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how can i monitor my monthly usage?

  • 04-08-2003 10:20PM
    #1
    fizzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 286 ✭✭


    ok so i'm lucky enough to have IOL broadband up and running since last Friday - happy days!! :)

    now i don't know anything about this broadband lark so i was just wondering if anyone could let me know an easy way of monitoring how much of the 5 Gb cap i have used throughout the month?

    did it come with some program that shows that? when i click on the green dsl icon, all i see is a modem transmit and receive graph with blue and red lines that i don't understand
    :confused:


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  • #2
    ando
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,456 ✭✭✭ando


    you should get a program called Dumeter and set it up as to monitor your DSL modem/NIC only, that'll do the job for you


  • #3
    Mutant_Fruit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,943 ✭✭✭Mutant_Fruit


    Its the best program out there, it has many options, such as to let you know when you reach a specified limit etc (ideal for caps). Its the best way to go. only rpob is it ain't free... not legally anyway


  • #4
    fizzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 286 ✭✭fizzy


    thanks for the speedy and helpful replies ....

    looks a nice little program alright - i know it's not free but it won't break the bank :)

    just one thing - is it clear now whether the IOL cap is 5Gb for downloading and uploading combined or 5Gb for each? I had been following some threads on this a few days ago but it all started going a bit over my head!


  • #5
    ^whitey^
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 843 ✭✭✭^whitey^


    Also fizzy just incase you didin't know .... http://broadband.iol.ie/cgi-bin/sec/dsl

    note : dont add @iolbb to your login


  • #6
    fizzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 286 ✭✭fizzy


    jeepers whitey thanks a mill :)

    did i miss some welcome pack with my modem telling me this stuff or something? having been unable to find any support on the iol site for existing broadband users, i e-mailed them late on thursday night when i set it up - naturally i've had no reply....

    anyway vielen dank


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  • #7
    ^whitey^
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 843 ✭✭✭^whitey^


    I got nothing eitheir fizzy just the drivers on a CD-R nothing else. I got the link through boards,didn't know it existed myself.


  • #8
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,449 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    www.dumeter.com it the link for dumeter the best program i've used for monitoring everything i use it for anytime and i have it set so if i go over 6 hours in one day it alerts me oppps 7hours 42 minutes today alone :(

    aww well it's a bank holiday


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