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Networx. It is donation ware. They also have a portable version. It might not be as fancy as Glasswire or Netlimiter, but it works very well.

PortableSoftware doesn't need to be installed. It will run from the .exe. Two great spots for portable software are: PortableApps.com and PortableFreeware.com.

It's been a while since I've used it, but I think this program had the ability to monitor individual programs: https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/

Process Explorer I think also had some kind of network monitoring in it: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653

Try using this application NetWorx it will let you monitor what your bandwidth is being used for.

First thing you want to do is eliminate wifi being an issue. So this means connecting via an ethernet and bypassing your router and connecting straight to the modem. Also contact your ISP and have them check everything out on their end.

Let us know what you find out.

We have HomeFusion and have to constantly monitor usage. Some tips:

• Windows PC's: Windows (especially Windows 10) likes to download its updates by default as soon as you turn it on. If you don't have the latest builds, updates can be >1GB in size. Also by default windows 10 acts as a 'peer' or server to other windows machines on the internet and serves them updates too using your bandwidth! Some settings can be turned of via control panel -> windows update. Even a fully patched Windows machine updates its built in Virus definitions when turned on. If windows updates fail or get interrupted they re-try over and over. If using Windows 10 Pro or higher you can edit group policy settings to turn off auto-update. Windows 10 home you are out of luck.

I find a valuable tool is NetWorx (https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/). It has a handy little graph showing network usage in real time and logs usage per hour/day so you can see exactly what your machine is doing.

Use ad blockers! Ads can auto-load videos.

Make sure no viruses.

Even some sites like Facebook can use a lot of data. Make sure Facebook settings are set to not auto play videos. Wife is on Facebook all day and that can use 1GB+/day just in Facebook. Facebook is a bandwidth hog!

• Andriod phones and tablets: Make sure Google play settings are set to not auto-update apps. Some app updates can be large and frequent. Update apps on your schedule and when you have bandwidth to spare. Make sure your device is up to date -> Settings -> Auto-udpate. Some phone carrier updates can be >1GB. If they fail they re-try.

• Apple phones and tablets: iOS updates can be >1GB. If they fail they re-try. After a while they are automatic and forced on you. Make sure apple store is set not to auto update iOS apps. Some apps can be huge.

Get a network router that monitors bandwidth. The router you get with Homefusion does not do that.

Hope this helps.

There is no way to predict how much data the games will eat. Run a test game with yourself using a network monitor. Such as https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/ which is really simple to use. Reset the usage meter to 0 and then play the game. Of them all, I suspect Drawful to take up the most data... or maybe not. Try them all.

As a piece of advice only get the first Jackbox party game for Drawful, Fibbage, and you don't know Jack. Drawful is the clear winner of all of them and You Don't Know Jack only let's four people play.

There is literally nothing worth it in the second. It was a total let down.

https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/

i have this. i dont have access to the internet provider stats (parents pay for it) so i use this to track how much data my specific PC uses

it doesnt give you how much you use on each site or anything but if you let netflix run for an hour and check it you can see the per hour usage

Networx? E' carino, non-intrusivo, ti dà una preview sulla taskbar e ti salva tutta la connessione dati in uno storico. Unica cosa per cui l'ho trovato un po' mancante è il fatto che non registra la fonte di utilizzo internet (se browser, steam, aggiornamenti vari, ecc)

I used to use this program. Great for monitoring and limiting your bandwidth. There may be better solutions out there, but this is the one I'm familiar with.

Just play a session, and take a look at the numbers. Very little actual "analyzing" needed.

It's still hard to estimate without tracking because I just realized I can spend an hour on text posts while I flip through multimedia posts very quickly, like 2 pics/gifs per minute. Install BitMeter OS or NetWorx on your laptop/desktop, browse reddit on your desktop browser for an hour or two and you will get the number.

We had similar problems at home, my father installed a program called Networx on all computers and hid SSID broadcasting from our Wifi to prevent neighbors from somehow hacking in.

Win8 and Win10 I believe have their own tools built in, but for Win7 you need third-party software. I don't remember what I used on my own computer, but if I find out, I'll get back to this comment with those details.

[edit] Remembered what I used. It was a program called networx.

https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/

http://forums.euw.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=191041 But it's really old. Looking at some newer figures by players they're saying 20-30mb.

You might want to download networx, close all programs that use the internet, and play a game. Then you can easily track your usage per game. Or you can just leave it running 24/7 and see how much you're using a day.

I have a 300GB cap with my 55/5 plan, and I've never gone over; not for lack of trying. Wave consistently undermeters the throughput compared to my machine; it's possible my PC is capturing more network traffic that's just going to local things (like my NAS) Wave counts about half of what my machine claims it's using (measured by Networx.)

I'm a pretty heavy downloader of movies and TV-- I don't have cable TV-- and the first time I got so much as a warning on bandwidth usage was earlier this week on the 30th, I had hit 80%.

When I went to turn in my rental modem after buying my own ($9 modem rental fee will exceed the cost of a basic DOCSIS 3.0 modem in about 6-8 months), I asked some questions about how overage charges worked. You can add an additional 100GB for.. I think it was $10 a month. That's what it costs before you go over; after you go over, they charge differently, and the $10/+100GB isn't a one-time thing, it becomes part of your regular service. So it's more affordable to expand your quota than it is to go over it.

I'm assuming you're wanting to test the transfer rate from computer to computer though a VPN connection and not the internet connection speed on the other end of the tunnel. You have a couple of options. I did a quick search and found two programs that might do the trick for you.

http://www.totusoft.com/lanspeed1.html

Claims to create a speedtest for you.

https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/

With this one, you would just start a file transfer and monitor the graphs, and check the logs.

I've not used these, but they look like exactly what you're looking for. Hope that helps.

if you have a Mac laptop you can use this little app that tracks your data usage in real time

How to Monitor Your Internet Bandwidth Usage in macOS - Simple Help

if you use windows

NetWorx : bandwidth monitor, connection speed test, data usage log (softperfect.com)

Good luck

If you'd like to monitor just Windows boxes and would like a simple solution I can recommend this product: https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/ Other devices would require a more complicated setup for monitoring.

I have used this product at a small site 30 users who required monitoring. Version 5.4 is the last free version. It will send a report to an email address in either html or csv format. https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/

Assume video is the biggest offender. If what you use to get your stats breaks it down by day, try doing without Anime for a few days and see what happens.

My Internet connection is a cable modem, and my cable co./ISP does not charge by data usage, so I don't care about stuff like that. I do run an app that tracks data usage - Softperfect's Networx https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/manual/?lang=English, and it can break down usage by app. I use Firefox, so of course it gets the lion's share, but Networx does not break down what sites I visit. (And note that Networx is now payware. I use the last free version. A search ought to point you at a place that still has that version available for download.)

Some router might have something that tells you how much data as been sent throught an interface. If your router isn't capable of this you can look at enabling SNMP, it's present on pretty much every network device and can get you pretty much any information you want, for exemple you can get the ink left in each cartridges in your printer, or the bandwidth beeing use on the third interface of your switch/router. You can use a software like PRTG to get a fancy UI or if you dont care about that it's pretty easy to make a python script to gather the metrics and calculate the total for you.

You will probably have to enable SNMP on everything you want to monitor which again, can be done with a bit scripting.

If you just want to see it on one or two computer, you can get these data with Networx. It's free and easy to use and should give you every info you need regarding the bandwidth use by these host. https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/

http://startrinity.com/InternetQuality/InternetConnectionMonitor.aspx

https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/

I am not sure if these could help but these are what i use to ensure connectivity (the 1st link) and ethernet speed on the 2nd link.

I dont know if there is export options to send to a db.

> but for some reason it eats up 99% of the bandwidth

Use a bandwidth monitor to check what's happening (Eg portable version of https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/ )

If you're seeing a lot of traffic when you're not actually doing anything, then your laptop has some nefarious trojan/program on it.

Your laptop might have been turned into a proxy.

Even 720p video takes 4-5Mbps, you're using all the bandwidth for sure. Most of the time the ISP can't help traffic. You'd be best to upgrade your internet connection.

If you want to watch on a per-device level there's a cool tool to do so. Trial is free and will tell you how much you're actually using.

https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/

Ok thanks for the quick response.

I'm torn as to whether to get new router purely for the purpose of monitoring bandwidth for a month. In the new house I'm going to be running WiFi AP's over POE.

I've been looking at this as another possible solution https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/ but I can't work out how it covers the whole network (TV's, Apple TV, phones etc) can't test it at work at the moment.

NetworX (https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/) really only monitors your current PC for network usage per process, so you'll need to see (in "real time") what is doing this - netstat -abd (or whatever, check out cmd netstat /help) for real-time PID connections.

OpenWrt is available for usage as well. You can look into this and see if your modem is supported - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenWrt

A few programs you may want to try.

On Windows, Start -> Resource Monitor -> Network Tab.

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NetWorx

As always use these files at your own risk. Even programs once legitimate can be hijacked and replaced with malicious files.

Also, https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/ you can run that for 30 days. I would suggest doing a test behind your router first, then behind your modem. Download from a reliable source (like a torrent of a Linux distribution.)

This application will monitor how much bandwidth specific applications on your computer are using: https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/

DOTA 2 uses very little data compared to video streaming or downloading files.

Your router is probably shit.

> Just to confirm - you have NEVER played a match yet?

Aside from the tutorials, no.

> If you are on PC, disconnect your controller (not disable - disconnect) and reboot. Try with Mouse/Keyboard.

Will try out.

> Ensure you have a wired connection to your router

That sadly won't be possible; router is on the upper floor, I use a netgear extender, and use wifi to connect to the extender.

> are not running any network software (port scanners and the like) or other software that can close or monitor your ports.

I do run a program called NetWorx(https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/) to monitor my usage to ensure that I do not use too much bandwidth. Maybe that's an issue.

> Disable your Antivirus/AntiMalware just to test (they shouldn't be the issue). Reboot your router.

Will try out.

> You got Radovid on your Tutorial Keg? Time to buy a lottery ticket.

Damn, is he really that rare? Wow I guess I'm pretty darn lucky haha.

This is awesome! Very nice piece of software. I really like the network informational graph that the Networx software (https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/) provides & I've tried to duplicate it for system information with rainmeter, but I haven't been happy with a solution and I end up running several different tools to get the data I need. Frustrated, I just searched for "system monitor, windows notification area, opacity" and came across your software - it is exactly what I needed.

I'm sure that it's already been suggested, but a CPU temp & load graph would be nice to be able to toggle. Thanks for creating this!!

Did you check to see if your router was on the list of compatible routers with gargoyle? If it is, it's a 10 min. job to install the new firmware. If all your machines are windows, you can use something like this to monitor each https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/manual/?lang=English

https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/

Get this and monitor it yourself.

Also, change your WiFi password. The neighbors could have gotten wise, and could be using your network to traffic all their netflix and/or porn.

You can download NetWorx to keep track how much bandwith you use. I personally use it because I thought my ISP was making these numbers up when my bill came. Very useful.

I have a 150gb cap. I average 1-2gb/day just browsing/playing TF2. Note that I spend a good chunk of the day on the internet, but maybe it'll give you an idea. YT is 480p, Twitch is at medium quality, and I don't watch netflix or any other similar streaming services. I also avoid game downloads and am fortunate enough to be able to go to someone's house for those.

I personally use networx to keep track. It breaks up your usage in a bunch of different ways so you can get a rough idea of your average usage within a week. You'll definitely want to keep an eye on it as it's easy to go over.

My goal would be to determine which device was using so much data. For example, in Windows 10 go to settings-->Network & Internet-->Data usage. On Android it's somewhere in settings-->connections. I have Networx installed on each computer on my network (you can set it to ignore traffic on your local network though I've never used that option).

You should try Networx. We're having a bandwidth usage issue at my office so we installed this on each users machine to see what's up. It will track how much data you are using on any network interface AND show you exactly which apps are using all that data. It's worked really well for us. Awesome detailed information, but also simple to get working and get the info you need in this situation. https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/ It's also free!

Download NetWorx I use that to watch our data at home due to our wonderful data cap. It tells you by hour, application, and total for everything. There is more to what it does but cannot recall by memory.

https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/

I did a quick google search, and this program might be what you are looking for. On the other hand, is it possible that there's another computer or an unauthorized computer using the bandwidth?

I use Networx to monitor my router bandwidth from my PC (nice feature) and my SlingTV bandwidth has never gotten higher than 700KB/sec. I suspect this is TWC interfering, went through this a while back with Netflix.

Comcast may still be testing the 300 GB/month cap in select markets, but they're definitely going to expand that cap to all customers within the next four years.

As for your usage, I use Networx to monitor and track my monthly usage, Networx is free and awesome, so if you have no way to monitor your usage, I'd recommend it. I'd wager that most people have no clue how much bandwidth they're using. Networx also shows your historical data once you collect it.

Also, I think ISPs measure only your Rx (download) traffic to determine whether your account exceeded the cap. My Rx averaged 217 GB/month over the last nine months with fairly normal consumption behavior across three computers, tablets, and consoles.

Most nicer routers have it built in, or if not, you can use DD-WRT firmware on some models.

If you don't feel like messing with that stuff, Networx can monitor bandwidth through multiple machines on your network. https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/

If you're only using one machine, Windows 8 has the capability built in.

Thanks for your advice. I'm willing to abandon the idea of monitoring ALL the devices on my LAN (I do all the torrent and usenet activity on one host anyway), but what about software like Networx? Does this look like something I'm looking for?

(https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/)

There's a free program called Networx that you can use to monitor network traffic. It even has useful features such as checking monthly statistics or even setting data cap alerts.

Well, I don't have much experience with speed throttling; but, I will try and guide you as much as I can, You can install Networx - "a simple and free, yet powerful tool that helps you objectively evaluate your bandwidth consumption situation. You can use it to collect bandwidth usage data and measure the speed of your Internet or any other network connections. NetWorx can help you identify possible sources of network problems, ensure that you do not exceed the bandwidth limits specified by your ISP, or track down suspicious network activity characteristic of Trojan horses and hacker attacks." I think it fits your application well; Though, if you do find your data speeds are throttled, there is really nothing you can do but rant at your ISPs' CS. During peak times (18:00-22:00), you should note or be wary of other people using their Internet connection provided by your ISP - I'm saying this in the sense of, other people are using the same link you are using to your ISPs' Data center. This results in slower network speeds.

NetWorx software. It's relatively low overhead, but it only monitors one machine. So this is just the traffic that moved through my media center PC.

There was probably a good deal of Skype and Pandora traffic from my laptop and phone, but this is almost all of my "cord cutting" traffic.

you want this: https://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/

It's a network monitor. If you have multiple pcs' on the network, you can install it on each and watch it from a master.

I forget what it is, but if you have the right router, you can install it there and watch the traffic at the source.

Unknown traffic sucking up your bw means you MAY have some nefarious app running somewhere.