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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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type="topic" style="task"
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id="net-check">
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<info>
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<revision version="0.2" pkgversion="3.11" date="2014-01-26" status="incomplete"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="" group="net" />
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<credit type="author copyright">
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<name>Phil Bull</name>
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<email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
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<years>2011</years>
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</credit>
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<credit type="author copyright">
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<name>Michael Hill</name>
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<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
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<years>2011, 2014</years>
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</credit>
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<desc>The <gui>Resources</gui> tab shows you the volume of data that's
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passing over your network connections.
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</desc>
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</info>
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<title>Check network usage and connection speed</title>
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<comment>
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<cite date="2011-06-18" href="mailto:philbull@gmail.com">Phil Bull</cite>
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<p>Explain how to check network usage and what all the numbers mean. Why
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might there be spikes?</p>
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</comment>
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<p>To check the current network usage of your computer:</p>
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<steps>
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<item><p>Click the <gui>Resources</gui> tab.</p>
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</item>
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</steps>
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<list>
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<item><p><gui>Network History</gui> displays a running line graph for the
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volume of data passing over your network connections, split up into data
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received and sent. These are plotted against time, with the current time at
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the right.</p>
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<note style = "tip"><p>The color of each line is indicated by the down and
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up arrows (for <gui>Receiving</gui> and <gui>Sending</gui> respectively)
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underneath the graph. Click an arrow to change the color of the
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corresponding line graph.</p>
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</note>
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</item>
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<item><p>Below the graph is shown <gui>Receiving</gui> and <gui>Sending</gui>
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<link xref="net-bits">bit rate</link> or connection speed, as well as
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total data transferred in each direction.</p>
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</item>
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</list>
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</page>
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