The Code Red II worm has caused a lot of ARP requests on cable
providers. I had, at the peak, 10/sec. Now it's down to only
5/sec. It could be this that's hitting you. Look at the support
newsgroups for your cable provider. AT&T@Home is full of threads
about this.
Dave
Jim Harris wrote:
>
> I have noticed something interesting about my STN connection to my cable
> provider... it seems to be quite "chatty".
>
> My config: STN set up on both sides as static IP.
> No DNS (I do DNS somewhere else)
> No DHCP (I do that somewhere else too)
> Nothing fancy.
>
> Basically, all I do is gateway and NAT.
>
> I noticed that there seems to be a lot of traffic (as shown by the
> flickering "activity" light on my cable modem), even when there should
> be no activity happening.
>
> To isolate it, I have turned off everything else on my network, and even
> un-plugged the "inside" network cable from the STN box. Still a lot of
> traffic.
>
> If I shut down (turn off) the STN box, the modem is as quiet as a grave.
> Once I let STN back up - the activity resumes. Even if it is the only
> thing connected.
>
> The "logging" screens show nothing.
>
> What in God's Holy Name could be causing all the "chattyness?"
>
> I watch it, all alone on the net, chattering away like a blue-jay.
>
> Any ideas on what this is, how to find out, or what to do?
>
> Jim
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