How to track traffic consumption? Lost mobile traffic? There is a way to find out where Internet traffic went.

The situation with mobile traffic on the iPhone has recently become increasingly frightening. In our recent article, many readers confirmed the existence of the problem. Where does the traffic go?

It is impossible to give a definite answer to this question - it all depends on the specific device, operator and installed applications. However, it is possible to detect mobile Internet consumption channels without installing third-party applications.

To do this, go to the “Cellular” section of the iPhone or iPad settings. All your applications are located here, as well as data on their mobile Internet consumption (in fact, many people know about this). But the “System Services” section deserves special attention. In it you can find out how much traffic is consumed, for example, by Siri, Push notifications or tethering mode.

This data can help you determine whether you should turn off notifications for some apps or location-based services that determine your location. All this works in the background and not only consumes traffic, but also negatively affects the battery life of the device.

It will make the most sense if you turn off , which causes mobile Internet consumption to increase significantly. Owners of completely unlimited packages are in no danger, but limited packages are in no danger.

An urgent problem for owners of tariffs with a limit on the speed or volume of information (as well as USB modems) or “low-speed Internet”. It seems that there is Internet, but the speed is not enough even to open pages on the Internet. If you are used to it and have come to terms with it, then you can continue to ignore it. But still, I think everyone will be interested in what programs or applications use Internet traffic.
By the way, sometimes in this way you can recognize and see some unfamiliar process or application that you do not know, and this could be a virus or spyware that sends your data (or monitors your actions) and sends it to someone through Internet.

There are several ways to find out what is eating up your Internet traffic.

1) Via standard . But there is one big drawback - only in Windows 8 it shows on the tab Processes in a collumn Net.

This is not the case in other editions (versions) of Windows. More precisely, there is, but it’s not what you need.

2) Through various firewalls that provide .
But there is also a catch here - not everyone provides this opportunity, and there are also paid options. Although I use it and am satisfied. By the way, it shows that he uses the Internet too. Like all firewalls in principle.

3) Through third-party special programs.
I consider this option to be the best and most effective, because it is suitable for all versions of the OS and you do not need to pay, because all programs are free.

The first program that deserved universal recognition is TCPView from .

The positive side is that it does not require installation (portable) and takes up little space (284 kb). The only negative thing about it is that it does not have a Russian-language interface. But figuring it out won’t be too difficult.

After running the file, the main window looks like this:

It immediately displays all programs that use the Internet, with characteristics such as the port used, and others.
In addition, you can save this list to a text file, and also customize the display.
When you right-click on a process, you can find out the process properties (Process Properties), end it (End Process), close the connection (Close Connection), copy (Copy) and find out what the system thinks about it (Whois...) (it didn’t work for me )

The second program is NetWorx

It does everything the same as the previous program, namely it tracks and shows which programs are accessing the Internet. The most important and pleasant difference is that it is Russified and has many functions.

After installation and/or launch, the program is minimized and when you right-click on the icon, the following menu appears:

In fact, the main thing we need is to find out which programs are eating up the Internet. It's on the menu Tools - Connections

In it you can also find out what applications are using and you can end the process by right-clicking on it.

I think the disadvantage is that you cannot find out the properties of the file, and therefore you can only guess what kind of file it is and where it is located.
This is probably why it includes many functions, such as:
- General statistics in which you can find out how much was received/sent per day/week/month or from other users (if there are several accounts).
- Graph of current speed.
- Measure the speed of your Internet connection.
- Set up a limit (quota) for the use of Internet traffic. You determine how much you can spend per hour/day/week/month, and then the program will notify you about the limit.
- You can make traces or ping a route. In simple words - write the IP address or url of the site, and the program determines how long it takes to send/receive a response and request. In general, this is for more advanced users.

Well that's all for now. You have figured out the main task, namely how to find out which programs and applications are consuming your Internet connection and know what to do.

Sooner or later the question arises: where does the money go on the Internet? Often users require information that fully provides step-by-step instructions for obtaining information - what traffic is used for when connecting to the Internet via DRO. This technology will be useful in determining the cause of increased traffic consumption.

Instructions

You need to run the cmd.exe command line. To do this, select “Run” from the Start menu.

In the window that opens, in the line with the blinking cursor you need to type cmd.exe. Press enter. A standard interpreter window has opened: you can skip this step and go straight to the next step in the command line of your file manager, for example FAR. 111111

Next you need to type the network command netstat.exe /? (you can just netstat /?). You can launch it by pressing the “Enter” key. As a result, we get a list with hints, namely what results the network program can produce when using certain keys. In this case, we will be interested in more detailed information about the activity of network ports and specific application names.

Next, we need to check whether some attacker is currently scanning our machine. Enter in the command line: Netstat -p tcp –n or Netstat -p tcp –n. Here we need to draw your attention to the fact that the same external IP address is not repeated very often (1st IP is the local address of your machine). In addition, an intrusion attempt can also be indicated by a huge number of records of this type: SYN_SENT, TIME_WAIT from one IP. Frequent replays of network ports 139, 445 of the TCP protocol, and 137, and 445 of the UDP protocol from an external IP can be considered unsafe.

Next, we can consider that we are lucky, no external intrusion was noticed, and we continue to look for the “bad application” that is eating up traffic.

Type the following: Netstat –b (administrator rights are required here). As a result, a huge protocol will be uploaded with statistics on how all your applications work on the Internet: This segment of the protocol shows that the uTorrent.exe program (a client for downloading and distributing files on the BitTorrent network) distributed files to two machines on the network from open local ports 1459 and 1461.

It is up to you to decide whether to stop this application. Perhaps there is some point in removing it from startup. The activity of other legal programs that work with network services has already been detected here: Skype, Miranda, and the second one works through the secure https protocol.

The final goal of this analysis should be to identify applications that are unfamiliar to you, which, without your knowledge, connect to the Internet network (it is not known what they transmit). Next, you should already use various methods of dealing with “harmful” applications, starting with disabling them from startup and ending with scanning them with special utilities.

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Limited tariffs for Internet access are very rarely used today, since the availability of unlimited ones has increased greatly. But if you are still forced to use limit tariff, and traffic consumption, along with the consumption of your funds, has suddenly increased, it is important to determine and eliminate the cause of the incident.

1.
A small command-line program called netstat will help you with this. Most likely, you won’t even have to download and install it - it is included not only in most Linux distributions, but even in most versions of Windows. The first step is to reproduce as much as possible the situation in which you begin to experience a sudden increase in traffic consumption. That is, launch the same programs, make them perform the same actions, and so on.

2.
Now, having detected an increase in traffic consumption, you need to run the netstat program. The program will display a large fragment of text; we are only interested in the top lines, which look something like this:

tcp 0 1953 10.203.66.34:33599 mc.yandex.ru:www ESTABLISHED

Using them, you can determine which servers your computer is currently exchanging data with. IP addresses, ports, and domain names are visible. There may also be addresses that are in no way related to the sites you visit. Based on the domain names, it is not difficult to guess which program is exchanging data: perhaps the antivirus, OS, some program with automatic updates are being updated, or ICQ is running in the background.

3.
To more accurately determine the “culprit” for the increase in traffic consumption, close the programs one at a time, re-running netstat each time. See what will change in the list of connections - which connections will disappear. Having discovered which program is consuming traffic, it makes sense to reconfigure it, for example, so that it stops updating automatically (here it is important to choose a reasonable balance between reducing traffic consumption and regularly installing critical updates; the antivirus database should be regularly updated even more so). If all programs are closed, but something continues to consume traffic, and the domain names in the netstat output seem suspicious to you, you should check your computer for malware.

Many Internet surfers spend 24 hours a day on the World Wide Web, so their traffic quickly drains and often ends at the wrong time. To prevent this from happening, owners of PCs and mobile devices were allowed to control the gigabytes that the modem distributes, or that are part of the SIM card tariff plan in the phone.

How to find out Internet traffic on a computer

When the Internet stops working, a little confusion sets in. It would seem that I typed “How to check Internet traffic” into the search bar, and immediately the results for any operators flew out: the check is provided by Rostelecom, Yota, Vin Mobile... But that was not the case. To prevent this from happening, take care of the available number of gigabytes in advance.

The lion's share of PCs runs on Windows 10. This operating system allows you to easily find out how much traffic is used on your computer and where the Internet goes. To obtain the necessary data, you need to make a few simple clicks: go to Start-Settings-Internet Network. The last section contains all the information on network interfaces.

Here you can see the gigabytes downloaded, the download speed, which applications spend the most on your home Internet. In Windows 10, you can keep information about your traffic consumption at your fingertips. To do this, go to the “Data Usage” section and pin it to your monitor’s home screen. A tile with information will appear immediately after pressing the “Yes” key.

There are many applications on the World Wide Web that help you check the amount of remaining traffic. Judging by the reviews, good programs that really help can be included in the list of three:

• GlassWire;
• NetLimiter;
• TMeter.

Applications are downloaded and used on the PC. There you can find out where paid Internet is spent, what device uses it.

You can also determine the gigabyte consumption on your PC by calling the support service of each provider. For example, Rostelecom announces the balance by phone number 8-800-1000-800. By calling this number, you can find out the threshold at which the connection speed drops to a minimum or change the tariff plan to a more convenient one.

Mobile Internet is now distributed by many cellular providers. Finding out the remaining traffic on your phone is quite simple: online through your personal account or using a smartphone. USSD commands to check the remaining packets:

• Tele2 gives information about gigabytes using the command *155*0#;
• Megafon - *105*00#;
• Vin mobile is a relatively new operator in Crimea - *815#;
• Volna Mobile, also a Crimean mobile service provider, issues the remaining packets upon command *101*;
• how to find out Internet traffic on MTS? By number *107# or by SMS to number 5340;
• Motive will tell you everything about traffic by calling *114*102#;
• But Beeline was cheated, and the rest of their traffic can only be checked in the personal account.

Since black and yellow networkers are so cunning, we cannot ignore them. A decent number of people use Beeline mobile Internet. The question of how to check the Internet on Beeline does not lose its relevance, because the number of subscribers is constantly growing, and checking functions from the operator are not so easy to find.

The easiest way is to ask the answering machine how long you have left to use the Internet. You can ask this question by calling 06745 (or not asking, they will answer you anyway). In addition, the following will help you obtain data:

• Internet command *102#. Here you will find out your balance, but additional options will also tell you about traffic;
• personal account online. This will require registration and filling in data, but you will always be in the know;
• “My Beeline” is the same, only in an application on a smartphone.

In our age, sitting without the Internet due to forgetfulness is simply offensive. Especially if you have a Megafon tariff plan. This provider gives users of the popular "All Inclusive VIP" tariff 20 GB per month, but many smartphone owners manage to spend a month's supply in a couple of weeks without any problems. Such people will benefit from the ability to control the remaining Internet. You can do this in any way:

• using the mentioned USSD command or the combination *558#. Information about the remaining gigabytes will be sent to your mobile device in the form of an SMS message;
• in your personal account on the website;
• in the mobile application;
• call the operator toll-free number 8-800-550-05-00. You can call it from mobile and landline numbers throughout Russia. The big disadvantage of this method is the queue to the operator. Connecting with company representatives does not always happen very quickly.

A good way to control the Internet is the personal account of a subscriber of any tariff plan. You can use this method through any browser: you just need to go to the operator’s official website and fill out the login form. Enter your phone number in the login field, and the password to activate your personal account will be sent as an SMS to your mobile phone. After completing authentication, go to “Service Packages”.