On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Abhinav Sahai <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yup, that's why even I am wondering. While airtel's site shows up my usage > details including time/date and data transfered, i am quite unsure if that's > correct, however i can't complain until i have some proof from my side. >
It is great to have proof from your side but even then you might have a hard time getting the ISP to accept it. I had a similar problem with MTNL TriBand with their Nights UL plan (circa 2005). I got billed for Rs. 9K and I was bloody sure I had not downloaded that kind data during the daytime hours. At that time I did not know about vnstat and other such tools. I am convinced they were using a buggy method to record the usage. >> Is there a way i can find out the daily usage on each machine through a >>> setup on a *single* computer? >> >> Does the router/modem device have an snmp option ? > > Not sure if that's there, probably if you guide me on how to find that out, > i will be answer you. By the way, it's the default Beetel wifi router that > comes with Airtel connection, if that helps. Without going into the SNMP solution, you can try out Untangle CE proxy server in the "GW" box that Vivek has suggested. I believe the CE will give you summary of individual station data downloads. >> that is the only way ( doing metrics at the edge ) that you are going to >> get accurate figures. Also might be worth making sure your neighbours are >> not 'sharing' the connections :) >> > Am sure they are not, as its secured and we know nobody in the > neighbourhood, yeah we are bad at that :) The fact that you don't know anybody in the neighborhood does not mean they will not use your connection :) Security - it all depends on the Wi-Fi security option you have chosen - min. WPA2 Personal with a "strong" passphrase. In my neighborhood I see quite a few APs with WEP and one is completely open! I always turn OFF the WiFi on the edge device and use another AP plus restrict connections to "known" MAC addresses. -- Arun Khan _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
