Re: abnormal modem traffic

[Leon Raymer <leon.raymer@verizon.net>]

Thanks, Justin,

I did just recently hook up a set of new wireless phones in the house. 
I'll check to see if something got screwed in the process.

thanks,
Leon

Justin McCormick wrote:
> 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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