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Ask HN: How to minimize unwanted net usage by processes to a trickle?
Hi HN,
I have this problem sometimes of what seems like excessive Internet bandwidth usage. Sometimes I have to use a metered connection, so the issue becomes more important. Leaving aside things like malware (which may happen, and for which I do have anti-virus software installed), what are ways to reduce Internet usage (other than that directly initiated by the user) to a trickle, so as not to waste money? Thanks in advance for all answers.
I'll mention one way that I am exploring: NetBalancer for Windows. A friend also told me about nethogs for Linux. Not tried yet.
- vram22 10y ago>of what seems like excessive Internet bandwidth usage To clarify, I meant, excessive usage by process not directly started by me. Also, a couple of other steps I took earlier: - I disabled Google Drive client on my machine. - I disabled Dropbox. Disabling Drive is okay, because I don't use it. But disabling Dropbox is not so good, because I use it. However I decided to do this for now, until I resolve this problem, because I saw in Windows Task Manager that Drive was using a lot of bandwidth, even when I was not saving anything to it. So did though Dropbox may be doing that too, and did the same for it as well. I think I saw Dropbox at one point using a lot of bandwidth too, but not 100% sure.