Using a router to log network usage

Hi
Does anyone know of a router that will log network usage for all PCs connected to the LAN ? I'd like to keep a log running 24/7 without having to leave a PC switched on. I don't want to control the network usage - just log it.

Thanks

A lot do but with some the stats are a little buried. Which model do you have?

Hi John, thanks for replying. I have a USR 9108A that gives me a total usage figure to the WAN but doesn't break it down by the PCs connected to it. I'm looking for something that would log the usage of each device connected to the router. I've had a look at the PRTG program but that requires a PC to be switched on all the time to grab the stats using SNMP. I reckon I'll be looking at a mega bucks Cisco router or something like that !
Dave

I didn't realize you wanted an individual count for each PC.

I'm not aware of anything to do that but hopefully someone else will be.

If you have at least one PC always on you could get someone to write a script to collect the stats from the local PCs and accumulate them centrally.

I'm not aware of anything to do that but hopefully someone else will be.

I'm only aware of the method the OP has already dismissed (because it requires a PC to be left on at all times), and that is to monitor the router using SNMP.
Some routers allow SNMP monitoring of traffic on individual Ethernet ports (not sure about the USR, but the Belkin 7633 does this), although this isn't necessarily the in/out bound internet traffic (as it will also count LAN traffic).

Oops, didn't notice that comment about SNMP.

You could always leave one PC powered up, it doesn't need to have a screen or anything, just to record the stats.

Thanks John, Adebov - appreciate the comments.
I'll keep looking and if anything crops up I'll post it back.
Dave

Hi, you could use NetMeter on each PC. I am impressed with this programme it will give you Totals Projected, Daly reports, Weekly reports, Monthly reports. It does not give you details of the websites visited, only the date and data in KiB, MiB, GiB, Upload and Download use of the Internet.

http://www.metal-machine.de/readerror/

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It does not give you details of the websites visited, only the date and data in KiB, MiB, GiB, Upload and Download use of the Internet

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I don't mean to nit-pick, but most of these metering programs only total the network usage (which is what the OP wanted), but few if any can discriminate between LAN and WAN traffic.