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nighthawk excess data usage
hi , i have just brought a nighthawk m2 router . my data usage has quadrupled . i just browse forums ,ebay and news . no downloads of videos,music, u tube.all antivirus , updates ,cloud services are...
Has this problem been solved yet?
In order to find out if the router itself creates mobile traffic, the obvious test would be to let it run without connecting any other devices to it, neither over WiFi nor through the Ethernet port.
The router has a display that shows the amount of data that has been transferred. If this number keeps increasing without anything connected to the router, it must be the router.
Or what am I missing?