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Old July 29th 12, 05:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
Char Jackson
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Default Local Area Network Connection Has Constant Activity?

On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 20:56:03 -0700, wrote:

I have a bit of a problem.

In the last couple of days, my Network connection runs all the time
downloading something or checking something, I'm not sure which but it
seem to have a ton of packets sent and received. But nothing is going
on, most of the time the computer is setting idle - but this activity
just goes on and on. I am running WinXP with all updates, I have a
Local Area Network to also link my laptop to the network via a Linksys
4-Port Router which I have used for quite some time. As I said, this
activity just started in the last couple of days and I cannot figure
out what is causing it or how to fix it.


You don't mention what problem you're having. If you're just curious
about the traffic, there are some things you can do. Off the top of my
head, and in no particular order:

a)go to Computer Management and expand the Shared Folders branch. Look
at Sessions and Open Files to see if any clues jump out.

b)from a Command Prompt, run "netstat -a" to see what connections are
open.

c)in Task Manager, select the Networking tab and look at the Network
Utilization to see how much traffic is involved.

d)pull the WAN cable from the router to see if the traffic stops. If
it stops, it was LAN-WAN traffic. If it doesn't stop, it's LAN-LAN
(intraLAN) traffic. Not a definitive test, but helps determine where
the endpoints may be.

e)use a packet capture program such as Wireshark to view the actual
traffic. This will allow you to see the source and destination IP's
and ports, the traffic type, and the actual payload. Expect to be
overwhelmed if you haven't been here before.

f)'other' - for everything not mentioned above, including malware
scans with something other than Norton.

Any thoughts on what might be causing this problem?


I'm still not sure what problem you're having. Every LAN has (nearly)
constant activity.

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