Question

I ve been trying to find a tool for monitoring my home network. Before I go into the details, I ve looked at a ton of different software and they re either an overkill or don t have what I m looking for. Hopefully the community can help me with some advice.

My network is quite small. It consists of a modem connected to a D-Link DI-524 router. To this router I have a number of computers hooked up wirelessly.

What I m looking for is a lightweight tool for monitoring my traffic. The ideal tool would have a GUI that shows an icon of the router, and icons of all devices connected to the router with a bandwidth indicator on the lines connecting the nodes. That s pretty much it.

I m not sure if my router has SNMP. This might be a dealbreaker since many of the cheaper routers don t. I ve also read somewhere that many routers can be monitored over UDP.

Answer 1

Found tnv after quick googling.

tnv (The Network Visualizer or Time-based Network Visualizer) depicts network traffic by visualizing packets and links between local and remote hosts.

Answer 2

Here is a list of good tools to monitor network activity.
Looks like MRTG was the best tool to use

I have also been pleased with the Serial and USB software provided by HHD Software. I ve never used their Network version, but if its as good as the USB and Serial, its probably pretty good. Here is the free trial version.

Answer 3

you can use CACTI and Mikrotik DUDE.

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