RE: Ram

2012-01-30 Thread Ashley Mulder
And that RAM is ECC Ram, so its either for servers or Mac Pro's that take ECC ram Ash From: Daniel Kerr [dan...@macwizardry.com.au] Sent: Monday, 30 January 2012 1:38 PM To: WAMUG Subject: Fwd: Ram Actually, just had a look at wholesalers pricing and can

Re: Arcane messages from router

2012-01-30 Thread Peter Meyer
Yes I monitored that stuff for a while and there was a constant stream of it from various sources - I turned it off, assuming the router was doing its job by detecting the 'attacks' PM pete...@amnet.net.au 0408 902 349 On 31/01/2012, at 10:52 AM, Ray Forma wrote: > Ronda, > > I have never use

Re: Arcane messages from router

2012-01-30 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Ray, Yes, I had noticed that the IP Address is from China. >From what I understand these are automated port scans and are unfortunately >quite routine. They are not directed at you specifically but rather at the entire network segment which you share with other subscribers. The hackers ar

Re: Arcane messages from router

2012-01-30 Thread Ray Forma
Ronda, I have never used torrent or file-sharing apps, and have WPA2 security set on my Wireless Network. I have since done a Whois on the IP address of the source, and it gave me the following interesting info: netname:CHINANET-JS descr: CHINANET jiangsu province network desc

Re: Arcane messages from router

2012-01-30 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Ray, Have you been using a P2P (peer to peer) type application e.g. torrents, or file sharing application? When the application is closed you may well see the router firewall kick in by blocking access since the application is no longer running to accept the connection. As long as you have

Re: Search Box tip

2012-01-30 Thread Pete Smith
G'day Neil. Thanks for that tip. You weren't alone. I didn't know that trick and, like you, I organise into many and various folders, sub-folders, etc. Just followed your help and hey presto, there it was. Like your good self, I'm still happily using Snow Leopard. Now I just have to remember t