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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.
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.