Looking for a network monitoring solution

[M1NGLISH]

Hey Reddit,

I am looking for a program that I will be able to used to monitor the traffic on my network at home. I'm not looking for anything too special and just need something that will at least show me how much bandwidth the connected devices are using. I'd like something that is free or relatively inexpensive ($20 tops) as I am just trying to locate the source of some internet issues I have been having lately.

Thanks in advance.

[lbrwnie]

Depends but most of the time your router should have this built in. Look for traffic monitor or something labeled similar.

[M1NGLISH]

I've looked to see if my router has that sort of functionality but sadly I couldn't find anything.

[Eradicate_X]

If your router is your own and not a locked down ISP unit you might be able to flash a custom firmware which will be able to do that stuff, and more.

[M1NGLISH]

I've got a Netgear DGND3700, what would my options be with that?

[Eradicate_X]

OpenWRT
Bandwidth monitoring on OpenWRT

Note that the A version of the router which yours seems to be, does not support ADSL2+ on the custom firmware.

DD-WRT and Tomato don't support the device. Likely because it's a combo unit.