Akamai

NetRange: 96.16.0.0 - 96.17.255.255
CIDR: 96.16.0.0/15
OriginAS:
NetName: AKAMAI-200710
NetHandle: NET-96-16-0-0-1
Parent: NET-96-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
RegDate: 2007-10-23
Updated: 2012-03-02
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-96-16-0-0-1

OrgName: Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Does anyone know why (supposedly streaming data to speed up your browsing) a
computer connects to this service without a browser loaded. Is this built
into Windows?

Giovanni

On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 11:10:16 GMT
"The Razor's Edge" wrote:

NetRange: 96.16.0.0 - 96.17.255.255
CIDR: 96.16.0.0/15
OriginAS:
NetName: AKAMAI-200710
NetHandle: NET-96-16-0-0-1
Parent: NET-96-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
RegDate: 2007-10-23
Updated: 2012-03-02
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-96-16-0-0-1

OrgName: Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Does anyone know why (supposedly streaming data to speed up your
browsing) a computer connects to this service without a browser
loaded. Is this built into Windows?

Giovanni

See if you have Akamai NetSession installed on your computer.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...2-ea425d5658dc

On 09/09/2014 7:10 AM, The Razor's Edge wrote:
NetRange: 96.16.0.0 - 96.17.255.255
CIDR: 96.16.0.0/15
OriginAS:
NetName: AKAMAI-200710
NetHandle: NET-96-16-0-0-1
Parent: NET-96-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
RegDate: 2007-10-23
Updated: 2012-03-02
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-96-16-0-0-1

OrgName: Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Does anyone know why (supposedly streaming data to speed up your browsing) a
computer connects to this service without a browser loaded. Is this built
into Windows?

There is a possibility that a browser might still be loaded into memory
even if it doesn't seem to be actually running. Firefox is known to
sometimes shut down incorrectly and reside in memory for a while.

However, if it's Windows 8, there is a possibility that some of the
metro applications which run in the background are accessing Akamai. I
would bet on the Windows Store myself.

--
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printed image of Wretched Stallman taped onto the head." - Silver Slimer
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his likeness..." - DFS

The Razor's Edge
posted this via :

NetRange: 96.16.0.0 - 96.17.255.255
CIDR: 96.16.0.0/15
OriginAS:
NetName: AKAMAI-200710
NetHandle: NET-96-16-0-0-1
Parent: NET-96-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
RegDate: 2007-10-23
Updated: 2012-03-02
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-96-16-0-0-1

OrgName: Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Does anyone know why (supposedly streaming data to speed up your
browsing) a computer connects to this service without a browser loaded.
Is this built into Windows?

Giovanni

Akamai works almost like your ISP's DNS servers.

A lot of software which auto-updates will hop through their server system.

In my case, certain software will show in the tray area as "updating" and
my Active Ports monitor will show an open ("Established") connection to
Akamai... no up-or-download activity ongoing according to DU Meter...
after a period of time, especially with Adobe, I'll get a "downloading"
balloon (if I hover over the icon)... then later, I'll get a "installing"
balloon... once that's all cleared up, I check again Active Ports, and the
Akamai connection/s-port/s are either "Closed" or completely gone.

Sometimes I hop through Akamai with Windows time-sync - but sometimes I
connect with Microsoft's servers directly... hmmmm....

I'm not sure how they've got the grid portioned out, but there's a
redundancy issue ongoing as well. Sometimes my ISP will use exclusively
their own DNS servers; but, sometimes they will hop me through Akamai's IP
range then sometimes back to yet another IP range along the way...

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Repent, the end is near... Or
just smoke 'em if you got 'em.

Razor's Edge wrote:

Does anyone know why (supposedly streaming data to speed up your browsing) a
computer connects to this service without a browser loaded. Is this built
into Windows?

Akamai is a worldwide content distributor. They have data centers all
over the world. They are used by many softwares to obtain updates or
downloads. Microsoft uses them for many of their downloads (so if you
block Akamai then you can't get the Microsoft downloads). For large
companies with huge bandwidth demands, it is cheaper to host their web
site, other servers, or files with a company whose business is just
that. It's like companies that own a Lear jet: few actually own the jet
but instead share the cost amongst, say, 6 companies.

Use a net monitor to see which process is making the outbound
connections to which sites. SysInternals (now owned by Microsoft) has
their TCPview. There are lots of such net monitoring tools.