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C7100V - Traffic Meter / Data Usage
For the last 7 weeks now, Comcast has been telling me I'm exceeding my bandwidth allowance, but this seems extremely unlikely to me. Is there any way to see which devices are using my bandwidth? Co...
the C7100v doesn't have a "by device" traffic monitor. Its the most requested feature on the "ideas for home" page.
What you can do and what I've done is to use comcasts data monitor. they have one built into their services. so if you log into your comcast account through the browser, it has a monitor.
What I've done is see how much data I'm using on a daily basis and then shut off a few of my higher bandwidth devices. If the data drops off, its those devices. If it doesn't. something else is using the data. In that case, you can log into your attached devices list or your access control list. You can even disable devices from the access control list. By selectively disabling them and seeing how your data changes with comcast, you can tell which one is using all the data.
Its a gimmicky way around something that should be built into all the routers. With all the data caps out there, every router should have data monitoring by device.
the C7100v doesn't have a "by device" traffic monitor. Its the most requested feature on the "ideas for home" page.
What you can do and what I've done is to use comcasts data monitor. they have one built into their services. so if you log into your comcast account through the browser, it has a monitor.
What I've done is see how much data I'm using on a daily basis and then shut off a few of my higher bandwidth devices. If the data drops off, its those devices. If it doesn't. something else is using the data. In that case, you can log into your attached devices list or your access control list. You can even disable devices from the access control list. By selectively disabling them and seeing how your data changes with comcast, you can tell which one is using all the data.
Its a gimmicky way around something that should be built into all the routers. With all the data caps out there, every router should have data monitoring by device.
Thanks, I'll give it a shot and report back. I also turned the traffic meter on the router back on and we'll see if that seems to work any better this time around.