Internet usage measurement application

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Hi,

I need to develop an application to count the total volume of downloaded and uploaded data. Does anybody know how to get these details from my system's nic and how to go about implementing such an application?

Thanks in advance,

Libin Jose

Posted 5-Dec-10 19:00pm

Libin Jose chemperi

Updated 7-Dec-10 23:29pm

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Dave Kreskowiak 6-Dec-10 10:19am

You can't get that information from the NIC stats. It'll be mixed in with all the other network traffic that is not Internet related.

You'd have to implement a proxy server of sorts to get Internet only statistics.

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Rajesh Anuhya · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-08T00:03:00

Solution 2

Go through the below CP Article..,

This will give an IDEA

Internet Download Limiter[^]

Posted 8-Dec-10 0:03am

Rajesh Anuhya

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LloydA111 8-Dec-10 13:37pm

I don't know why you were downvoted for giving them the solution, so I voted you a 5 to bring it up a bit.

fjdiewornncalwe 8-Dec-10 14:52pm

I'll second Lloyd's comment. I think it's a great answer.

Dalek Dave 27-Dec-10 18:34pm

Great link. CP Rides to the rescue again!

wizardzz · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-07T04:44:00

Solution 1

You can run a capture using a sniffer program, for example: Windump) You can then monitor the output stream of the program, or write to a file and later analyze it. Some sniffers let you generate a filter so you only capture Internet data, though. This will depend on the actual sniffer used, so check their documentation.

These CP projects may help you:
A Network Sniffer in C#[^]
Internet Traffic Firewall and Sniffer[^]

Posted 7-Dec-10 4:44am

wizardzz

Updated 27-Dec-10 11:13am

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[no name] 8-Dec-10 5:02am

Then I have a doubt,How the sniffer program captures those details..?

wizardzz 8-Dec-10 9:54am

Sniffers capture every single packet and record the data to a stream or a file.

Dalek Dave 27-Dec-10 18:35pm

I have used sniffers, they work but can take a while.
Still, good answer.