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I've been searching the forums and the Internet in general, today, as I have gotten my first notice from Comcast that, lo, I am over my 1 Terabyte limit, this month. It has been inching toward that m...
For all of us that have this years-old thread set up for notifications, sorry...this is not to say the feature is available but rather to ask the following...
In the absence of this feature, does anyone have any recommendations on how to do this even if it's temporary? While I have a lot of devices on my Orbi network (60+) I have a suspicion that I have a device or two that are going rouge with their downloads. On a "normal" day we are averaging 40GB/day (and that's without a bunch of streaming). Right now the kids and wife are at school and I'm home working. The Orbi bandwidth monitor says I'm at 6.3GB already today over the course of 10 hours when either everyone was sleeping and/or hardly anyone was home. I'm really trying to nail down what's gobbling up 6GB of bandwidth during these "off hours." I was trying to use Xfinity's monitor but it's not real-time.
Side note, I have zero complaints on my Orbi AX6000 system. I've got great coverage/speeds and am running 5 satellites (3 of which have ethernet backhaul).
Right now I'm deciding between two paths.
- Do the toggle on/toggle off approach. With 60+ devices this seems a bit daunting but I have everything I need to do it.
- Buy a new router that supports bandwidth by device monitoring, put the Orbi in AP mode, monitor bandwidth for a few days, then return it. A lot of hassle but an easy/clear answer.
Just curious if anyone out there had any other suggestions before heading down these paths (or even specific router recommendations). Thanks all.