I've managed to score a linksys E3000 router which seems pretty beefy. I'm tempted to just stick DD-WRT on but the process is pretty daunting and I really don't want to brick this router since it doesn't belong to me. If I can get this router managing traffic i'll use that PC as a media server which means I won't have to leave my PC on all the time
e: I might see if I can get ntop running on that media server once everything is setup. It's going to be a bit tricky though, with 5 PCs, a media server and 2 consoles. Hopefully it's possible to still monitor usage by MAC address even when it's had to go through a switch before hitting the router running DD-WRT.
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