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Complaint is more about unprompted 5.3GB download.

Waterluvian 9y ago
I'm not upset with any one device because I'm sure they all have an option to disable auto download. But there is now so much auto downloading that goes on in my house (I can think of 15 devices top of my head) that my wifi often can't reliably stream Twitch or YouTube. I think I'm at the point in the tech story of my home that I would love a UI that shows total and per-device usage history. With knobs to throttle each device on a temporary or permanent basis.
- Cacti 9y ago
  Your router doesn't show this? It should also have throttling and QoS options. If it doesn't, investigate buying a new router. If it's a few years old, you may want to also verify that it can actually route fast enough for your incoming pipe.
- manyxcxi 9y ago
  I’ve got a Ubiquiti Edge Router Lite as The Router for my house. Not sure if it does exactly per-device but if you enable it, it can show traffic per host/ip, site ‘category’, etc. It’s quite a nice little piece of kit. Speed-wise,it’s also very good. It’s plugged in directly to my FiOS and I’m maxing out my 150/150.
  - nerdponx 9y ago
    How is it possible to tell what category a piece of traffic is?
    - wereHamster 9y ago
      Depends on which categories you want to have. You can use the TCP port (http vs bittorrent vs email, or individual games which often use a well-known port for communication), deep packet inspection (eg. to distinguish between normal web and HTTP video streaming), reverse IP lookups to detect location of the remote endpoint or what company it's assigned to (through AS number for example).
    - nolok 9y ago
      My router does it with a comprehensive list of (sub)domain => category. It may not have anywhere near 100% precision, but for the sake of what this subthread talked about, it good enough to know who eats your bandwith and for what.
  - throwanem 9y ago
    Their APs are very good as well. Blazing fast, quick to set up, easy to manage, and they come out of the box with absolutely everything you need for any kind of mounting or installation.
    - manyxcxi 9y ago
      After getting so frustrated with really expensive consumer WiFi routers I finally decided to give Ubiquiti a try. I purchased an Edge Router Lite and a dual channel AC Pro access point for about the cost of a nice consumer model. It took all of 10 minutes to get everything plugged in and configured and every WiFi issue I had in my house disappeared. I was immediately pissed at myself, why the heck did I resist the jump for so long? Bonus points for the APs being POE, makes it a lot easier to put them on the ceiling, and more bonus points because I have not reset my router in 18 months.
      - throwanem 9y ago
        Yeah, I'm seriously considering replacing my pfSense router and repurposing the hardware as a Plex client.
- rhinoceraptor 9y ago
  Google wifi has this, you can only do it from the app though.

I'm not upset with any one device because I'm sure they all have an option to disable auto download. But there is now so much auto downloading that goes on in my house (I can think of 15 devices top of my head) that my wifi often can't reliably stream Twitch or YouTube. I think I'm at the point in the tech story of my home that I would love a UI that shows total and per-device usage history. With knobs to throttle each device on a temporary or permanent basis.

Cacti 9y ago
Your router doesn't show this? It should also have throttling and QoS options. If it doesn't, investigate buying a new router. If it's a few years old, you may want to also verify that it can actually route fast enough for your incoming pipe.
manyxcxi 9y ago
I’ve got a Ubiquiti Edge Router Lite as The Router for my house. Not sure if it does exactly per-device but if you enable it, it can show traffic per host/ip, site ‘category’, etc. It’s quite a nice little piece of kit. Speed-wise,it’s also very good. It’s plugged in directly to my FiOS and I’m maxing out my 150/150.
- nerdponx 9y ago
  How is it possible to tell what category a piece of traffic is?
  - wereHamster 9y ago
    Depends on which categories you want to have. You can use the TCP port (http vs bittorrent vs email, or individual games which often use a well-known port for communication), deep packet inspection (eg. to distinguish between normal web and HTTP video streaming), reverse IP lookups to detect location of the remote endpoint or what company it's assigned to (through AS number for example).
  - nolok 9y ago
    My router does it with a comprehensive list of (sub)domain => category. It may not have anywhere near 100% precision, but for the sake of what this subthread talked about, it good enough to know who eats your bandwith and for what.
- throwanem 9y ago
  Their APs are very good as well. Blazing fast, quick to set up, easy to manage, and they come out of the box with absolutely everything you need for any kind of mounting or installation.
  - manyxcxi 9y ago
    After getting so frustrated with really expensive consumer WiFi routers I finally decided to give Ubiquiti a try. I purchased an Edge Router Lite and a dual channel AC Pro access point for about the cost of a nice consumer model. It took all of 10 minutes to get everything plugged in and configured and every WiFi issue I had in my house disappeared. I was immediately pissed at myself, why the heck did I resist the jump for so long? Bonus points for the APs being POE, makes it a lot easier to put them on the ceiling, and more bonus points because I have not reset my router in 18 months.
    - throwanem 9y ago
      Yeah, I'm seriously considering replacing my pfSense router and repurposing the hardware as a Plex client.
rhinoceraptor 9y ago
Google wifi has this, you can only do it from the app though.