Ari Bloch
India focused entreprenuer, business catalyst, technologist, inventor, and helpless Indophile (ari@israel-india.com)
Network usage while no programs are running? Why?
I have observed that over say a dialup connection, even when no
programs are running (email, browser, etc.), there is a lot of traffic
going in and out of the PC (you can see the Bytes Sent/Received just
adding up, to several MB/day even). Why is this happening and is there
a way to stop it and ensure that bandwidth is used only by relevant
programs?
The background of the question is to restrict bandwidth usage for
PCs connected with a modem to an ISP (i.e. no LAN) only to essential
programs so that bandwidth usage does not run up (and charges with it).
Also, is there a utility that I can use to see who/what is actually using how much bandwidth?
Thanks
What you have observed is a perfectly normal phenomenon.
You didn't *really* think you could stop the troll who lives under the network from eating and sleeping, did you?
-- Ainandil
