> after dialing in and before opening any browsers or 
> internet apps, my internet traffic monitor remained 
> static, as expected. when i loaded up httrack, there 
> was still no incoming/outgoing data as expected. 
> however, after downloading a site with the debug 
mode 
> enabled i noticed that small amounts of data was 
still 
> being sent and received. could you please let me 
know 
> what is being sent and received?
I have no idea - maybe pending DNS cache requests (see 
dns caching routines in htslib.c and others), but once 
the mirror is finished, no data should be transfered 
anymore.