I have purchased Wireless N 300 ADSL2+ Modem Router of Dlink on 15-Aug-2012.
After replacing my existing router with new one, I have observed that there is considerably rise in my broadband bill.
History:
- I have a broadband plan of BSNL with, 1.5 GB monthly limit and nightly usage unlimited from (2 AM - 8 AM)
- I am using this plan for last 7-8 yrs.
- I used to keep my computer on hibernate mode, which wakes up at 2 AM and starts downloading till 8 AM, after that it automatically shuts down.
- To connect to internet I am using user name and password provided by the service provider.
- I have configured DLink Wi-Fi router as password protected. And also provided my service provider user name password while configuring the Wi-Fi router. Hence, whenever I power up the router, it automatically connects to the internet without starting the computer or without external intervention.
Problem:
- When I observed the internet usage activity, I found that there is huge usage of internet between 10 PM to 2 AM (around 200 MB+).
- Around 10 PM, I keeps computer on hibernate mode and power up the wi-fi router before sleeping.
- My concern is that, why wi-fi router eats up that much bandwidth when there are no machine or application active in this time.
First my doubt is with service providers billing calculation but after long observation I reached at conclusion that Wi-Fi router consumes lots of bandwidth.
Is there any settings am I missing? Is there any tool or log where I can see where bandwidth consumes.
I have emailed this query to "helpdesk@dlink.co.in", but I haven't got any reply.
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