Is there a tool I can use to see how much a user is using a WLAN?
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Sure, there are tons of network statistic monitors out there. Go to majorgeeks or tucows to find freeware/shareware ones.
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ISP's such as BSNL/Airtel/Tata indicom have software/application designed to measure the amount of data transferred to each and every User registered to their network.  Everything is now automated and is done automatically.\n\nWhat you can do is install the free application that can track your Internet usage.\nLink to download the application called Netmeter.\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/get/Network-Tools/Bandwidth-Tools/NetMeter.shtml\nor\nhttp://www.download.com/BitMeter/3000-2381_4-10504651.html?tag=lst-6-6
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I suppose the equipment would depend on what frequency of the wireless signals you want to capture.\n\nFor wireless network signals het a 802.11 card and download netsumbler and drive around. there is another program you can use but i can't remeber it's name.\n\nMaybe you should try searching sites that sell spying/survalience equipment.
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Hey Pal,\n\nThere is software which is called NETLIMITER :\nwww.netlimiter.com\n\nIts very very very useful for managing your bandwidth.\n\nCiao,
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Do you mean it is detecting existing wireless networks?  If so, then you should be good to go.  \n\nYou should have some kind of icon in your system try for your wireless utility.  The icon should also indicate the wireless adapter's status (connected, netowrks available, out of range, or no networks available).  Double-click on it to look at what the status is.  If it shows one or more wireless networks available, determine by their SSID which one you want to access and double click it. The SSID refers to each network's name--it should be somewhat obvious, but you will still see a few named "default".\n\nYour utility may ask if you want to connect on a one-time basis or set up a profile for the connection to simplify access in the future.  You would use this for a home network, or perhaps one at a location you regularly frequent.\n\nIf the network is encrypted, you will need to supply the necessary passphrase for the network to permit access.  Public networks should not have this feature; it is common with home networks and other closed or private networks.
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Use a third party application such as "Buddy Spy", located here:\n\nhttp://www.buddy-spy.com/\n\nIf you are looking at doing it yourself, you would have to create a DLL for yourself.  The best way to do it would be to ping the footprint of the user itself.
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it depends on which distro you're using, if any. most modern distros will have a plethora of network monitoring tools available in your standard gnome or kde menu. look into the progs included with your distro and read up on the documentation.
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Spy Log will do it.\n\n20 bucks.   You should be able to download it somewhere.
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I don't expect to "win" as the best answer, but I have to stress to anyone that reads this - MAC Filtering is USELESS.\n\nThis was the second attempt to increase security on WLAN's (Wireless LANS).  The first attempt was to stop broadcasting the SSID in the Beacon Frames.\n\nOnce both of these mechanisms were defeated, good old WEP came out and now it's crackable in less than 5 minutes.\n\nAnyone with a free Wi-Fi Sniffer (very easy google search download) can listen to which MAC's are associated to the Access Point.  This SAME software will send constant dis-associate frames to the client using the AP's MAC address.\nOnce the client is dis-associated, the software will now let the intruder associate with the AP using the valid Client's MAC.\n\nAgain, completely useless, adds nothing but administrative overhead.\n\nFor consumer brand Access Points, change the default SSID to something unique, change the administration user id and password, and turn on WPA-PSK (Pre-Shared Key).\n\nAny Windows XP client can be easily configured to associate with the Accss Point simply knowing the SSID and the PSK.\n\nGood Luck :)
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try http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/
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Get a good sniffer or packet analyzer. \n\nIt will allow you to monitor what traffic is being sent across your network.  You can also open the packets to see where they headed and where they are from and depending on your knowledge the content of the packet.
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just use lan tester to test
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check your network/proxy settings
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you want to control your download speed ?\n--get download accelerator plus from download.com and set the bandwidth control to limited and speacify the number.\n\nor \n\nyou want to see how much you have downloaded over a course of a time ?\n---download bitmeter 2.0 \n\nhttp://codebox.no-ip.net/controller?page=bitmeter2\n\ncheck the history option and it will tell your history how much you have downloaded and at what rate!\n\nor \n\nyou don't want any people to download anything from the internet and only allow them to browse the internet ?\n\nyou need to talk to a systems administrator ... i am a programmer and i can't remember now how to do this but ..i am sure it is something with the registry.
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i'm assuming you mean to use it without permission?\nyes there is, but it's not easy and can take a long long time to crack\ni would suggest the program wepcrack http://wepcrack.sourceforge.net/\nif your wireless card does not support packet injection this can take weeks, depending on how active the wlan is.\ngood luck ;)\nyou really should get permission first though, i live in a cluster of apartment buildings, and a lot of people were trying to get on my wireless network, so i setup a dummy network, and when people log on i steal their passwords and read their IM conversations, some say it's unethical, but they're on _my_ network without my permission and trying to use the network resources that i pay for with my hard earned money.  so just keep that in mind when you're on someone else's network.
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You could go to a site like Smiley Central. However, be sure to read their terms of service as I believe they track your Internet Usage as part of their service.
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Always depends. Using a traffic analyzer will reveal this. I am not aware whether there are statistics on average web stay per user