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See/compute long-term network stats in Ubuntu (e.g. how many megabytes downloaded during last month)

On Ubuntu, I'd like to know how many megabytes have come in (download) or gone out (upload) of my computer via the network in the last month, or week or whatever (the longer the better). Is there any ...
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What gets uploaded when I surf the web?

I am using a modem, and it shows a download speed of n kbps and an upload speed of m kbps. When I check its logs, it shows the amount of data downloaded and uploaded. I'm wondering why it shows that ...
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263 views

Slow Upload Speed on Windows Compare to Mac

I have a proprietary java applet for uploading file, and the code is exactly the same on Mac and Windows. My question is why mac machine achieve higher upload rate than windows machine. On average I ...
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2answers
156 views

Why would I get slower uploads on a Windows machine than my Mac?

I have a proprietary app, written in Java, that uploads files to a server via multiple HTTPS POST requests. There's a Mac version and a Windows version. On the Mac, we easily get 3-5mbps upload ...
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0answers
427 views

Slow upload from Ubuntu-server on Gbit-LAN

I've installed a server at home to have as a fileserver due to limitation of an iMac and USB-ports (too many external harddrives is a pain in the ass). I'm using both Samba and Proftpd to manage files ...
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3answers
911 views

Is NAS limited to the speed of my internet connection?

If I connect a NAS to the internet, and I have 0.5 Mbps (0.0625MBps) upload speed, it would take years to transfer 1 TB of data. Not exaggerating. I want to take minutes not years to transfer ...
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4answers
904 views

Uploading kill internet connection

In my house I have 2 relevant computers, one wireless and one wired, connected to a wireless G router (Belkin G F5d7234-4 V5), which is connected to my internet modem. My internet is Insight BB 10.0 ...
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2answers
147 views

Why do dial-up downloads speed up at first?

I've noticed that with dial-up downloads, the download speed at can be several times faster. But I though the fastest dial-up can ever throughput is 53 K. But I've definitely seen speeds over that at ...
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3answers
460 views

Shutdown computer when download/upload ends

I often want to turn the computer off for the night (yes I'm one of those) but am in in the middle of uploading or downloading something. Is there a utility that shuts a windows computer down when the ...