Network Monitoring Software guidance

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I would really just like to be pointed in the right direction. I currently have a network setup with about 20 users using all different devices like Mac's, PC's, Phones with wifi, ps3's, and xbox 360's. The ISP is Verizon Fios with a download speed of roughly 20mb. I am using the verizon wireless router provided which was 4 ports along with a 16 port netgear switch.

My question: Is there program I can obtain that will monitor how much bandwidth each device is currently using? For example, the program will have a list of IP addresses on the network and each IP will display its current download/upload speed. I'm not sure what is out there that is similar. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Reply to gjarnos

Hmmm... give Knowledge Front a try: www.knowledgefront.com.

I've been using them for 4 months now. If you have your devices organized properly, you will be able to do live monitoring by IP range.

Reply to zemogs

gjarnos wrote :

The easiest way would be to have the router monitor everything, but the problem is most home routers don't have that ability. I think dd-wrt might be able to do it, but you need to right router to install it on.
http://www.dd-wrt.com
I don't know much about it but there is a program called ntop http://www.ntop.org for linux that does what you are looking for.
here is a how to some one did
http://forums.untangle.com/hacks/1 [...] -ntop.html

But you have a lot of users you might consider getting a dedicated computer to be your router. To handle all of the traffic I have a computer running a linux OS called Untangled. It can't do live monitoring unless you put ntop on there. But it does have reports, you can look at 1 day later, (I think like at 1 or 2 AM it generates the reports of the day before and emails it to me. But you can download "app" on to it for what you want it do do, like there is a add blocking, virus protection, email and spyware, protection, You can throw in a captive portal make every one log in before the can use the internet, and it will keep track of them by users names as well as devices.
Here is a pic of what mine look like

But like I said before I can't see who is using bandwidth at the moment, Unless you put ntop on and I am not sure if the new version works with it and you need some know how in Linux to get that to work. I can see the total usage going in and out, but not who or what is using it. That is one thing I have been very disappointed in Untangle.
http://www.untangle.com/