I’ve been getting repeated emails from my ISP about “exceeding my bandwidth cap” and they feel very incorrect.

My current router is a Cisco RV260, and it doesn’t have a great way of tracking traffic. (There’s a port traffic screen that does give tx/rx bytes, but no way to see any date ranges).

Is there anything out there that can give an accurate account of Internet traffic? It would be nice if I could see destination domain/IPs, just for kicks and giggles, but an overall traffic count is all I really need.

Thanks!

  • towerful@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    My home box ran for a few years with no issues, until I started having DNS issues. I’m fairly certain that was unbound and the blocklists I had selected, tho.
    I set up a Cron job to update the block lists every night, and give unbound service a restart.
    It’s been solid since then, and my DNS issues have disappeared.

    Now, I am checking for updates and installing those every few months. So it gets a restart when that happens.

    You could get a refurbished SFF computer that has a low profile PCIe slot, and put an Intel 4 port network card in it.
    Would probably cost $150 tops. And its a solid entry! Certainly, that’s what I used before I bought one of the fanless network appliance type things.

    • Naate@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I have my old Athlon fx lying around. Needs a case, psu, and the nic… Hmmmm

      • towerful@beehaw.orgEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Might be a little old? Not sure, you would have to research it.
        I’m not well versed in what pfSense/opnSense needs, which is why I threw r630s at a project that mattered.
        Some cheapo refubed i3 with an Intel NIC card would do. I just suggested the SFF refurb because a lot of people like low power (and SFFs are generally low power)