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How many background traffic and event. how to prevent it it?

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How many background traffic and event. how to prevent it it?

#1 Post by rin67630 »

Hi,
I am planning an IoT project with Debian Buster.
It will FTP once an hour to a server and resync time from NTP once a day. Just that.

The metered LTE connection is very restrictive so I must avoid unexpected background traffic.
Must I fear some background traffic from Debian and if yes, how can I prevent it?

If someone has got experience with NB-IoT connections using something like 1nce.com I would appreciate any clue!
Thanks
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Re: How many backagound traffic and event. how to prevent it

#2 Post by ruwolf »

If you will not install unattended-upgrades, you should have not extra traffic, in my opinion.
These upgrades will be quite small in IoT device, I think, so I recommend to use them...

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#3 Post by rin67630 »

Indeed Debian does not generate background traffic other than NTP.
But the router does!
Anyhow that one is internal and will not affect the metered connection.

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#4 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

If you have the GNOME desktop installed then the gnome-software package can download updates automatically and I think there's a systemd timer that checks for updates every day:

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systemctl list-timers
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