[jambutty]

One of the five lights on my router flickers whenever there is any traffic in or out.

When I hit the power switch on the 6 way mains power distribution socket the router, the USB thingy and speakers are switched on. The computer is not switched on until I push the on button on the tower.

The router ‘traffic’ light comes on then goes off. When I power up the tower the light stays off until the blue screen with Welcome displayed is shown on the monitor and then it flickers briefly. My guess is that is because the router is connecting to BT.

As soon as the desktop is displayed that light starts to flicker as each programme is launched. There is no way of knowing if the traffic is just one way or not. A couple of seconds after ZA is launched the flickering stops until I start to use the Internet.

Although it is reassuring to assume that nothing comes in to my computer until ZA is operating I would still like to make sure by having ZA launched before the router connects to the Internet.