Understand and Reduce External Connection Traffic
Read cycle usage, reset dates and daily details, and distinguish image traffic from other requests and client seats.
Read cycle usage, reset dates and daily details, and distinguish image traffic from other requests and client seats.
Traffic summaries and details are available from 3.13.30. Open Connection → Connection settings and select External. Traffic appears when external access is available and statistics load successfully; it is hidden in Internal mode.
Current cycle
Read Cycle traffic or the External traffic card for usage, reset date and request count. Follow your displayed dates rather than assuming a calendar-month reset.
Images accounts for image traffic; Search and other covers other requests. Request count is not a photo count.
Daily details
Click Cycle traffic or Details to view totals, categories, requests and cycle dates. When records exist, the table lists daily outbound traffic.
This example has no external requests, so 0 B is expected; it is not a quota. Statistics are not updated byte by byte in real time, so reopen later after using the connection.
Seats are not traffic allowance
The current page reports usage rather than a remaining traffic allowance. Used, total and remaining in the Seats card refer to client seats. Disabling a member releases a seat, not past traffic.
Use Internal access on the same LAN or Wi-Fi; it does not count toward external traffic. Narrow the folder or collection scope, inspect thumbnails first, and open only useful large images. Avoid repeated full-page reloads. Keep the host running for remote use. Resetting an external link invalidates the old link; it does not reset traffic.