I would appreciate any advise and help on networking. (they say a little
knowledge is a dangerous thing).
I have been running etherape and it shows that my Linux system is
sending out a lot of packets to IP addresses. I do do not have anything
running (that I know of) and disconnecting from the Internet shows that
these connections are still shown, but they are removed after time-outs
occur.
Doing a 'netstat -a' shows a lot of connected states. (even tho' I have
unplugged the router connection to the Internet).
(I have run 'transmission' for a torrent download some time back which
may be the cause of the connections, but that is not running).
It would appear that somewhere, something is trying to re-establish
connections to the systems out on the Internet.
I would expect to have no connections, especially when I have nothing
communicating to the Internet. (maybe things like the update manager).
My Linux build is the Ultimate Edition 2.8 - Ubuntu 10 based)
Brian M
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