I've updated my ASUS RT-N66 to Merlin, but I still can't view Traffic per device.

[MacGuillicutty]

Apparently starting a "conversation" is different that starting this page... I was wondering why no one was answering lol. I've never asked a question on a forum before.

I managed to update my ASUS RT-N66 firmware to Asuswrt-Merlin, but I still can't view Traffic per device. I've spent far too many hours trying to figure it out.

I found a YouTube video saying I need to go to "General" -> "Tools" -> "Other Setting" and "Enable IPTraffic (per IP monitoring)" which I did. But I still don't see the "Traffic Manager" option show up under "General". Can anyone help me out?

 

[RMerlin]

Make sure you are in Router mode. There's no traffic manager in AP or Repeater mode, as there's no WAN interface to monitor.

 

[MacGuillicutty]

thank you so much for answering. This router is set to repeater on the other side of the house. My main router is in my office and it is a Netgear Nighthawk, do you have anything for that?

 

[MacGuillicutty]

I'll try changing it to "Router" mode and see if anything strange happens to my network. Thanks for your help.

 

[MichaelCG]

If you aren't in Router mode already....don't just blindly change it. How is your network laid out? What other devices are providing the routing services today?

 

[MacGuillicutty]

I have a Netgear Nighthawk R7000 as my main router. But it wouldn't reach outside in the driveway so I had another router ASUS RT-N66 installed, apparently as a repeater. So now I have 2 routers. I have Comcast internet. I have an Arris Surfboard SB6141 modem. I have a switch but probably not pertinent.

 

[MacGuillicutty]

Since I'm not the best at this, I was hoping to just buy another router that already has the ability to see traffic per device. Does anyone know of one? I have hit many deadends and wasted tons of time I don't have, so I'd rather just pay and get it over with. One friend suggested installing NetWorx but that didn't work. The Merlin download seemed perfect but I guess it won't do me any good if I need to be in "Repeater" mode. Not to mention, now I can't even get it back to repeater mode.

 

[FatherLandDescendant]

Since I'm not the best at this, I was hoping to just buy another router that already has the ability to see traffic per device. Does anyone know of one? I have hit many deadends and wasted tons of time I don't have, so I'd rather just pay and get it over with. One friend suggested installing NetWorx but that didn't work. The Merlin download seemed perfect but I guess it won't do me any good if I need to be in "Repeater" mode. Not to mention, now I can't even get it back to repeater mode.

Shut down your main router (the night hawk), log onto the interface, change it back to repeater.

 

[RMerlin]

thank you so much for answering. This router is set to repeater on the other side of the house. My main router is in my office and it is a Netgear Nighthawk, do you have anything for that?

You'll need to switch the main router to something like Tomato to gain improved traffic monitoring.