[H-GEN] tracking network usage

[Willie Yeo]

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At 11:09 AM 17/09/2003, you wrote:

>thanks to Niks suggestion, I did check the adsl modem, and it has logged
>3.3 gig of data recieved in the last 23 days. ringing tpg now to see
>what they say,

         This may and may not be relevant, but don't trust the counters on 
the modem.

         Simply put, what type of registers are the counter ? Once the 
counters are over-flowed, it resets itself back to zero and starts again.

         Coz' some modem/routers can only handle 8,000,000,000 before it 
starts resetting itself back to zero and start again.

         You >might< want to get some sort of program to monitor your usage 
over the days and ten if it overflows, you will know.



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