How can I monitor my VPN / data usage?
Warning
The following explanations are only applicable to account administrators.
There are several ways to monitor your VPN / data usage at any time using the Ecatcher software.
You should use the latest Ecatcher version (v7.0.0 or higher) to take advantage of latest Talk2m features and enhancements.
Software download: Ecatcher
Status bar
When logging in to your Talk2m account using Ecatcher with administrator rights, the bottom status bar displays your current VPN / data usage: this is the percentage of traffic used versus your Talk2m plan limits.
The percentage is highlighted in different color:
Orange: usage percentage >/= 80%
Red: usage percentage >/= 100%
When hovering the mouse over the percentage, a tooltip will show more detailed information about your usage and the total included in your Talk2m plan.
Example: 2.58GB consumed over 4GB included.
Credit and contract section
In the Account tab > Credit & Contract section, you can find the amount of:
* Included VPN Traffic & Datamailbox Datapoints are defined by your Talk2m Plan
VPN traffic used in GB
Data upload usage in million datapoints
Reports
In the Account tab, the Report button gives you access to all Ecatcher reports:
The Financial Report shows a quick overview of your consumption
The Connection Log Report shows a detailed report of all the traffic/data usage per Ewon and all the connections.
This document will be useful to identify at a glance which devices are using the most VPN traffic/Data
Download the Connection Log Report
You can either download the report for the current month or for any of the previous months by clicking on the arrows on the left.
This report includes:
Monthly Total
Detailed report of all the traffic/data usage per Ewon
List of all the connections established to any device