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How To Get Daily Usage from ORBI with API/REST?
I want to get daily internet usage (I'd like by device but I'd take total) of interent connection. I use comcast and they cap and I need to track without having to login.
It is the "without login" that makes this difficult. There is a web page that displays the current usage: htp://<ip of orbi router>/show_traffic.htm
You could put a bookmark on a web browser. If the web browser has stored the Orbi credentials, the screen will pop up. People who enjoy programming can whip up a task that does the http, scrapes the values off the page, then "does something " with them.
If someone has discovered API's for the Orbi, please share because I have never heard any mention of it.
that does not show me any useful info.
This one does as shown in the orbi dashboard under stats though, but does not give me any bytes transferred info.
http://172.16.0.1/RST_statistic.htm
My assumption is that show_traffic.htm is geared directly toward "caps". i.e. if a value is put in for usage cap, it is a matter of arithmetic. n/30 days, I have used x/cap of data. I think Netgear could have done the arithmetic for us and put the percentages in.
Still can't get around the login, and still no direct API.
Where are "caps" set? I went through all menu's and could not find it. Is there someway that keeps track of daily or monthly usage? Not obvious to me at all. Mine just shows 0.
In the Orbi web interface, Advanced tab, Advanced Setup, the bottom menu item Traffic Meter. If traffic meter is "Enabled", then traffic can be controlledd by No limit, Download, or Both direction (pull down menu) OR by time in hours. Have no idea how Orbi "pops up a warning" if that option is selected.
This is what I referred to as a "cap".
P. S. I have no cap, and have idea if this "works" or not.
- The traffic statistics are stored in /tmp/traffic_meter/traffic_statistics. A shell script that logs into the router and parses the file should give you the daily usage.