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!

  •  Naate   ( @Naate@beehaw.org ) OPEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    Yeah, those little micro units are what I had seen recommended. $300-400 is definitely pushing it for me. Especially when I would also want a bigger switch to accompany it.

    Guess I need to stop eating avocado toast.

    Edit: how is the stability/uptime for those little machines? Historically, I’ve always had problems with my routers needing to be rebooted at least once a month after they’ve been in service for 18-24 months. Even my current “business class” cisco router is crapping out on me every month.

    •  towerful   ( @towerful@beehaw.org ) English
      1•1 year 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.

        •  towerful   ( @towerful@beehaw.org ) English
          1•1 year 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)