splintax Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 Hi all,I've been considering allowing some of my neighbours to access our wireless network at home for a few dollars a month, since the speeds we have (~20mbit) are more than enough for our house. Also, over here broadband is pretty expensive 'cos you have to pay $100 just to get the connection even set up - plus hardware costs, usually more than $100, and prices for a connection this fast are usually $50 per month+.The thing is, I'm download a fair bit, and over here in Australia ISPs throttle traffic once you've been past a certain "download quota" which is set according to how much you pay. For example, I get 20GB of quota to use plus an additional 20GB to use between 11pm and 8am local time - I use the µT Scheduler to take advantage of this.Does anybody know of a way that I would be able to monitor the usage of given MAC addresses as far as bytes transferred? I'm currently using a D-Link modem/router/wireless AP combo, but looking to upgrade it. I'm sure someone will suggest hooking up a Linux box and using that, but I'm afraid I don't have a spare computer lying around.. Is there some way that I can use the console on the router, perhaps, to find out how much data was transferred?splintax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 Perhaps a Linksys WRT54GS (with alternative firmware) can handle that? Since it is a Linux router after all. You'd just have to know how to monitor something like that on command line Linux. XD I unfortunately don't know how to.Boosting the AP power to 100% + a good antenna + a meshed parabolic reflector should give you a nice wireless signal/range too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splintax Posted January 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 I was considering installing some third-party firmware and getting such a router. I'd have to look into it...edit: only problem is, to my knowledge, none of the Linksys routers with an inbuilt modem have custom firmware available. that means i'll have to buy an external modem... bleh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted January 3, 2006 Report Share Posted January 3, 2006 It's probably better to have them separate, most of the common modem/routers have really severe problems. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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