PC App to monitor Internet consumption through the roputer
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I live remotely according to Openreach, so I cannot get FTTP, even though the overhead fibre (yes OHF) literally attaches to a pole on my land, just 40m from my front door.. unless I pay them over £10k for the privilege, so I am looking at 4G, but 4G is capped on consumption, so I need to check m,y total internet usage for the average month (not LAN traffic).
I can see the stats page, but that would be a pain to add up and process, so i was hoping someone could point me in the direction of an app that can access my TP Link router, harvest the data and keep the stats in a convenient to view GUI or even a spreadsheet.
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What is the current network topology/diagram？
Do you use the Archer VR600 as 3/4G router mode with a 4G dongle?
The VR600 supports Tether app in regular DSL modem router, but cannot use it to view the data which has been used. And in 3/4G router mode, it does not support Tether.
If you want to use 4G connection and harvest the data and manage the device easily, you can consider 4G mobile wifi router, like M7450 or so to verify whether it can satisfy your needs.
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Currently standard phone line broadband at 5mbps.. lots of devices on the home network, using a 'ring' of 8 hardwired old broadband routers as switches and access points to get around the whole house and across the farm to the barn using a common SSID and password for wireless devices (plus a guest SSID)..
I also have a static IP address for reasons I won't go into
I just want to be able to see the total consumption of traffic going through the router to the outside world, without copying the table into notepad, saving as a txt then opening in excel as a delimited file, to then add formulae to do the maths for me every time.. I thought that perhaps TP Link or some other genius might have a little app that would go in and do all that i the blink of an eye.
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Well it turned out to be a great deal easier than I thought.. Plusnet, my current provider, have a tag on my account and momnitor it.. so i simply went online and clicked the 'Broadband usage' button and hey presto, 380 to 500 GB per calendar month (Large family, IPcameras and the use of one-drive) which would take an eye watering amount of money on 4G data sims
However, I have since devised an alternative, to get 50mbps for £16 pcm using another TPlink product and i will retain the copper broadband as a backup.
Thank you for your responses... case closed.
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Not 4G.. I already use TP Links CPR510 to link my Barn to the house, for my cameras that monitor the livestock during winter and lambing, so I am buying FTTP, but having it intalled at a friends house 1/2 mile away and then beaming it back to mine, using a separate pair of CPE510.. they get to have fast broadband in return for hosting one end of the link. the CPE510 can send the signal up to 15miles!!! so 1/2 a mile will be nothing, plus the client end at mine will also act as an outdoor access point... I'll keep the copper connection as a backup as I have a static IP on it for other reasons, and will use an edge router to manage the connections seamlessly... the cost to me will be about £120 for the pair of CPE510 then the 32pcm for the broadband (Not £16 as previously mentioned as I was taking into account the deduction of copper line fees to go VOIP, but now keeping the copper)
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