Network Traffic

I have a LAN with a PC that records TV programs using Win Media Center.

On my other PC I run Win Media Center to watch the recorded TV programs
getting the file over the LAN.

Previously this all played well together.

Now I am having problems but cannot figure out what is happening.

I will be watching Win Media Center of recorded programs and the video
and audio will hiccup repeatedly for many minutes then it will play OK.

I have two network monitor apps thatr look at traffic.

While the hiccups are happening these meters show high traffic.

I have no idea what is doing this network saturation that is killing
the Win Media Center play.

I installed WireShark and see that there is all kinds of strange non-IP
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx stuff going on during the hiccup times.
The addresses looks like xxxx::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx

I see Google diverter. WHat is that?

If I take one of those addresses and plug it into a browser I get to
various websites that do not seem to be bad ones but in one case refers
to Video LAN.
I think that it VLC but VLC is not running

I run the latest Malwarebytes, and SuperAdWare and Win Anti-Virus and
have no problems. I also clean with CCleaner.

Process Explorer CPU activity does not seem to go anything discernable
when the high traffic occurs.

Suggestions to what is going on?

Suggestions to trace what is happening?

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OldGuy wrote:
I have a LAN with a PC that records TV programs using Win Media Center.

On my other PC I run Win Media Center to watch the recorded TV programs
getting the file over the LAN.

Previously this all played well together.

Now I am having problems but cannot figure out what is happening.

I will be watching Win Media Center of recorded programs and the video
and audio will hiccup repeatedly for many minutes then it will play OK.

I have two network monitor apps thatr look at traffic.

While the hiccups are happening these meters show high traffic.

I have no idea what is doing this network saturation that is killing the
Win Media Center play.

I installed WireShark and see that there is all kinds of strange non-IP
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx stuff going on during the hiccup times.
The addresses looks like xxxx::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx

I see Google diverter. WHat is that?

If I take one of those addresses and plug it into a browser I get to
various websites that do not seem to be bad ones but in one case refers
to Video LAN.
I think that it VLC but VLC is not running

I run the latest Malwarebytes, and SuperAdWare and Win Anti-Virus and
have no problems. I also clean with CCleaner.

Process Explorer CPU activity does not seem to go anything discernable
when the high traffic occurs.

Suggestions to what is going on?

Suggestions to trace what is happening?

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Give tcpview a try ?

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/...ernals/tcpview

Maybe your machine is being used as a "low orbit ion cannon" for DDOS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Orbit_Ion_Cannon

Paul

Trying VLC and it has the ability to change the cache length in
seconds.

Using VLC seems to work better than Win Media Center.
I does not hiccup and studder like Win MEdia Center it just pauses then
continues.
Still not that wonderful.

Is there a way to change the cache length in Win Media Center?

I hate to think I will have to copy files over the LAN and play them
locally to get clean playback.

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In article ,
says...
I see Google diverter. WHat is that?


I don't know if this is authoritative, but:
http://pctechnotes.com/how-to-easily...edirect-virus/

The "strange" network addresses you see are IPV6.

On Wed, 11 Nov 2015 20:45:58 -0800, OldGuy wrote:

I have a LAN with a PC that records TV programs using Win Media Center.

On my other PC I run Win Media Center to watch the recorded TV programs
getting the file over the LAN.

Previously this all played well together.

Now I am having problems but cannot figure out what is happening.

I will be watching Win Media Center of recorded programs and the video
and audio will hiccup repeatedly for many minutes then it will play OK.

I have two network monitor apps thatr look at traffic.

While the hiccups are happening these meters show high traffic.

Two additional suggestions:
If your LAN isn't already gigabit, consider upgrading. Fast Ethernet (100
Mbps) doesn't give you a ton of headroom.

If you're moving data over a wireless link, look at non-wireless options, of
which there are several.

Bonus suggestion - if the PC that holds the recordings and the PC that plays
the recordings are connected non-wirelessly, consider adding a second NIC to
each PC so you can designate traffic between those two systems should use
the dedicated second NIC. All other traffic would continue to use the
current NIC. This assumes that you're using a switched network and not a
hub. Hubs went out of fashion many years ago, but every now and then I run
across one still in service.

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Char Jackson