If you enable “Show icon in the notification area when connected” for your LAN or other network device, a small icon will blink on and off in the system tray, which gives you a simple visual indication of network activity.

One day I noticed that this icon was solid … always. I double-clicked on the icon to see the number of packets passing to and from the Local Area Connection. Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for February 14th, 2011
The Case of the Unknown Network Traffic
Posted by William Diaz on February 14, 2011
Posted in Troubleshooting | Tagged: Networking | 2 Comments »
