Odd network traffic with Edgy

[Zachary Stern]

 Maybe its downloading updates in in the background?
Also look into what processes are running.

On 2/8/07, Ed Smits <ed.smits at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have 2 Dell laptops, both running Edgy, roughly similar hardware.
> The older one has been running Dapper and now Edgy for 8+ months, and
> I am used to it's behaviour. On both laptops I have System Monitor in
> my top panel, set to show processor, network and load. On the older
> laptop when I'm not doing anything, and especially when I have no
> browser etc open I see little or no network traffic, which is at it
> should be (other than Synaptic Update and time/weather checks).
> However, on the newer one, which I just started to set up this week I
> notice that even in those quiet moments I have what seems to be a lot
> of network traffic I can't account for.
>
> 1) anyone have any ideas what could be causing this?
>
> 2) what would be the best tool to try and monitor/analyze this
> traffic, preferably GUI based if possible.
>
> Thanks
>
> ED
>
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