Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. wrote:
Now that I'm keeping a watch, imagine my surprise when both my programs show download activity without a single browser window open and fetchmail having been killed !!
How do I find out what is being downloaded ? or what program is the guilty one ?
Whenever you start the OS, some amount of background internet activity takes place due to KDE and Gnome based package update checking utilities. However after a few minutes it should stop. you can find out active connections by running 'netstat' as admin. Your Triband usage session history is available at register.mtnl.net.in . If you have the username as TelephoneNum@a then use the alternate link on the same page to log in.
You haven't mentioned the usage pattern of your internet. Is it single computer and single user or do other systems in your premises connect too?