packets

firstley what are "packets"
secondley why do the keep going up from 1000 to over
40000 after a few hours? and how do i prevent this from
happening (if this is a bad thing)

im using "advanced browser"

A "packet" is a communication unit, constructed in such a way that layers
for each protocol used for a particular connection are wrapped around, like
the layers of skin on an onion. In your case, the connection is TCP/IP. Your
computer is receiving and trasmitting packets over your connection - there's
nothing wrong with that.

Ovidiu Popa
MVP

"casper" <h458dec@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> firstley what are "packets"
> secondley why do the keep going up from 1000 to over
> 40000 after a few hours? and how do i prevent this from
> happening (if this is a bad thing)
>
> im using "advanced browser"

k thanks

casper
>-----Original Message-----
>A "packet" is a communication unit, constructed in such
a way that layers
>for each protocol used for a particular connection are
wrapped around, like
>the layers of skin on an onion. In your case, the
connection is TCP/IP. Your
>computer is receiving and trasmitting packets over your
connection - there's
>nothing wrong with that.
>
>Ovidiu Popa
>MVP
>
>"casper" <h458dec@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:29d1a01c466ab$ffdfbbf0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> firstley what are "packets"
>> secondley why do the keep going up from 1000 to over
>> 40000 after a few hours? and how do i prevent this from
>> happening (if this is a bad thing)
>>
>> im using "advanced browser"
>
>
>.
>