This happens if "Enable network access to local sound devices" is enabled on the desktop and "Make discoverable network sound devices available locally" is enabled on the laptop. If I disable either one of these, the bandwidth hogging goes away.
** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- Pulseaudio hogs bandwidth https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/418953 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs