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New R7350 Nighthawk downloading massive amounts of data
I recently purchased a NEW R7350 nighthawk router and installed it last month. I am now seeing 4x the data usage, which as I search the internet seems to not be a new problem. Netgear has no way to...
does it happen on your other devices?
I know there was some issues with firesticks when they first come out downloading to much screensavers/wallpaper and burning through data.
Try your other devices to see if its just an issue on that firestick.
thanks. I do stream, however, I literally have 1 PC connected to the router at this time. I have also disabled auto firmware update. Going to add streaming devices back if this remedies my issue 1 by 1.
Sadly, adding 1 device at a time and tracking usage is about all you can do to find it.