Do you KNOW what your Router is up too?
Many Routers have a number of internal preventive and cloud based services available.
Some items may be enabled by default when using an install 'Geni" as many manufacurers assume an unlimited broadband connection.
Here are the associated preventive and cloud based options from my Asus AC3100:
These services, if enabled and depending on settings, may use considerable data that just seems to go POOF as it is not being in a location that is monitored by OS level installed software but is readily seen as network traffic by the modem.
While I really find that Glasswire has considerable value I still favor having a router that tracks/reports usage by all devices and install the free version of Glasswire on the Windows based machines that I need really detailed reports on.
For my non-Windows items I can get pretty good details from the Router:
Samsung Galaxy Tab4:
And my Nook HD+
For me, that is enough detail to alert me to a rogue app on one of those machines.
@wildcats198308 wrote:Glasswire does not seam to be showing the correct usage for my computer. I have it set to show External Only (this is correct right?) I checked Internal and that shows only 30 MB.
Anyone else seeing low usage on Glasswire? Any suggestions to how to get it working? (I did check the website and downloaded the updated version)
"day" can be such a slippery term.
A Glasswire "day" is from 12:00:00 AM to 11:59:59 PM unless the period in question has been changed by moving the sliders at the bottom.
A Hughesnet "day" is a funny duck also. It can be thought of as 12 am to 12 am ... OR can be thought of as running from 8 am to 2am (of the next day) and 2am to 8am just to keep the usage bucket allocations straight.
Routers can count a GB as being either 1000 MB = 1 GB or 1024 MB = 1 GB
Routers can tally their "hour" as either starting the hourly period or ending the period. My Asus 3100 usage appears to be an hour off from the Hughes usage meters due to this.
My Glasswire output many times will be larger than that shown by the Hughes meter due to "compression" savings but is close to that shown by my router.
Another area is that of accounting for all connected devices including some easy to overlook items such as printers with network access.
Yet another is data used by and router based cloud and/or protective services. My Asus offers these and they can really burn data, data that is registered by Hughes, is not typically lsted in the routers "total" and certainly would not have been picked up by any Glasswire installations.
One more area is data that is run through again due to the need for re-transmission of data for whatever reason.
As to Glasswire settings, I have mine set to "incoming and outgoing" and "external".
As as rule, other than the one hour offset, the amount of data registered by GlassWire is very close to that claimed as usage for that device by my router. Those numbers can and do vary from the amount Hughes claims I used for the reasons stated above.
