Posted by Don M. on 04/21/07 05:55

"*alan*" <in_flagrante@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:TWdWh.1121$ns5.643@newssvr17.news.prodigy.net...
> 1. The bandwidth graph shows 3 different colors which I assume are
> referring to 3 different activities or processes. The colors are blue,
> orange, and a sort of pinkish violet.
>
> I am assuming that, on the graph showing my downloads, the blue represents
> the download itself, but there's an orange sub process continually showing
> at a much slower rate, and another violet one (also slow-rate) which appears
> only occasionally.
> The graph showing what's being uploaded from me has a higher bar of orange
> with the bare hints of violet and occasional blue at the bottom . . .
> What processes are represented by these colors?
>
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You'll find the legend for the colors under [Settings] -> [Appearnce] -> Bandwidth Window.


> 2. With no apparent downloader, the bandwidth graph was showing that
> someone (or something) was downloading from at rates spiking up to 30,000
> bytes per second and averaging about 17,000 bytes per second. Is this
> normal? Does it indicate someone downloading from me or does it mean
> something else? Should I be concerned?
>
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You were connected as primary. Primaries do a lot more networking than just file
transfers.


Don

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