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usage on a shared dsl line

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  • 31-07-2003 9:49pm
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    crowbar
    Registered Users Posts: 153 ✭✭


    does anyone else share a capped dsl line amongst several people? if so, what will you do when you go over the cap and your service provider charges you for the excess? (not that this has happened yet here.)

    yes i know i should have got an uncapped service etc. but i'm stuck with this one for another 9 months ...


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    Richard Dower
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,634 ✭✭✭✭Richard Dower


    Originally posted by crowbar
    does anyone else share a capped dsl line amongst several people? if so, what will you do when you go over the cap and your service provider charges you for the excess? (not that this has happened yet here.)

    yes i know i should have got an uncapped service etc. but i'm stuck with this one for another 9 months ...

    Dunno....bawl like a baby and run around in nappies?


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    PiE
    Registered Users Posts: 5,538 ✭✭✭PiE


    Make each and every one of the chip in to pay for it.


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    MrPinK
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    You could probably upgrade to an uncapped service with your current provider. They won't mind mind forgoing the remaining 9 monthes of the current contract if they're getting more money


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    crowbar
    Registered Users Posts: 153 ✭✭crowbar


    but what if one person downloads far more than the other, how do you tell? at the moment i wouldn't have a clue so i'd just split the bill evenly. i've got a dsl router but it doesn't tell me how much data each pc on the network has downloaded.


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    MrPinK
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    Install a d/l monitoring programme on each of the computers, something like DU meter


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    crowbar
    Registered Users Posts: 153 ✭✭crowbar


    hmm... yeah, i'll investigate that one. nice one, mrpink. does dumeter keep cumulative stats that you can reset, say at the beginning of the month? i'd still have to rely on everyone being honest about their d/ls. i wonder if there's any honour amongst the rowdy band of thieves that live here ...


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    eth0_
    Registered Users Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭eth0_


    Or a proxy with monitoring features on the server, if you have one


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    MrPinK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,502 ✭✭✭MrPinK


    I don't actually use it myself (uncapped :D), but many ppl on the boards are using it to record monthly d/l's because they don't trust eircom's/esat's d/l monitor


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    xen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 118 ✭✭xen


    quote:
    Originally posted by MrPinK

    I don't actually use it myself (uncapped ), but many ppl on the boards are using it to record monthly d/l's because they don't trust eircom's/esat's d/l monitor

    If they dont trust their d/l monitor why did they bother going with those service providers.

    PS I know their isn't many other dsl providers but one of the reason i ain't going with eircom or esat i know i'd be ****ed over royally!!!


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    MrPinK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,502 ✭✭✭MrPinK


    Those who went with Eircom did so probably because there was no one else offering it at the time. There are ppl who have had broadband for over a year now


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    Richard Dower
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,634 ✭✭✭✭Richard Dower


    Originally posted by xen
    quote:

    PS I know their isn't many other dsl providers but one of the reason i ain't going with eircom or esat i know i'd be ****ed over royally!!!


    LOL...and you feel safe with UTV or Netsource?, be afraid...be very afraid. :D


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    xen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 118 ✭✭xen


    No I don't feel safe with netsource or UTV but i really hate eircom so there was no way i was gonna go with them!!!

    :D


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    eth0_
    Registered Users Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭eth0_


    Originally posted by Richard Dower
    LOL...and you feel safe with UTV or Netsource?, be afraid...be very afraid. :D

    UTV are cuddly :)


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    po0k
    Registered Users Posts: 15,815 ✭✭✭✭po0k


    Get "Onlineeye"

    Afaik it's freeware and is siomply really really cool.

    Can even do remote monitoring.


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    ozmo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,868 ✭✭✭ozmo


    Originally posted by MrPinK
    Install a d/l monitoring programme on each of the computers, something like DU meter

    But Note: It would have to differenciate between Internet traffic and file sharing between local pc's.

    I'm looking for such a method also - maybe if each pc uses a vpn over the lan for non-local traffic only - to a single pc running as a VPN server which shares the internet and does the traffic monitoring.

    Depending on the VPN software used - you should be able to monitor each VPN account.
    maybe this would do it http://www.deerfield.com/products/wingate_vpn/access/
    and www.wingate.com

    ozmo.

    “Roll it back”



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    crowbar
    Registered Users Posts: 153 ✭✭crowbar


    ozmo, that sounds really complex! ideally i'd prefer to do it transparently, without having to install stuff on each of the pcs. how about a linux box inline with the path to the internet doing ipchains accounting on off-lan traffic, and somehow tying it into the name of the machine through dhcp ... (shudder) ... actually that sounds just as complex.


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