Phil Bull philbull@gmail.com 2011 Michael Hill mdhillca@gmail.com 2011, 2014 The Resources tab shows you the volume of data that's passing over your network connections. Check network usage and connection speed Phil Bull

Explain how to check network usage and what all the numbers mean. Why might there be spikes?

To check the current network usage of your computer:

Click the Resources tab.

Network History displays a running line graph for the volume of data passing over your network connections, split up into data received and sent. These are plotted against time, with the current time at the right.

The color of each line is indicated by the down and up arrows (for Receiving and Sending respectively) underneath the graph. Click an arrow to change the color of the corresponding line graph.

Below the graph is shown Receiving and Sending bit rate or connection speed, as well as total data transferred in each direction.