twilight zone

[Greg Newell]

Judy,
    Yes! Everyone's access light goes nutso. Trouble is most folks with modems can't
even see it. I have the same router/switch as you and found that netgears firewall
wasn't enough. Check out http://www.grc.com  . Be ready to spend some time. It will
likely amaze you. Then go get Zonealarm.

Greg

jstuart1 wrote:

> Ron,
> I am in the houston area and my cable modem access light has been going crazy al
> week as well. I have a Netgear RT314 router on mine with a built in hardware
> firewall but I don't know if the firewall tracs anything or not. I have updated
> Norton and set it to scan every file not just the defaults. No virus found.
> Wonder if everyone's access light is going nutso.
>
> Judy
>
> Ron Nossaman wrote:
>
> > Weirdness.
> >
> > All day today, I've been getting multiple repeat messages, replies to
> > messages that still haven't showed up in my In box, and the usual alien
> > stuff that doesn't seem to relate to anything at all. Meanwhile, my cable
> > modem access light has been flashing continually all week, and access speed
> > has slowed dramatically. My firewall has been in security breach heaven all
> > week too, reporting near infinite but hopefully ineffectual port probes of
> > my IP. Code Red II is apparently responsible for most of the bandwidth
> > clog, but I'm taking a poll to see if the pianotech haunting is at the
> > source server or at my end.
> >
> > Where's a good Internet worm backtracer and eradicator (with extreme
> > prejudice) when you need one?
> >
> > Then there's:
> >
> > >Sorry to hear about you're heat wave! Though it was pretty warm here
> > >yesterday as well--I think it got up to 72º. We all thought about sweltering
> > >but it really has to get above 75º for that to be convincing!
> > >
> > >-- Del
> >
> > Oh hush up, you! It's been over 100° here every day since we got back.
> >
> > Humbug! (drip, drip, swelter, bake)
> >
> > Mutter mutter.
> >
> > Ron N

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Greg Newell
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