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    Question Monitoring Users internet usage

    Does anyone know of any way to monitor a users internet usage without installing software on their pc?

    A user at home, with a static ip & a Netgear DG632 router.

    Also is there anyway to calculate the amount of data downloaded into minutes spent online?

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    if the router supports snmp , change the snmp settings and use somethin like PRTG to pick up traffic data from your system ?

    I dont think you can convert the two figures without more info - for example an hours browsing would use the same data as 10 minustes downloading?
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    eh? how would you do that?!

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    Quote Originally Posted by madman045
    Does anyone know of any way to monitor a users internet usage without installing software on their pc?

    A user at home, with a static ip & a Netgear DG632 router.

    Also is there anyway to calculate the amount of data downloaded into minutes spent online?

    Thanks
    If you use tiscali, go to their website, log in, click on My Account both details are there.

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    ok, lets attack this from another angle.

    Can anyone recommend a software product that could be installed on each pc, run silently in the background & automatically email usage stats to an address either daily or weekly?

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    ooooh now that sounds like an interesting one.

    what kind of stats are you after ?
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    • madman045's system
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    Hours spent online, times they were surfing, what sites they were looking at are the main ones.

    Thanks

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    Thanks Moby,

    It would seem that http://www.bitlogic.co.uk/products_a...s_dd2000pe.htm does the job nicely & the corporate license isnt that expensive at all.

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    good stuff - sounds like you have some remote workers that HR has taken an interest in ?

    ensure that the AUP covers home workers as well
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