Bandwidth usage recorded incorrectly

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I've notices since a while now that the daily usage reports reflect much more use of bandwidth than I actually generate (as recorded with vnstat on my ubuntu machine). Sometimes it is double or even triple. From the helpdesk I recently got a spreadsheet with 'detailed' usage stats (up and down per hour). From that it seems that at times my use is so high that download speeds of up to 1.5 Mb/s would be required! As far as I know these speeds are not even possible with the current Iburst modem (I never get any higher than 0.9Mb/s whenever I do a speedtest).

I am connecting to the iburst modem through a wireless router. For some reason this double reporting is mainly happening after hours (00.00-07.00). I've been battling to get a useful response from the helpdesk for 9 months now. Any ideas?
 
umuntu said:
I am connecting to the iburst modem through a wireless router. For some reason this double reporting is mainly happening after hours (00.00-07.00). I've been battling to get a useful response from the helpdesk for 9 months now. Any ideas?
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thats odd as between those hours your usage should be less then actual usage.

are you reading it corectly AFAIK your ubuntu machine should actualy calculate a higher usage then ibursts actual usage (due the the lower charge for midnight to morning)
Can you post both logs so we can figure this out for you
 
umuntu said:
I've notices since a while now that the daily usage reports reflect much more use of bandwidth than I actually generate (as recorded with vnstat on my ubuntu machine). Sometimes it is double or even triple. From the helpdesk I recently got a spreadsheet with 'detailed' usage stats (up and down per hour). From that it seems that at times my use is so high that download speeds of up to 1.5 Mb/s would be required! As far as I know these speeds are not even possible with the current Iburst modem (I never get any higher than 0.9Mb/s whenever I do a speedtest).

I am connecting to the iburst modem through a wireless router. For some reason this double reporting is mainly happening after hours (00.00-07.00). I've been battling to get a useful response from the helpdesk for 9 months now. Any ideas?
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PM me your UTID and I'll have a look. I haven't encountered any wrong usage calculations for yonks!
 
I'm using Networx to monitor my usage for all machines on my wifi network.

Usage from Networx (up & down) = 168GB
Usage from iBurst daily report = 188 963.11 MB

Eithe iBurst is over reporting or Network is under reporting. I have changed different settings in Networx but cannot get it close to what iBurst reports.

the stats from my Netgear router = 163 197 Mbytes (this from 02/05/11 as I reset the router)

My router stats and from Networx are more in sync than what iBurst reports.

I don't mind if iBurst over estimates my usage this month so that I can win the 2 Mb/s modem :p
 
Just realized the difference could be coming from my other modem at another location so the usage reports are correct.
 
signates said:
I'm using Networx to monitor my usage for all machines on my wifi network.

Usage from Networx (up & down) = 168GB
Usage from iBurst daily report = 188 963.11 MB

Eithe iBurst is over reporting or Network is under reporting. I have changed different settings in Networx but cannot get it close to what iBurst reports.

the stats from my Netgear router = 163 197 Mbytes (this from 02/05/11 as I reset the router)

My router stats and from Networx are more in sync than what iBurst reports.

I don't mind if iBurst over estimates my usage this month so that I can win the 2 Mb/s modem :p
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if you only used 1 modem this month you would have had a better chance of wining
 
isie said:
if you only used 1 modem this month you would have had a better chance of wining
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I'm still in the lead with my 2 modems and with the closest person behind me trailing by more than 20gigs. I recon if I can get at least 210 gigs combined I'll walk away with the modem.
 
i think my usage is also not correct, because i had 2 gig's and i only watched a few video's on youtube and next day i had 400mb left.
but i hardly watch so many vids on youtube that it could be around 400mb maybe. Yesterday i saw i had 161mb left and today i only have 31mb left. I only received a 18mb email, so how could i used so much data. its weird
 
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