Question : Bandwidth stealing or not - network connection sending/receiving unknown data

Good Day,

My computer (Windows xp pro) is in a peer to peer network (all others are windows xp workstation). Lastmonth, we paid roughly AED 7000 extra in bandwidth charges. Hence, I purchase PRTG and am using it to monitor bandwidth usage through SNMP.

So far everything looks good with one exception. My computer seems to be sending/receiving excess data. I have closed all shares but it still happens.

I have scanned for viruses with nothing wrong. I am very upset because I am the sole IT admin here and I should be setting an example - I should have the best managed computer. however, this isnot the case.

How can I find out where/who is connected to my machine (their ip). I suspect someone is stealing bandwidth because I changed my ip twice but the problem exists.

Furthermore, we have a cisco pix 515e firewall between all pc's and the WAN link.

any help is muhc much appreciated.

Thanks.
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Answer : Bandwidth stealing or not - network connection sending/receiving unknown data

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