Setup here is one computer and one operator (me!) I installed Skype to try it out, and was surprised to find that my ADSL router was showing a lot of data being transferred even when I was idling in Skype. Before installing Skype, there was no router activity unless I was active on the internet.
Then I found that, by installing the program, you have to agree to the Skype people using your router as a server for other machines. As I am on capped broadband, I was not able to allow this. So I deselected allowing them to use port 80. Data transfer dropped quite a lot when I was in "idle" mode, but there was still some. It was fairly continuous, rather than the very intermittent and small amount there should have been just to occasionally send my "I'm still here!" signal. So I have uninstalled Skype. According to the TX/RX light on my router, there are still bursts of data going through it, suggesting to me that it is still being used by others. As I am nearly at my broadband cap for this month, I am having to keep my router switched off and only switch it on when I want to go on the internet. I am wondering if Skype, having found my router, is still using it although I no longer run their program. Please, how can I find out what is causing this router usage, and what can I do to stop it? I don't want my ISP to surcharge me for using more than my allowance when it isn't my fault! Many thanks for any advice. Keith
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