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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...
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    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

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.