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Enter the router user name and password. The user name is admin. The default password is password. The user name and password are case-sensitive. The BASIC Home screen displays. Select ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Traffic Meter. Select the Enable Traffic Meter check box. (Optional) Control the volume of Internet traffic. I have a SamKnows WNR3500L router with the standard Netgear Traffic Meter. The Cox Internet Tools meter always shows much less usage than the Netgear traffic meter. When Cox shows 100GB of usage the Netgear says 185GB of usage. That ratio is pretty consistent over an entire month's worth of usage.
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One of the features included with most newer wireless routers is bandwidth usage monitoring. A bandwidth monitor lets you keep track of exactly how much data is uploaded and downloaded through your router, allowing businesses to know how much bandwidth they are using. If your wireless router has a bandwidth monitor, view its current status and set up bandwidth usage settings in its browser-based configuration utility.
1.Log into your wireless router's configuration utility. Consult your router's documentation (if necessary) to determine the address you to access it.
2.Open the 'Advanced' section, then click the 'Traffic Meter,' 'Bandwidth Usage,' 'Network Monitor' or other similarly named link. You will be brought to the bandwidth-monitoring page.
3.View your current bandwidth usage statistics in the 'Statistics' section of the page -- click the 'Refresh' button to update the stats. This section will usually show the bandwidth used in the previous month, the current month, the previous week, the current week, the day before and the current day.
4.Set up bandwidth usage settings in the 'Meter,' 'Settings,' 'Cap' or other similarly named section of the page by checking the 'Enable' check box to enable a bandwidth usage cap and selecting the desired setting for the bandwidth cap below. Click the 'Apply' or 'Save' button at the bottom of the page when done.
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