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I have only recently got myself connected to the internet at home. My isp allows 5Gbs of web usage per month with the package I have signed up for. I am using thin slacko to access the internet, because I did not trust Windows to be secure enough.

What I want is a small programme to keep adding up the megabytes used, so that I do not exceed the 5Gb limit.

There is an applet on the taskbar which indicates the usage, but it keeps changing (up and down).

I have Netwatch installed, but don't know how to use it or if it is what I need.

Please, does anyone know of such a programme.

I am even now contemplating using my xp box (loads of such programmes for Windows) and dumping puppy, having search in vain for a suitable programme.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

I once tried THIS=NetWorx back in Jan 2010, and if I remember right, it worked well.

Welcome to the forum OM!

Does your ISP provide bandwidth usage statistics.. a page you can log into via modem/router? Who is it?

Hi oldman,

Regarding NetWorx - which is a program for MS Windows - early versions used to work quite well in Puppy with wine, but so far I have been unable to get the latest version (5.2.8.) going in Puppy with wine as it seems to have additional requirements. Version 5.2.7 seems to work but I can't get a usable Settings window. So I've been using the rather older Version 5.17 which is available from http://networx.soft32.com/old-version/130977/5.1.7/

As an alternative there is a script called pusagemon on this forum. It works very nicely indeed, but it is a bit more hands-on.

There is an old thread about all this at at http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... c4599acfbd

But to be honest I'd be inclined to go with Semme's suggestion if you can. It's a lot less bother!

MrToad

Thanks to those who have replied.
It would have been great if my ISP had my web usage displayed some where on their website, but they don't.
So I have followed the link suggested by MrToad and I have down loaded William (Dthdealer) 's script.
It works ok, but you need to read the forum thread for the tips and suggestions to get it to work properly.

If anyone is interested, this is what I have done.
Followed MrToad's suggested link http://networx.soft32.com/old-version/130977/5.1.7/
On page 2 downloaded pusagemon.tar.gz (http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... h&id=24987).
Unpacked it and then put it in /root/Startup.
I then (following someone's suggestion) edited it, commenting out the 2 lines as in the quote below and inserting the corrected 2 lines just below them.

########## Calculate and display the information
# We are finally to the good bit!

#up="$(iptables -L -v | grep OUTPUT | cut -f7 -d' ' | cut -f1 -d')' )"
#down="$(iptables -L -v | grep INPUT | cut -f7 -d' ' | cut -f1 -d')' )"

down="$(iptables -L -v | grep OUTPUT | cut -f7 -d' ' | cut -f1 -d')' )"
up="$(iptables -L -v | grep INPUT | cut -f7 -d' ' | cut -f1 -d')' )"

Altered the timeout from '-timeout 5' to '-timeout 8' (in the next to the last line of the script) to display it for just a little longer.

Does anyone know how to add the variables 'down' and 'up' to get a total?
I do not know the correct syntax and + does not work as expected.

Thanks again.

I have now found a much more useful programme to do the job.
It can be found here http://codebox.org.uk/pages/bitmeteros/downloads
. It's GPL, it is also cross platform and displays in the browser window.

I downloaded the linux version, which turned out to be a deb, and slacko had no trouble installing it.

OM you must've meant to post..

"I have now found a much more useful programme to do the job.

It can be found here.

It's GPL, cross platform and displays in the browser window.

I downloaded the linux version, which turned out to be a deb, and slacko had no trouble installing it."

Thank you Semme.

I could not get a preview or post it.

I thought that something was wrong with phpBB.

I can now preview this post.

I hope that I can now post it.

Your issue was spacing.. One too many after downloads.