Thanks everyone for the input. I've seen some very good responses, and this NANOG newbie appreciates the take... :-)
-----Original Message----- From: Nick Olsen [mailto:n...@flhsi.com] Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 1:05 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Synology Disk DS211J It's updates, I've got a 1511+ here and at the office. It phones home to check for updates. I noticed this the day I got it. Blocked the dst IP and that was the only thing that "broke". Nick Olsen Network Operations (855) FLSPEED x106 ---------------------------------------- From: "Pierre-Yves Maunier" <na...@maunier.org> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 8:32 AM To: "Jones, Barry" <bejo...@semprautilities.com> Subject: Re: Synology Disk DS211J 2011/9/29 Jones, Barry <bejo...@semprautilities.com> > Hey all. > A little off topic, but wanted to share... I purchased a home storage > Synology DS1511+. After configuring it on the home net, I did some captures > to look at the protocols, and noticed that the DS1511+ is making outgoing > connections to 59.124.41.242 (www) and 59.124.41.245 (port 81 & 89) on a > regular basis. These addresses are owned by Synology and Chungwa Telecom in > Taiwan. > > So far, I've not been able to find much information on their support sites, > or Synology's wiki, but I wanted to put it out there. > > > Maybe it's for checking new firmware update availability... -- Pierre-Yves Maunier
