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DIscrepancy Between Orbi Traffic Monitor and ISP's Reported Bandwidth Usage
Is anyone else noticing a discrepancy between what the Orbi Traffic Meter reports versus what your ISP (specifically Comcast) is reporting? Before I complain to Comcast I was hoping to see if anyone ...
It does appear to be working as expected with the latest firmware, or close enough within fault tolerance. Monthly, Yesterday, and Today records seem to fall within acceptable expectation.
April:
Orbi - 610GB
ISP - 588GB
Tap - 540GB
I expect the Orbi to have the highest record since it should actively track every bit of data running through it at full line rate.
I expect the Tap to have the lowest record since it it limited to USB 2.0 Bus speed (Raspberry Pi) and therefore will not fully record any traffic exceeding ~300mbit/sec.
I expect the ISP record to sit between the Orbi and Tap as a general guideline due to the previously mentioned reasoning as well as being on an expected slight delay.
More time brings better results... looks like the new firmware seems to be working better, but there's not enough evidence to claim this was the initial underlying issue.
Comparing Orbi Traffic Meter to both the Raspberry Pi running vnstat and Comcast's app, the numbers appear to match. There are slight discrepancies due to the beforementioned RPi network interface speed being limited to the USB2.0 bus (~300 mbit/s). If the Orbi reported lower numbers than the RPi, then it would be an issue; since the Orbi shows greater values, it's inconclusive, but not unexpected.
Just upgraded from V2.3.1.44 to V2.3.1.48 and the traffic meter did not reset.
In my opinion, absolutely a good thing. Someone previously mentioned in this thread about having the traffic data disappear upon firmware update. I do appreciate that the traffic meter data persists.
Good to hear.
Enjoy then. :smileywink:
It does appear to be working as expected with the latest firmware, or close enough within fault tolerance. Monthly, Yesterday, and Today records seem to fall within acceptable expectation.
April:
Orbi - 610GB
ISP - 588GB
Tap - 540GB
I expect the Orbi to have the highest record since it should actively track every bit of data running through it at full line rate.
I expect the Tap to have the lowest record since it it limited to USB 2.0 Bus speed (Raspberry Pi) and therefore will not fully record any traffic exceeding ~300mbit/sec.
I expect the ISP record to sit between the Orbi and Tap as a general guideline due to the previously mentioned reasoning as well as being on an expected slight delay.
Great information and data. Looks like it's working, at least better than prior FW versions.
Thanks for posting this. :smileywink:
