The most accurate way to monitor the bandwidth used by devices on your network is to head to the router. All devices connect to your router. In the router's settings, you'll be able to work out the data usage information for each device by using their IP and MAC addresses.
How do I stop people from using my bandwidth?
How to prevent roommates from hogging bandwidth
- First, try to educate your roommates and ask them to limit their downloading speed. ...
- Second, if the first action does not work, you may try to block the usage of ports of the remote servers/nodes except the common ones such HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, email and etc.
How can I see which devices are using more Internet?
Some routers can show you detailed data usage per-device. Go to your router's app or logon page, then look for the data usage section. If your router doesn't provide that feature then you can go to GlassWire's “Things” tab with GlassWire for PC to see a list of all the devices (Internet of Things) on your network.
