RouterStats v 3.0 [Beta]        [Windows] [Linux under Wine]

Both of these terms are often referred to by other names. The Downstream Noise Margin may be called simply the 'Noise Margin' or the 'Noise Ratio' and it represents the amount of 'elbow room' the router has available to cope with unwanted noise on the telephone line. Its value is measured in Decibels - usually abbreviated to dB.

The Sync Rate is often called the 'Connection Speed' or 'Line Speed' and indicates the speed which the router and the remote telephone exchange hardware have 'negotiated' and agreed on to represent the maximum possible speed that data could be transferred over the telephone line. Note that, for a variety of reasons, the actual data speed is often much less than the sync rate. It is usually measured in Kbps.

Because these two values can often change while the router is unattended (for example, while downloading at night), it's sometimes useful to be able to monitor and record these values and that's where RouterStats comes in.

RouterStats monitors both the downstream and upstream Noise Margin and Connection Speed values and plots them on graphs. RouterStats also provides two additional user-defined graphs for monitoring any other two values that may be available on your router's "stats" page.

With the Netgear DG834, DG834G and DG834GT series of routers, RouterStats is also able to automatically establish a Telnet connection for access to additional statistical data.

How it Works

All routers are different and you will need to do some detective work and have some understanding of how to display the router's pages in your browser and RouterStats may not even work with your router.

RouterStats is configured, ready-to-run, with versions 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Netgear DG834, DG834G, DG834GT and DG834N .

With any of these routers, you should only need to enter your own username and password to be up and running.

(Please note that RouterStats won't work with the DG632).

It should be possible to configure it to work with other routers provided their "stats" are accessible as a simple HTML page - ie without Frames - in your web browser.

RouterStats incorporates its own fully up-to-date Help file but you can view a copy here if you want to look at it in advance. (Note that this online file isn't always kept up to date - the latest version will always be included with the program).

The Help file provides details of the following additional routers (thanks to feedback from other users):

Belkin F5D7630-4A (UK)
Draytek Vigor 2600G
Linksys WAG54G
Linksys HG200
Linksys WAG200G
Orange Livebox (Inventel)
Speedtouch 510 v4 (Firmware 4.3.2.6) (Works partly. Rx Noise and Rx Sync OK)
Speedtouch 585 v6
Voyager 2100 (+ probably 2110 and possibly 2019)
Zoom X5v

Although I have absolutely NO experience with Linux myself (so please don't ask :)), apparently RouterStats and RouterStats -Lite can be coaxed into running under Linux: kitz.co.uk - Linux Forum

RouterStats incorporates a simple webserver so you can keep an eye on the graphs online. View my own router's stats here if my server is switched on).

Download RouterStats 3.0 (Beta)    (29 April 2008)        (Zip File size: 2,299K)

Previous version: Download RouterStats 2.9b    (29 April 2008)        (Zip File size: 2,156K)

Windows 95 users may need to download and install updated TCP/IP drivers from Microsoft Downloads or from my site, here (Applies to RouterStats and RouterStats -Lite).

Note: The latest version will contain bug fixes and new features in addition to extra routers so is always worth downloading.

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