Mannus
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join:2005-10-25
Fort Wayne, IN
 ·Dish Network
 ·Vonage
 ·Verizon FIOS
1 edit | Bandwidth Monitors Again I have a niece that works for comcast. She get everything free and as far as she knows, she is not under any caps. I dont have caps either. | |
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 Ethrem
join:2008-10-03
Arvada, CO
1 edit | Re: Bandwidth Monitors Again What is that program there? I'd like to get it... | |
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join:2008-10-03
Arvada, CO
2 edits | Re: Bandwidth Monitors Again My router is a WRT54Gv8 - I can't use tomato.
Thanks for the link though 
EDIT: Crap. Doesn't work on Windows 7. Oh well. *shrugs* | |
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join:2004-06-15
Loveland, CO
·Vonage
1 edit | Re: Bandwidth Monitors Again said by Ethrem  :My router is a WRT54Gv8 - I can't use tomato. You can still purchase the WRT54GL router. The L designates this model is still uses Linux for its firmware and it's basically just a rebuild of the original WRT54Gs that were based on Linux firmware.
It's $59.99 at Amazon which I realize is a lot, but the Tomato firmware is truly worth it. I can't live without it now and the TCP Vegas support they have recently added to the latest version of Tomato to aid with congestion avoidance and allow you to actually get something out of powerboost while still applying your QoS rules is truly awesome.
»www.amazon.com/Linksys-Cisco-WRT···0&sr=8-1
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koitsu
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join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA
3 edits | Re: Bandwidth Monitors Again Off-topic somewhat:
said by IT_Nerd :You can still purchase the WRT54GL router. The L designates this model is still uses Linux for its firmware and it's basically just a rebuild of the original WRT54Gs that were based on Linux firmware. I second the notion of buying a WRT54GL or a WRTSL54GS and running Tomato on it. Seriously, it's one of the best firmwares available, and is *very* elegantly implemented. That's more than I can say for DD-WRT.
... and the TCP Vegas support they have recently added to the latest version of Tomato to aid with congestion avoidance and allow you to actually get something out of powerboost while still applying your QoS rules is truly awesome. I would be quite wary of using TCP Vegas. Numerous studies have been done which show the downsides to using it, and based on those studies (yes, I have read them), I simply cannot justify using it:
http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ananth/1999-2001/Richard/IssuesInTCPVegas.pdf (PDF)
It solves a lot of congestion-related problems, and it's very good. But you need to be aware of the downsides/risks of using it. The biggest problem I have with it, and end-users should be made aware of this:
TCP Vegas makes the assumption that network re-routing doesn't happen, or if it does, happens quickly -- and when it doesn't, the implementation fails miserably. Internet reconvergence does not happen as quickly as TCP Vegas assumes; usually it takes 60-180 full seconds. Since network paths on the Internet change constantly (if you want evidence of how often, I'll point you to BGPlay, which will give you some indication of just how often reconvergence happens -- *very* often), I simply cannot risk using TCP Vegas. | |
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join:2004-06-15
Loveland, CO
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| Re: Bandwidth Monitors Again said by koitsu :Off-topic somewhat: said by IT_Nerd :You can still purchase the WRT54GL router. The L designates this model is still uses Linux for its firmware and it's basically just a rebuild of the original WRT54Gs that were based on Linux firmware. I second the notion of buying a WRT54GL or a WRTSL54GS and running Tomato on it. Seriously, it's one of the best firmwares available, and is *very* elegantly implemented. That's more than I can say for DD-WRT. Is the WRTSL54GS still available? I was thinking it would be nice to find one for the extra RAM that it has, but then maybe I'm wrong on that. Anyway, I thought Linksys no longer manufactures them and whenever i check eBay the bidding gets too out of hand to get one at a decent price.
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
 ·Comcast
2 edits | said by Ethrem :My router is a WRT54Gv8 - I can't use tomato. Thanks for the link though EDIT: Crap. Doesn't work on Windows 7. Oh well. *shrugs* You can get DD-WRT v24 micro...
I have it on my WRT54G V8(Thanks to a good friend)
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join:2008-10-03
Arvada, CO | Re: Bandwidth Monitors Again DD-WRT looks confusing as hell to install... I've heard time and time again that Tomato is the way to go... so I might pick up a GL. | |
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Caps111
@comcast.net | Re: Bandwidth Monitors Again Hi, does anyone know if the cap is based on a rolling 30 day, monthly billing period or just based on a Jan, Feb, March, and so on type thing? | |
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join:2008-10-03
Arvada, CO | Re: Bandwidth Monitors Again said by Caps111 :
Hi, does anyone know if the cap is based on a rolling 30 day, monthly billing period or just based on a Jan, Feb, March, and so on type thing?
Its a rolling 30 day period AFAIK. | |
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Caps111
@comcast.net | Re: Bandwidth Monitors Again I see, thank you | |
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join:2004-06-15
Loveland, CO
·Vonage
| Re: Bandwidth Monitors Again said by dadkins :Mine was a freebie from a good friend. Bought a brand new router, flashed it then shipped it to me. Not hard from what I have read... Works great too! I had a bad experience with DD WRT. Of course I was trying the full install version. I did get to flash, but the response time utterly sucked. Personally they try to pack too much into DD-WRT, though I know there are other versions or minimal installs.
The next time I tried to flash the router to a different build of DD-WRT (one that was not the full version) it wouldn't take no matter how much I tried.
I flashed that same router with Tomato many times as upgrades have come out and it's worked flawless since. Go with Tomato, a WRT54GL, and don't look back. You won't be sorry. Tomato is worth the investment in a WRT54GL.
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
| Re: Bandwidth Monitors Again Like I said, someone bought one for me.
People buy me things all the time.
Kinda cool, actually!
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join:2003-10-21
Belle Mead, NJ | Re: Bandwidth Monitors Again Jeez ... I fergot about SlingBox ...
That better go on the backburner. | |
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| | Mannus
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join:2005-10-25
Fort Wayne, IN
·Dish Network
·Vonage
·Verizon FIOS
1 edit | said by Chris 313 :said by Ethrem :What is that program there? I'd like to get it... Looks like NetMeter which you can get here: » www.metal-machine.de/readerror/You can also configure it however you like in terms of caps to warn you when you're approaching 250GB but be warned, this program only takes use on a single computer, not over all connected devices. For that you'd want something like the Tomato Router firmware here: » www.polarcloud.com/tomato What he said. | |
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| | | Ethrem
join:2008-10-03
Arvada, CO
1 edit | Re: Bandwidth Monitors Again I ended up having to get the "Bandwidth Monitor" program... That one wasn't pulling data from Windows 7.
I gotta tell ya... its awesome seeing 16.73Mbps sustained downloads. Never thought I'd see the day.
Anyway, now I gotta find stuff I really want so I can push the cap. | |
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