Excessive system usage problem -

[Michael Ekstrand]

On 06/24/2011 07:39 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>         The "choke point" is a Linksys E3000 wireless router running
>         DD-WRT connected to the "modem." DD-WRT apparently has a log
>         function but it appears to be temporary in that the data appears
>         and disappears quickly in some way that I have never understood.
>         Unlike this list the dd-wrt forum is difficult to deal with and
>         has provided little useful information.
> 
>         But yes, I understand the router is the point at which
>         everything converges. I suppose I could insert a hub between the
>         router and the "modem." By devices I mean iPhones, iPads,
>         iLaptops, Mac and PC desktops, and my own Linux computers, a
>         mixture of wired and wireless
> 
>         I have Ntop running on an F-14 computer, the i686 version is not
>         yet available for F-15 unless it got fixed overnight. However I
>         haven't been able to get the kind of information I need out of
>         that either, perhaps due to my own ignorance. It's a pretty
>         complex program and does display a lot of information though.

You could try running ntop, iftop, or something like it on the hub
itself.  I do not know if dd-wrt packages are available for either of
those programs.

- Michel