[Phil №❶]

Hi all,

Does anyone have any idea where I can get a free router traffic graph, to run on my laptop. I would like to see all the I/O traffic going through the router. The one I use at present will only show my personal traffic, but there are other users on at the same time. I don't necessarily want to change anything, just be informed when there is heavy demand being placed on the router.

Thanks,

Phil №❶

[Aussie Keith]

What is the router model. Reason I ask is that anything you put on a laptop is only going to measure traffic on the device ports its monitoring while the device is on. To measure router traffic you really need either something on the router itself or something like cacti monitoring your router it that's possible. Most routers are running linux, therefore its possible if they provide SNMP to do so.

Cacti® - The Complete RRDTool-based Graphing Solution

Cacti is a nuisance to setup on Windows btw. You'll need a wamp stack for a start and it goes downhill from there. And it only logs while your host device is on.

WampServer, the web development platform on Windows - Apache, MySQL, PHP

Here where we go over the top and keep going I use a packetshaper to do what you describe. This monitors and reports on the whole network and can be set up for alerting and shaping as well.

Blue Coat – PacketShaper

A final thought, my router does bandwidth reporting as well via a browser.

Untangle Software Packages | Untangle

But getting back to your problem, I am not aware of something you can easily install on a pc to do this.

[Aussie Keith]

Actually there's PRTG via SNMP. Will work if your router supports SNMP.

Router monitoring with PRTG Network Monitor

[Phil №❶]

My router is a TP-Link N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router

We're using both bands and I'm quite happy with it.


Didn't realize this type of monitoring was that tricky. 

[Aussie Keith]

Good news, it supports SNMP monitoring. I'd say give PRTG a go.

[Aussie Keith]

And here's something that looks suitable although I've not tried it.

NetWorx : bandwidth monitor, connection speed test & traffic usage log

[neptune]

I have a Bosch Router, and it can be used on a lot of different types of woods.......

[Phil №❶]

Groovy, Nep. 

Networx, installed and monitoring router. Thanks, AK. 

[Aussie Keith]

Groovy, Nep. 

Networx, installed and monitoring router. Thanks, AK. 

No problem, I hope it does what you need.