topic Re: Internet Download Spikes in Arlo Pro

Internet Download Spikes om Arlo Pro. No activity during that month.

crtolson — Tue, 26 May 2020 14:37:01 GMT

We have been away from our Arlo equipped home for a couple months. We have a base station and one Arlo Pro Camera. We reduced our internet plan knowing we would be away.

Our internet provider shows that once per month on about the 28th day a very large download spike occurs in internet useage. We have no other system running on our internet and the only then we can think of is the Arlo connection. Interestingly though, there is no activity (or extremely little) during the month on the camera history and we have not accessed the camera video other than the thumb drive after we returned.

Has anyone had a similar experience? Our provider has no idea what's happening and this spike is troublesome. (Yes, we changed our password across platforms prior to locking our home down). Could something from Alro be triggering a download of some kind once per month?

Thanks for help figuring out this mystery. - Curtis

Re: Internet Download Spikes

Retired_Member — Sat, 23 May 2020 13:46:21 GMT

updates to FW maybe

Re: Internet Download Spikes

StephenB — Sat, 23 May 2020 22:54:40 GMT

@crtolson wrote:

Our internet provider shows that once per month on about the 28th day a very large download spike occurs in internet useage.

How big is the spike? (e.g., how much is being uploaded or downloaded)?

Re: Internet Download Spikes

jguerdat — Wed, 27 May 2020 13:41:34 GMT

And the exact date? You can use that info to verify a possible firmware update by checking the Firmware Release Notes section here.