The Internet source you are accessing could be sensitive to congestion if you do not apply the corresponding measures to adjust its performance and limit network traffic. Faced with this, you can use tools developed for your mobile device to verify how congested the network traffic is. With access to the right tool, you could also evaluate the data traffic on your network and control the flow of this data.
What network traffic data can be monitored from your Android device?
With the right tools, you can access most aspects of network traffic from the internet source to your mobile device. So you can make a thorough evolution of the applications, platforms and services you use, which use the Internet connection and therefore network traffic.
The service to monitor network traffic will allow you to access the particular amount of data that is sent and received by your mobile device each time you establish a connection with the network. Also, depending on the monitoring tool you use, you will be able to access information regarding the security of a specific web page or data transfer. This will allow you to be alert against malware threats that navigate network traffic.
On the other hand, you can know the amount of data that is used by each of the applications that you have on the device. As well as information about the IP address to which you are connected and with how many other devices you share the network source at that moment.
How can you monitor network traffic using an Android mobile?
There is no method or native application on your mobile device that allows you to evaluate what network traffic exists between your internet source and your phone. Therefore, you will have to resort to a platform developed by third parties that allows you to monitor the aspects involved in the data transfer and network traffic on the device.
Download Wireshark
It is a network data and packet analyzer that checks the traffic between the computer information transfer and the network source. With Wireshark you will be able to evaluate the behavior of the network protocols of the device, so that the program is in charge of carrying out an analysis and verifying that there is no overload in the network system.
Additionally, to provide detailed analysis of network traffic, the Wireshark interface supports multiple capture languages. Among them it is possible to mention pcap ng and the tcpdump (libpcap) format, as well as various types of internet network technologies. Therefore, it is a fairly complete and versatile analysis tool.
However, despite the utility of this program and the fact that it is cross-platform, Wireshark is only available for computers and laptops. That is, there is no version compatible with mobile platforms, so you will not be able to access Wireshark using your Android or iOS phone.
Using the FamiSafe app
It is an application that, beyond verifying the network data traffic on the device, allows you to evaluate the connection of other users to the same network that is used on the mobile. The interface of the FamiSafe application is compatible with Android devices, and once you have integrated it on your computer, you can block websites with adult content, other content and different applications; to filter the content you want to allow access to.
Furthermore, the main attraction of FamiSafe is that added to the tools to evaluate network traffic, it allows you to control part of it. As the function for monitoring and blocking applications, it allows you to restrict some mobile devices that you have linked, in specific hours of use. So the transfer of data from the internet source will focus on one computer.
How can you control network traffic from your Android phone?
Different mobile tools not only allow you to evaluate the performance of your network and the traffic on it, but also put functions at your fingertips so that you can control these aspects from your mobile device. Therefore, you can add one of these applications to your device so that you can control the network traffic according to your preferences.
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NetCAT: With this application you will be able to evaluate the performance of your network and the number of users connected to that source. Through the NetCAT interface you can limit the internet signal for any user that you consider an intruder, block access to the network of an application and modify the intensity to benefit you.
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3G Watch Dog: This is an application that allows you to limit the use of your network data according to your daily, weekly and monthly preferences. You will be able to evaluate the data traffic in each of these periods in a graph so that you know the consumption of your device.
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PingTools: It allows you to know all the aspects of the network traffic on your device, as well as the specifications of the internet source in total. But, in addition to this, the PingTools platform gives you control tools so that you can modify the availability of the resources that each of the connected users can receive on their device.
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Fing: This monitoring platform performs a complete inspection of all aspects of network traffic data transfer. So you will be able to know the browsing speed of your internet, as well as the number of devices that are connected and the particular data consumption of each one. In this same section of the application, you have access to the controllers to limit network traffic to the devices you prefer.
