Monitoring activity level of individual connections inside a Windows network bridge?


Lamberto Vitali

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I have 1 Windows machine in my house and 7 in the garage. All do a lot of internet access (for Boinc - scientific research over the internet). I'm hitting the limit of my fibre connection 24/7 (32 down 7 up) until such time as I get full fibre (1000 down 220 up). Currently I have no way of seeing the total internet usage of all the machines. The router does show a total value for each machine, but it's not live, it's just a total amount updated once a minute, and I'd have to add them all up and subtract the difference over a period of time. So I had the bright idea of creating a network bridge on the computer in the house. The internet router now only feeds the house computer, and the house computer then has a second ethernet connection to the garage machines. I thought in the task manager I would be able to see each of these two ethernet connections on a seperate graph and easily see the traffic, but the stupid thing just shows total bridge traffic, so for example if a garage computer uploads at 5 Mbits, I see both up and down on the bridge as 5, if it downloads at 5, I still see the same 5 up and down. I can't even see which direction it's going! Is there a way to make it split them, or an app I can download which will do so?
 

My Computer

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  • OS
    Windows 11 Professional (not the cut down rubbish)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Home built, of course
    CPU
    Ryzen 9 3900XT (on this one anyway, I have 8)
    Motherboard
    MSI X470 Gaming Plus Max
    Memory
    72G and 72GB and 64GB and 32GB and 32GB and 8GB and 8GB and 8GB
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    Fury and 12 Tahitis
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    People still use cards for those?
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    7 of them.
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    PSU
    Several kW
    Case
    Unimportant
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    Big Zalman 6 inch thing
    Keyboard
    Really?
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    Yes
    Internet Speed
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    [Crosses legs] Exactly what info are you looking for?
For some reason this forum won't let me edit my own post!

So I'll add it here - what about a simple router/switch I could place after my ISP router which I can access with a web browser and shows traffic? Anybody know of one with this function? Not too expensive please. I'm thinking under 50 dollars.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Professional (not the cut down rubbish)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Home built, of course
    CPU
    Ryzen 9 3900XT (on this one anyway, I have 8)
    Motherboard
    MSI X470 Gaming Plus Max
    Memory
    72G and 72GB and 64GB and 32GB and 32GB and 8GB and 8GB and 8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Fury and 12 Tahitis
    Sound Card
    People still use cards for those?
    Monitor(s) Displays
    7 of them.
    Screen Resolution
    All sorts.
    Hard Drives
    1TB NVME, 4TB rust spinner
    PSU
    Several kW
    Case
    Unimportant
    Cooling
    Big Zalman 6 inch thing
    Keyboard
    Really?
    Mouse
    Yes
    Internet Speed
    32Mbit/7Mbit
    Browser
    Opera
    Antivirus
    AVG
    Other Info
    [Crosses legs] Exactly what info are you looking for?
Sorted it myself. If anyone's interested - performance monitor still monitors the two connections in the bridge seperately. It may be possible to display it in there, but since I already use MSI Afterburner, I can import it into there. I now have a seperate graph for each of: upload from any machine to internet, download from internet to any machine, upload from garage machines to internet (or to the house machine which is rare unless I'm installing stuff or transferring files), download from the internet (or from the house machine which is rare unless I'm installing stuff or transferring files) to garage machines.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Professional (not the cut down rubbish)
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Home built, of course
    CPU
    Ryzen 9 3900XT (on this one anyway, I have 8)
    Motherboard
    MSI X470 Gaming Plus Max
    Memory
    72G and 72GB and 64GB and 32GB and 32GB and 8GB and 8GB and 8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Fury and 12 Tahitis
    Sound Card
    People still use cards for those?
    Monitor(s) Displays
    7 of them.
    Screen Resolution
    All sorts.
    Hard Drives
    1TB NVME, 4TB rust spinner
    PSU
    Several kW
    Case
    Unimportant
    Cooling
    Big Zalman 6 inch thing
    Keyboard
    Really?
    Mouse
    Yes
    Internet Speed
    32Mbit/7Mbit
    Browser
    Opera
    Antivirus
    AVG
    Other Info
    [Crosses legs] Exactly what info are you looking for?

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