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newtonf
Junior
3 years ago

Network Connected WIFI Device usage HT2000

Hello all, using my.hughesnet and looking at Usage and Connected Devices I can see all devices connected to my HT2000 via LAN and WIFI. I have two wireless speakers connected via WIFI and they are ONLY used for playing music using iTunes from my PC, they are not used for any internet streaming. On the “All Device Usage Last 24 Hours” table under “Percent of Data Use” both speakers show high usage percentages (15.76% and 24.05%).

 

My question is; is the data usage I am seeing on my speakers simply the data traffic from my computer to the speakers via WIFI and not data usage against my HughesNet data plan.

 

thanks for considering my question - Skip

  • newtonf's avatar
    newtonf
    3 years ago

    Thanks Mark - I was guessing that is what I am seeing. I only recently fell upon the "connected devices" information, it's useful and fun to see what is going on and associate mystery updates on our various devices. 

  • newtonf's avatar
    newtonf
    Junior
    3 years ago

    Thanks Mark - I was guessing that is what I am seeing. I only recently fell upon the "connected devices" information, it's useful and fun to see what is going on and associate mystery updates on our various devices. 

  • MarkJFine's avatar
    MarkJFine
    Professor
    3 years ago

    Unless the speakers are updating firmware, this is just the data transferring between the computer and the speakers over wifi - not over the HughesNet network. Your data usage plan only accounts for data that is either sent or received over the HughesNet network. I suspect what you're seeing in the devices listing includes info pulled directly from the modem's router, which also includes data passing over the wifi LAN.