Got my Technomate box box about 10 days ago and been playing around with it - no problems.
About 3 days I started having a few problems with my internet. 2 problems which may or may not be linked. Possibly not.
For info both my PC and Technomate use wired connections which go via a switch.
Firstly although I would have a white light on my (SKY) router showing internet was coming in - my wired and wireless connections would often cut out requiring a reboot of the router. Sky said if it keeps happening they would send me a new router.
Secondly, I also started having problems with my PC and the internet just being very laggy and slow. My ping went up to something like 250ms.
Now about 3 days ago I installed a plugin on my Technomate called XC PLUGIN - it actually crashes the box when it starts so I have never used it.
Thinking that the Technomate could be causing the problems I have unplugged it and lo and behold my internet (certainly from the PC) has gone back to normal - I just did a speedtest and get 10ms ping.
I appreciate there are a lot of variables here such as my router, my pc, my network wiring etc but is there anyway I can try and pin it down to my Technomate?
Is there any way I can see what data usage the box is doing to see if it is trying to constantly download/upload stuff?
I am not an expert in networking but even if the Technomate was uploading/downloading to the max all the time I am not sure it can actually cause any problems with my network in general. Could it be 'flooding' the switch or router and causing a problem?
If I could see data logs it would at least be a starter. I cannot see data usage at router level as Sky don't have that feature.
Any thoughts?
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