Side bar gadget (internet download)

Glaucus · 12 Nov 2008 at 19:20

Hi guys trying to find a sidebar gadget or other app that will keep track of how much internet data is downloaded over a month..
Parent's are thinking of moving to a free offer from sky but it has a limit. So need to see roughly how much they are using.

[SKR]Phoenix · 12 Nov 2008 at 19:47

Offer to pay a tenner of the bill and get unlimited!

TBH, I'd set up a samurize config for this.

Glaucus · 12 Nov 2008 at 20:03

[SKR]Phoenix;12884573 said:
Offer to pay a tenner of the bill and get unlimited!
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I don't live there..

Blackbadger · 12 Nov 2008 at 20:34

http://www.hageltech.com/dumeter/

DuMeter

It's not a gadget but a tiny app that runs in the system tray. It's been around for years, works fine, doesnt do anything silly.

a lot of isp's reccomend it.

Morthoseth · 12 Nov 2008 at 20:45

Nevermind!

NiCkNaMe · 12 Nov 2008 at 20:55

Morthoseth said:
Is there any way for me to monitor the amount of data downloaded from a routers PoV? I.e. the whole amount on my home network?

What router do you have?

If compatible the tomato firmware is excellent for this. You can record real time data, hourly data, 24hr data, weekly data..... etc etc

It also can dump (scheduled) to a .txt file. I have been tempted to write a script to import this to a database regulary for output to my website but haven't quite got around to it yet