LOL, too funny!
I know on cable the cable co spends a lot of time
sending DHCP, ARP, and other
packets to systems that already have what they need.
Guess that's part of what
the hardware firewall is for!
Brian Weeden wrote:
> Problem solved - user stupidity instead of a network
problem. Turn
> out that routers tend to not work when you turn off
the light and
> outlet they are connected to when exiting the room.
And of course
> when you re-enter the room and turn the lights back
on they start
> working again.
>
> I did hook up my linux box to my Dad's cable modem
so he could see all
> the nasty stuff getting blocked by Firestarter.
There is an
> unbelievable amount of ARP requests flying around
the network. I
> gotta think that is from all these computers
connected directly to the
> modems trying to do windows sharing and looking for
domains, right?
>
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