Re: abnormal modem traffic

[Justin McCormick <justinm@schoolcenter.com>]

I had a modem once that was doing something similar, even to the point 
that it would reboot itself.  After a lot of troubleshooting with 
Verizon (it was a verizon wireless router/modem combo) it was found that 
my phone line was bad.  The modem was working almost 100% to keep a 
connection to the central server.

Justin

Leon Raymer wrote:
> Thanks for your guidance, Michael,
>
> I had previously rebooted both the router and modem and unusual traffic resumed. 
> Now, I've by-passed the wireless router and connected directly from the modem to 
> computer. Ethernet and Internet lights continue to flash continuously on the 
> modem, which they do even with the computer turned off.
>
> Here's the result of a port scan of localhost:
> Port            State         Service
> 631            open            ipp
> 5432           open           postgresql
> 48160         open         unknown
> 60807      open            unknown
>
> But, I don't know diddly about this stuff.
>
> thanks again,
> Leon
>
> Michael T Granito Jr wrote:
> > Have you tried to reboot either the router and/or the modem. Also are there 
> > any other clients on the network? Also, try turning off wireless support on 
> > the router and see if that does anything to your traffic. Maybe a neighbor is 
> > borrowing some bandwidth?
> >
> > Mike Granito
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Leon Raymer <leon.raymer@verizon.net 
> > <mailto:leon.raymer@verizon.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hello All,
> >
> >     I'm running pre-intalled Ubuntu 8.04 on a Dell 530n and all was
> >     exceptionally good until a week or so ago. I am now getting almost
> >     coninuous modem/router traffic, even when the computer is turned off. It's
> >     a Verizon Westell 6100 modem and a Netgear WGR614 router. Both were
> >     previously silent until I initiated internet activity.
> >
> >     Also, I have lately been receiving a number of spam emails with myself
> >     showing as sender.
> >
> >     Don't know if the two are related.
> >
> >     Have I become a zombie? How can I check?
> >
> >     thanks,
> >     Leon
> >
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