unlimited bandwidth between 12pm and 6am. I would like to limit connections so not to go over limits during the day, but dont want to install software on all PC's (cant do that on PS3 anyway)

I have tried some software:
Network Probe 2.5
Network Magic
CommView
and some others that wont run on Vista (even with compatibility mode on) but I am not having much luck

Any recommendations?

Thanks
 
You could certainly use the access scheduling on the router to just stop some devices accessing the internet between 6am and 12pm. This would certainly work for the PS3, but it allows no flexibility in terms of counting up actual useage. Some of the Cisco routers do allow usage aggregation and limiting, but I don't recall seeing it on a consumer level device.
 
WJA96,

Thanks for the tip about scheduling. I have set this up for the PS3. Maybe I could pick up a cisco router with said functions cheap from ebay. I had a look earlier at Cisco routers but didn't have a clue what I was looking for.:o

gumbald,

I guess I could use a dedicated PC and share its connection using wifi/ethernet. And remote to it and view stats/configure connections.

The downside being I need to buy another PC that will take up space.

Any specific software recommended for this?
 
It wouldn't need to be a good spec computer, you can run a very lightweight version of Linux on it. Main downside is you've got another PSU running all the time just to monitor bandwidth...
 
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