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Today's Topics:

1. Re: Broadband router question (Alex Butcher)
2. Re: Scanner setup (Nigel Sollars)
3. Re: Broadband router question (Roger Fletcher)
4. Re: Broadband router question (Neil Fraser)


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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 15:04:21 +0000 (GMT)
From: Alex Butcher <lug@assursys.co.uk>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Broadband router question
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On Fri, 13 Nov 2015, Steve King wrote:

> Check the settings in your router's the web interface, or BT's information
> on the model number of the homehub router to see if it supports SNMP.

Seconded. My old ZyXEL router from 2002 did, but it was SoHo kit and cost
over ?200 back in the day. SNMP support is unlikely in most modern consumer
routers, sadly.

An alternative is to look for a way to get a command line or shell on your
chosen router model (e.g. http://forum.kitz.co.uk/index.php?topic=1053.0
describes browsing http://router/setup.cgi?todo=debug and authenticating in
order to enable telnet until the next router reboot) and obtaining traffic
statistics that way. A practical note: some routers run out of memory and
reboot or cease passing traffic when you do this.

> SNMP versions 1 and 2c are much easier to set up, (but less secure, at
> least change the default community strings from 'publc' and 'private', and
> block SNMP access from the internet, SNMP can be used as a fairly potent
> application vector for a DDoS attack)

Seconded. There's a reason SNMP has the backronym "Security's Not My
Problem".

> Regards,
> Steve

Best Regards,
Alex

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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 10:06:43 -0500
From: Nigel Sollars <nsollars@gmail.com>
To: bbl.andy@pepsplace.org.uk, Bristol and Bath Linux User Group
<bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Scanner setup
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Ive seen this with other printer / scanners that use a proprietary protocol,

Just my 10c's

On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 3:31 AM, Andy Pepperdine (BBLUG account) <
bbl.andy@pepsplace.org.uk> wrote:

> For what its worth, I've a Canoscan LIDE 25 scanner, and it works
> straightforwardly with SimpleScan, but only when plugged into the
> combined ESATA/USB port. SimpleScan cannot see it if it is plugged in to
> any other standard USB ports. I've Linux Mint 17.
>
> Andy
>
> On 01/11/15 10:39, Mik Phelps wrote:
> >
> > Have a Canon 'CanoScan LiDE 120' which I am having problems getting to
> > work with this laptop running openSUSE 13.2.
> >
> > Has anyone got one working or have any ideas on ho to get it to work
> > please?
> >
> > thanks for any assistance in advance
> >
> > Mik
> >
> >>
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 20:27:35 +0000
From: Roger Fletcher <rogerlinux@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [bristol] Broadband router question
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Hi

It sounds like a router with a custom firmware on might be a suitable
alternative.

I have Virgin Media Fibre. I was supplied with a VM Superhub. Which I
run in modem only mode. To this i connect my own supplied wireless
router (Buffalo WHR-HP-G300N). This is running DD-WRT firmware. This
allows me to see at a glance the UL and DL totals per day for each
month. It does also have a live bandwidth monitoring for the last 2
minutes as well.

I appreciate that this does not meet your requirement for hourly usage.

I have not experience of other customer router firmware (Tomato, etc)
but perhaps one of these might cover your hourly usage requirement.

Regards

Roger

On 13/11/15 09:03, Andrew McLean wrote:
> Hi all - I'm on BT for broadband, with a BT HomeHub router. Is it
> possible to replace
> the Homehub with an alternative device which measures and reports broadband
> usage across all devices, and is such a device available e..g. from Dabs
> or Maplin ?
>
> I'd like to be able to see the total DL usage in the last hour, for
> example.
> I have a variety of devices attached to the router, e.g. Windows, Linux,
> Android.
> I don't necessarily want the usage per device, just the total for all
> devices.
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew M
>
>
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 11:38:17 +0000
From: Neil Fraser <nfraser@nadtechnology.co.uk>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Broadband router question
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Hi

A better router, or a router with custom firmware is definately a
possibility as already suggested. Also you could use something like IPCop
or a custom DNS provider might be able to do this for you.

HTH

Neil

On 13 November 2015 at 09:03, Andrew McLean <am57762@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all - I'm on BT for broadband, with a BT HomeHub router. Is it possible
> to replace
> the Homehub with an alternative device which measures and reports broadband
> usage across all devices, and is such a device available e..g. from Dabs
> or Maplin ?
>
> I'd like to be able to see the total DL usage in the last hour, for
> example.
> I have a variety of devices attached to the router, e.g. Windows, Linux,
> Android.
> I don't necessarily want the usage per device, just the total for all
> devices.
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew M
>
>
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> Bristol mailing list
> Bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk
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