| [Exede] My computer is using up my 25 GB way too fast! Help Plea I went through my 25 GB for the month in only 10 days. I had a hotspot before this and only used 5 GB in a whole month. I tuned on my computer and noticed the lights on the modem all started working. (flashing for activity, they are soilid when the computers off. Once windows booted up I went to the network connections and there is a steady stream of packets sending and receiving. I figured it must be some software auto updating. I left the computer on for a couple hours with no browser open and the packet activity has not slowed? Is there somehow or where I can detect what is running and using all my bandwidth for the month in just 10 days? I am running windows xp service pack 3 , excede 12. Any help or suggestions would be great. Thanks |
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W5JGV
join:2001-02-03
Natchitoches, LA | Re: [Exede] My computer is using up my 25 GB way too fast! Help It sounds as though you have a virus or some sort of unwanted program on your machine that is running and gobbling your bandwidth.
Are you running any sort of file sharing software? That is also a no-no of you are on a satellite system, because of the bandwidth they consume.
Netflix and YouTube will eat your GB's pretty fast also.
Make sure your computer(s) are set to NOT auto-download updates. Instead, tell the computer to alert you to available updates so you can pick and choose which ones you want to install, and when you want to install them.
Ralph - W5JGV |
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You're not alone I am having the same problem as well when I am not on the computer it taking up all bandwidths. I just don't like how Exede usage reset date set to earlier for me. I also have flashblock on FF so youtube video won't play. |
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| said by jazzy:You're not alone I am having the same problem as well when I am not on the computer it taking up all bandwidths. I just don't like how Exede usage reset date set to earlier for me. I also have flashblock on FF so youtube video won't play.
The reset time is what it is...0000 GMT, UTC or whatever you choose to call it. My offset is -12 hours...as bad as it gets in the US.
That your lights go solid when the computer is off is a dead giveaway that something in your system is eating bandwidth. Windows is famous for having programs and viruses that do that...Norton, McAfee and other AV programs can be bad that way too. Any cloud backup services? Some of the other windows users recommend ccleaner to get some of that under control. You need to do it or get someone who knows what they are doing to go through your computer. Satellite internet imposes some harsh realities on us but if you are out in the boonies, it is the only way to play. |
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To find out which process is transferring data, start Windows Task Manager and select the "Processes" tab. It should show a list of currently running processes on your computer. Look at the column entitled "CPU" to determine which processes are active. Do this when all the other programs on your computer are inactive. "System Idle Process" should be consuming most of the CPU time, near 100%. Look for other processes that show some activity. One of them will probably be the culprit.
If there is file sharing software operating, the "Local Area Connection Status" window in Network Connections should show much more sent bytes than received bytes because P2P software uploads data from your computer to other people's computers. For normal web browsing, the user receives more data than he sends. For example, my computer currently shows 4.4 MB sent and 53 MB received which is a normal ratio for me.
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Jeff H,
We'd be happy to look into this for you. Can you please send us an email at exedelistens@viasat.com with your name, phone number, and if possible the MAC address of your modem. It's located on the black and white sticker on the bottom, and consists of 12 characters separated by colons (looks like this: AA:12:BB:34:CC:56).
In your email, please reference this posting, and if possible copy/paste the URL of this posting. That will make it easy for us to cross-reference your email back to this page and speed up our response.
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ractar
join:2013-06-03
Henderson, TN | reply to Spice300
You can also add i/o read bytes and i/o write bytes to see additional activity. These are counted by input/output operations, and are not limited to network activity. Reading/writing to the hard drive is what primarily makes these counters go up, but you can get a lot of information on activities over the network as well from these counters, just be sure you understand what you're looking at. |
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