In my routers Traffic Monitoring page, my current total sent bytes almost doubles my total received bytes. If I don't reset my router, this will continue at an exponential rate. After a few hours my sent bytes will be almost 4 to 5 times more than my received and continue to climb.
I've tried to troubleshoot where all this sent information is coming from by running numerous virus/malware/rootkit scanners, of all different brands. AVG, Avast, SnD, Adaware, netstat, Tcpview, ProcessExplorer, etc. all with zero unusual results. I even unplugged all data cables from my router, reset the router, and then connected to it with my phone, which made things more confusing. After resetting and connecting with my phone, the router then began to use my phone to send a large amount of bytes. Is this normal? And if not, what could be causing this? Could the router itself be piggybacking whatever is connected to it to send out information? If so, what could it possibly be sending in that manner?
My internet has also been a bit unreliable and slow for the last few days. Using the Vz In-Home Agent, I clocked a download speed of 0.4Mbps and an upload of 1.5Mbps. Could this be why? Also, in the Local Area Connection Status box, my sent/received bytes seems to be normal with received far out numbering sent bytes. Just adds to my confusion.
Any help or insight is greatly appreciated.
