Thanks Rob, > How is your home network setup i.e., server software or distribution?
The best answer I can give was in my original posting: >> I have 5 Mac devices, two PC laptops and occasionally an Xbox, that are >> connected via ethernet or wifi to my home network and to the internet >> through Bigpond Cable. The Cable router is a Netgear Wireless Cable Modem Gateway CG814WG Following your suggestion, I've looked at Ntop and IPTraf, both of which seem to be more suited to command line geeks, which I am not. http://iptraf.seul.org/ info page was last updated in 2005 and appears to be a Linux app with no reference to OSX http://www.ntop.org/overview.html I've downloaded this, but I cannot figure out how to instal it. There are Unix command lines that are beyond my level of knowledge. I've given up on this app. I'm quite surprised there isn't an easy to use programme that allows us to view where the internet quota is being used. If these processes can be read by command line Unix tools, then how come someone ingenious soul hasn't put a GUI on top of it and marketed it? Tim On 29/12/2010, at 8:27 AM, Rob Davies wrote: > > How is your home network setup i.e., server software or distribution? > > Many options available as all machines record usage Mac for instance has many > logs as do Win$. Activity Monitor, is one way of checking individual machines > if on same network one can log into machine whilst on to view. > > Other solutions are Ntop, IPTraf both can be run from OS X, but it depends on > which machine is the server allowing access to internet as this is point of > contact or Router/Modem which also can be used for monitoring... > > Cheers! > `RobD.... > > > On 23Dec2010, at 9:45 am, Tim Law wrote: > >> >> Hello, >> >> I have 5 Mac devices, two PC laptops and occasionally an Xbox, that are >> connected via ethernet or wifi to my home network and to the internet >> through Bigpond Cable. >> >> I am trying to determine where the main data munchers are, or as least to >> confirm my suspicions that it is the PC laptops with attached 17 and 21yo >> sons playing Starcraft etc. !! >> >> I've not been able to find any software that is effective at monitoring data >> traffic to individual machines. >> >> WebSpy SOHO looks like it might do the job, but is still in development and >> doesn't work on OSX properly yet. >> >> I would have thought routers would have logged this data, and an app could >> be made to compile this, but apparently it's not that simple >> >> Any tips welcome. >> >> Ta >> >> Tim >> >> >> BTW, my neighbour solved this issue with a password change on the router, >> and gifting his three children wireless sticks with one month of data on it. >> After that, they paid for their own! >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
