R7000 Traffic Meter - does admin have to be logged on each device to have it monitor traffic

[r7000_nooby]

Does the admin have to be logged in 24/7 on each device to have the traffic meter do it's job? Desktop, 2 laptops, 2 iPads. latest firmware update installed recently. Desktop and laptops are WIndows 10 and /or windows 7. 

[michaelkenward · Accepted solution]

No. Nothing has to be logged in. The router does its own thing.

But don't expect to get individual measurements. It lumps all clients together into one grand total.

[michaelkenward · Accepted solution]

No. Nothing has to be logged in. The router does its own thing.

But don't expect to get individual measurements. It lumps all clients together into one grand total.

[r7000_nooby]

Thanks, one grand total is good. I am trying to ‘sort of’ double check my ISP’s data usage, and that will get me close I think. I know it won’t be same as theirs, but anything is better than a 3rd party app on each device.

i also think I got the ‘email’ me a log figured out.

again thanks!

[IrvSp]

My R7000 is not in service but the R8000 that replaced is similar. In the R8000 I discovered that if you enable QoS and look at ATTACHED DEVICES it will show DOWN and UP numbers for each device. Give it a try, but to me QoS can really cause other problems for you, especially if you have high speed service (seems like 100Mbps or higher).