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Aspirant

Aug 11, 2019

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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.

CrimpOn
Aug 12, 2019
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.

pkellner

Aspirant

Aug 14, 2019

I just realized that I'm writing a chrome extension that uses basic auth connect to the public url on the local side of the router at http://172.16.0.1/show_traffic.htm. I tried https and it said there is an invalid cert there so it does me no good as I don't want to load that into everyone's browsers.

So, I'm issuing myself a "stop work" order because if I continue and publish this, I'm basically inviting anyone with an Orbi router who connects to it over wifi to expose there router's password to the admin control panel over wifi.

Come to think of it, NetGear has already done that by exposing the admin control panel over wifi and http.

Is my thinking flawed here? Should I be reporting to the world that NetGear's routers have a horrible security flaw in them?

CrimpOn

Guru - Experienced User

Aug 14, 2019

Wifi transmission is encrypted. I used to see articles about how WiFi could be cracked by capturing so many gigabytes of traffic (or something. Poor memory)

That is why Netgear feels less pressure on the LAN side. The evil doer has to be either (1) wired, or (2) connected to the WiFi with the password