"clogging" a windows network with my MacBook?

Good morning and thanks for your response. My son, a techno-geek-type, notes that there is a slim chance that there might be some malware running in the
background on my computer and I can determine this by going to a
utility called activity monitor and examining processes. His networking
knowledge is considerable and I will stop by his apartment this evening
and have him look at it. He also explains the speedy flashing lights about which my landlord was concerned are not an indication that bandwidth is being consumed but rather that packets are being sent and not receiving a response. My understanding is that if the network is slow, more packets will be sent in search
of responses; the faster the connections speed, the fewer non-
responses/flashing lights there will be. The Speedtest.net readings yesterday
evening were 182 and 199, certainly lower than expected averages. My
laptop runs at 1.83gHz on a 667mHz bus, my Cube (in the waiting room)
runs at a much slower speed: 500mHz processor with a 100mHz bus. That
might explain the 'acceptable' rate of flashing lights when only that
computer is connected to my network and might be a solution for my
MacBook if my Cube serves as share point for internet access.

I agree that this is much more of a Windows problem than my laptop but, as I'm sure you have experienced, convincing a Windows ISP/user that the problem and solution rests with them is VERY difficult. My landlord repeatedly iinsists that I have a virus on my computer……

Thanks.

Jan Georgen

My laptop was constantly updating my iDisk. I WAS using broadband width. Turned off the syncing.