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Darkatt's avatar
Darkatt
Honored Contributor
11 months ago

Data usage monitor

So I have started monitoring my data usage through my router, (Netgear RAXE300), and comparing it to Cox. The last week has been pretty much spot on, but I have just started the new monthly cycle, an...
  • Darkatt's avatar
    Darkatt
    10 months ago

    Ok, bottom line, it's accurate. I have done all kinds of stuff, streaming, downloading, pinging, traceroutes, everything I can do to generate all kinds of traffic. the Netgear router and Cox Data in the Cox app, are withing 6 megs of each other, with my router actually showing more traffic than the cox system.

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WiderMouthOpen
Esteemed Contributor
11 months ago

Do you think there could be a problem with the Cox gateway that is bloating bandwidth use? It seems all the people reporting spikes have the gateway.

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    Darkatt
    Honored Contributor
    11 months ago

    I really couldn't answer that, unless there is something about the gateway providing Cox WiFi that's being measured as data usage for the renter. I would THINK that it wouldn't but, sometimes things get wonky. 

    All I can tell you is that currently, I am documenting as best I can, and verifying that the system is properly measuring data usage, at least for 3rd party equipment. 

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    Darkatt
    Honored Contributor
    10 months ago

    ok, update. So far, my router actually shows a higher data usage than the Cox system does. I don't know if possibly it monitors dns requests and Cox doesn't, or something like that, but I actually show through my router about 5gb more usage in total than Cox shows

    Cox - 189 gb used from the 14th through today

    Netgear RAXE-300 shows 194 GB data used. 5.323 up and 188.927 down. (been watching 4k netflix. lol). 

    • WiderMouthOpen's avatar
      WiderMouthOpen
      Esteemed Contributor
      10 months ago

      I always wondered how the Cox meter handles uncorrectables by the modem. Technically the packet is resent so it should bloat data on Cox's end. Also, I can't imagine DNS request taking that much data though I don't have a better idea what it could be. Thanks for the data.

      • Darkatt's avatar
        Darkatt
        Honored Contributor
        10 months ago

        Ok, bottom line, it's accurate. I have done all kinds of stuff, streaming, downloading, pinging, traceroutes, everything I can do to generate all kinds of traffic. the Netgear router and Cox Data in the Cox app, are withing 6 megs of each other, with my router actually showing more traffic than the cox system.