On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 7:41 AM Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 06:48:21AM -0600, o1bigtenor wrote:
> > Greetings
> >
> > I have started monitoring, in a gross kind of way, my internet usage
> > starting by using the 24hr graph on my router software (opensource).
>
> OpenWRT?

I wish - - - - still on dd-wrt. (Want to change but that's not as easy as it
do as it sounds - - - - grin!)
>
> If so, just install tcpdump. You probably don't have disk space to
> save an unfiltered capture file on your router, so from your Linux
> desktop, use something like script(1) to log the console, ssh into the
> router, and run tcpdump on the WAN port.
>
> You can then look at the log, and maybe narrow down the
> source/destination, or protocol. Run tcpdump with a filter and capture
> the frames into a pcap file. If you are worried about disk space, look
> at the -c and -C options. Copy the capture off the router and use
> wireshark to look at the traffic in more detail.
>

So wireshark - - - - it lets you see who or what is shipping you info
even when you're not at the system?

TIA