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title: "Dashboard and Network Statistics"
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The Dashboard provides a consolidated view of your network activity in real time. It aggregates data from connections, bandwidth, processes, and geographic sources into a single at-a-glance summary.

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## Speed Metrics

The top of the Dashboard displays live bandwidth statistics:

| Metric | What It Shows |
| --- | --- |
| **Current Download Speed** | Live download rate, updated in real time |
| **Current Upload Speed** | Live upload rate, updated in real time |
| **Peak Download Speed** | Highest download speed recorded this session |
| **Peak Upload Speed** | Highest upload speed recorded this session |
| **Average Download Speed** | Mean download rate over the session |
| **Average Upload Speed** | Mean upload rate over the session |
| **Data Sent** | Total bytes uploaded this session |
| **Data Received** | Total bytes downloaded this session |
| **Average Latency** | Mean round-trip time in milliseconds |

These values reset when you restart Connection Explorer. For historical data, use the **Bandwidth** view instead.

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## Connection Breakdown

Below the speed metrics, you'll see a summary of active connections:

- **Total Active Connections** — The number of currently open network connections across all processes.
- **TCP Connections** — Count of TCP (reliable, connection-oriented) connections.
- **UDP Connections** — Count of UDP (fast, connectionless) connections.
- **Established** — Connections that have completed the handshake and are actively transferring data.
- **Listening** — Ports your system is listening on, waiting for inbound connections.

A high number of established connections is normal for systems running browsers, cloud sync tools, or communication apps. Dozens or even hundreds of connections from a web browser is typical.

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## Process Statistics

This section shows which applications are generating the most network activity:

- **Most Active Processes** — Ranked by connection count or data transferred.
- **Applications with Network Activity** — Total number of distinct processes currently using the network.

This gives you a quick answer to "what's using my bandwidth?" without switching to the full Processes view.

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## Geographic Data

The Dashboard summarizes where your connections are going by country:

- **Countries with Active Connections** — How many distinct countries your machine is communicating with.
- **Connection Counts by Country** — A breakdown showing which countries have the most connections.
- **Bandwidth by Destination Country** — Data volume sent to and received from each country.

Seeing connections to many countries is normal — modern applications rely on globally distributed infrastructure. A browser session alone might touch servers in 10+ countries.

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## Timeline Charts

Visual charts show bandwidth usage over time, plotting upload and download speeds on a timeline. This helps you identify:

- **Spikes** — Sudden jumps in bandwidth (large downloads, video calls starting, backups running).
- **Sustained usage** — Continuous high bandwidth that might indicate streaming or large file syncs.
- **Idle periods** — When your system had minimal network activity.

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## When to Use the Dashboard

The Dashboard is your **starting point for investigation**. If something feels off — internet seems slow, a process is misbehaving, or you just want a health check — the Dashboard gives you the summary. From there, you can drill into specific views:

- High bandwidth? Go to **Bandwidth** for per-app breakdowns.
- Unexpected country? Go to **Home** (Map) for geographic visualization.
- Unknown process active? Go to **Processes** to investigate.
- Too many connections? Go to **Connections** to see the details.