r u using winXP..and a cable internet connection...if yes then ..i think what u're 
viewing is the Traffic that is goin thru u're node...go to control
panel>network and then deselct show icon in Local Area Network and select show icon in 
network bridge...
if not  then close window :))
sandeep

Gollum wrote:

> how can i know how many bytes have i sent and received. I forgot that packet
> size can be variable factor. ya your answer make sense. but how can i know
> the the bytes transfered or received
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sandip Bhattacharya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 7:53 PM
> Subject: [ilugd]: Re: : silly question
>
> > On 12/12/02 19:48 +0530, Gollum thus spake:
> > > i have an internet connection. now when all that i am doing is
> downloading.
> > > uploading nothing. yet i have
> > >
> > > 29 thousand something send packets
> > > 27 thousand received
> > >
> > > what does this mean. how could i be sending more data than receiving.
> When
> > > all i am doing is basically downloading an album over ftp.
> > >
> > > wierd man
> >
> > No. Need not be weird. What would be weird is when the byte upload and
> > byte download sizes are the same. In TCP, every packet needs to be
> > acknowledged from the other side otherwise it would get
> > re-transmitted. So what you have might just be normal.
> >
> > A downloaded packet might be 1024 bytes long while a cknowledgement
> > packet might just be 40 bytes long.
> >
> > - Sandip
> >
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