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Katie0's avatar
Katie0
Admin
10 years ago

Try a Monitoring App to See Your Network Activity

Some of you have already discovered the benefits of seeing the uses of traffic on your network with GlassWire.  Others prefer WireShark.  And, some of these apps are easier than others. The beauty is - you can monitor your usage without guessing where its going and who is taking it. There are free versions available for you to try. No, we're not offering to support it.  Nor will the call center agents be able to assist you with it.  But, we here in the Community are using it in our lab and like what it does.  Those of you that have found these apps useful, may want to add to what's already been posted. 

Data Monitoring and Usage
  • BirdDog's avatar
    BirdDog
    Assistant Professor
    10 years ago
    Great suggestions Katie and a good announcement! Hope it stays up for awhile.

    I have a router which tracks usage per device but the apps are a free or low cost option. Am I right in saying that those only track what is being used on the device they are installed to? In other words if installed on a laptop it would track the usage on it but not on a tablet using the wireless router also,
  • Gwalk900's avatar
    Gwalk900
    Honorary Alumnus
    10 years ago

    This may be a good time to point out that one program that I used to recommend, Net Guard, can no longer be recommended as the latest version installs "openCandy" during the install.

    From Wikipedia:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCandy


    I have an older version installed on one of my machines, malware and virus scans come up "clean", but under the present circumstances, Net Guard can no longer be recommended.