Internet usage

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Re: Internet usage by luis.roca (Deacon) on Jul 03, 2011 at 18:55 UTC
I just did a quick search and got the following: Keyword: 'Bandwidth Usage' on CPAN Keyword: 'Bandwidth Usage Perl' on Google Try a few things out from those search results. If you run into a block come back and post a specific question with any relevant coding attempts. good luck. Note: How do I post a question effectively? "...the adversities born of well-placed thoughts should be considered mercies rather than misfortunes." — Don Quixote	[reply]
Re: Internet usage by JavaFan (Canon) on Jul 03, 2011 at 21:02 UTC
my internet usage Uhm, what do you mean by "internet usage"? First, what do you measure? Amount of data? Connection time? Number of packages? Number of requests? Money spend? (Peak) bandwidth? Inbound? Outbound? Second, what do you consider internet usage? Any traffic over any interface? Anything but traffic to/from 127.0.0.1? Anything but traffic to/from 127...*? Any traffic that leaves/originates from outside your network segment? Anything that comes from/goes to your companies/home network?	[reply]
Re^2: Internet usage by Anonymous Monk on Jul 04, 2011 at 06:54 UTC
In my case,internet usage simply means the amount of data ie uploaded and downloaded from the wireless adapter that I am using	[reply]
Re: Internet usage by chrestomanci (Priest) on Jul 03, 2011 at 21:31 UTC
As JavaFan said you would need to clarify what you define by internet usage, and there is unlikely to be a module on CPAN that will work out of the box. For myself, I wrote a script a while back that connects to my broadband router, and reads the cumulative packets sent & received page. It reads the numbers once a minute, and puts them into either a CSV file or a database. From there I can import the numbers into a spreadsheet or whatever and analyze it for cumulative usage, usage at various times of day, or anything else I am interested in. It should not be to hard to do the same, and I know of at least one windows shareware program that does that. If you would like a copy of the perl script I wrote then let me know. (It runs on Linux and talks to a Netgear router).	[reply]
Re^2: Internet usage by Anonymous Monk on Jul 04, 2011 at 06:58 UTC
Thanks for the reply,I have given reply to javafan to make myself clear.Thanks for the offer but i would first try write the code myself.	[reply]
Re: Internet usage by ambrus (Abbot) on Jul 04, 2011 at 07:38 UTC
See also measuring IN/OUT traffic on your computer.	[reply]
Re: Internet usage by jozef (Sexton) on Jul 19, 2011 at 21:07 UTC
If you want usage for one computer interface under Linux, try to install "vnstat". For a router normally you should be able to use Net::SNMP which is a standard way of obtaining interface counter information.	[reply]