Sometimes just getting people to understand satellite internet and its limitations is helping.
Lab-lover,
Amanda posted earlier:
"Just saw your second post. Glasswire is used by many of our customers here and I personally do not see it as a threat, but I don't see it as user-friendly either. I found it kind of hard to navigate myself and don't like that you can only monitor whatever its installed on. I would really recommend getting firmware for your router to do this instead. I believe our members have a recommended one, can't recall."
I have used Glasswire without issue for over a year. There is a lot of information displayed so "navigating" could be a little difficult at first but there are a couple of "views" that go straight to the problem ... what used my data and when did it occur.
Here are a couple if screenshots:
Setup:
Understanding the output:
Defining a specific period:
The downside to Glasswire, as Amanda stated, is that it will only show traffic on the single computer on which it is installed. While it can be installed on multiple computers and the data correlated it still leaves the issue of wireless devices.
The only sure way then is to remove the router from the picture and test one computer at a time or get a router that will allow the use of third party firmware such as Merlin that will run on certain routers so that the router can track usage by device:
