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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.
Hopefully, my google extension will be out in a couple days.
Concerning security of the external link. I set up my cell phone Hot Spot, connected a laptop to it, and attempted to reach my Orbi:
- Telnet failed to connect to the public IP.
- HTTP and HTTPS failed to connect to the public IP.
- I enabled Remote Administration, which uses an https connection to mynetgear.com, and was able to connect.
(although, of course, it warned about the Orbi certificate being invalid - so sad)
My conclusion is that login credentials are not likely to be passed "in the clear" because your Chrome extension will not get connected to the Orbi public IP.