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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.
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.
How can I login with a shell sript? I try ssh to my IP of the router and the ssh port rejected me. Also, I see these URL's
http://172.16.0.1/RST_statistic.htm
http://172.16.0.1/show_traffic.htm
Are there others? I'm hoping to find traffic for at each of at least the last 30 days.