Recommend Free Realtime Network Usage Prog?

[lettuce]

Can anyone recommend a program that shows realtime (in bar graph form) network usage for both wireless and wire usage,or does windows 10 even have a built in program?. I was hoping my Linksys router would have such a feature but it doesnt appear to, thanks

 

[UnworthyBean]

Task manager is quite basic, but shows you network usage.

 

[MarcLister]

Free version of Glasswire? https://www.glasswire.com/

 

[lettuce]

Task manager is quite basic, but shows you network usage.

That just shows activity on the PC though doesnt it, it wouldnt show wireless activity on the network like consoles and phones?

 

[UnworthyBean]

That just shows activity on the PC though doesnt it, it wouldnt show wireless activity on the network like consoles and phones?

In that case, Unless all traffic is running through the PC (IE is being used as a router) then this isn't possible. You'd need to find something at router level which, as you say, yours doesn't have it.

 

[lettuce]

In that case, Unless all traffic is running through the PC (IE is being used as a router) then this isn't possible. You'd need to find something at router level which, as you say, yours doesn't have it.

Ah ok is there a 3rd party app that can commicate at router level then?

 

[LizardKing]

if your router allows snmp then you can use
https://www.solarwinds.com/free-tools/real-time-bandwidth-monitor

a bit of trial an error (if your not familiar with such tools) but you should be able to get a reasonable insight into usage without to much trouble.

there are other snmp tools like above for free but there not a pretty

 

[lettuce]

if your router allows snmp then you can use
https://www.solarwinds.com/free-tools/real-time-bandwidth-monitor

a bit of trial an error (if your not familiar with such tools) but you should be able to get a reasonable insight into usage without to much trouble.

there are other snmp tools like above for free but there not a pretty

Apparently the Linksys EA9600 router doesnt support snmp

 

[Steveocee]

I think the only "decent" answer to this is that you need a router that will give you these stats and there isn't an answer that doesn't involve investment of £'s.

 

[Rozzy85]

This'll only work if the router supplies the data for an external device to read/use. I imagine only the high end consumer routers would have such features if any since this isn't something the typical home user would even need. Alternatively you can build something like a pfsense box which probably has a module for it but that requires a bit of knowledge and DIY.

 

[LizardKing]

You could flash the device with the dd-wrt firmware and it may give snmp access or even give live data from the web interface, its been a few years since I've toyed with it