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BrettStark
Feb 24, 2020Aspirant
Orbi RBR50 - Traffic Meter and Internet Disconnect
Hi - I seem to nearly hit my data limit each month (1TB!). Don't really know how. But not the issue i guess. But i turned the traffic meter on. And either by default or accident - a check box was on ...
BrettStark
Feb 24, 2020Aspirant
thx - yeah i have no idea how now i am constantly hitting near 1TB. It doesn't seem feasible but I am... i think myabe it was the perfect storm... even a reboot didn't get me up and running... but it seems i have cable connection issues outside of house which comcast were denying for most of th day until late today the status was 'can't read line'....
CrimpOn
Feb 24, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Message 16 in this thread https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Can-I-track-data-usage-per-device/td-p/1561664 shows how one user purchased an Asus router and loaded custom software on it. I cannot guess if your situation is as dire as his was, so this may not be something you want to look into. He did mention finding specific data hogs that he was not expecting.