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Strange Network happenings Toja 06-20-2005
Posted by Toja on June 20, 2005, 10:57 pm
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I have a small network of 2 computers, which are connected to a Siemens
Speedstream router, which is connected to a DSL modem.

Computer 1 is running limewire.
Computer 2 is mine.

When computer 1 is running limewire, my computer (2) gets tons of blocked
traffic on port 137. Why would it be doing this does anyone know about some
kind of hack with limewire that will attack other computers on the network?




Posted by Toja on June 20, 2005, 11:07 pm
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> I have a small network of 2 computers, which are connected to a Siemens
> Speedstream router, which is connected to a DSL modem.
>
> Computer 1 is running limewire.
> Computer 2 is mine.
>
> When computer 1 is running limewire, my computer (2) gets tons of blocked
> traffic on port 137.

That is the traffic is coming from Computer1

>Why would it be doing this does anyone know about some
> kind of hack with limewire that will attack other computers on the
network?
>
>




Posted by Unruh on June 21, 2005, 12:08 am
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>I have a small network of 2 computers, which are connected to a Siemens
>Speedstream router, which is connected to a DSL modem.

>Computer 1 is running limewire.
>Computer 2 is mine.

>When computer 1 is running limewire, my computer (2) gets tons of blocked
>traffic on port 137. Why would it be doing this does anyone know about some
>kind of hack with limewire that will attack other computers on the network?

137 is netbios name service. Probably computer 1 is asking for netbios
names.




Posted by Toja on June 21, 2005, 12:17 am
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>
> 137 is netbios name service. Probably computer 1 is asking for netbios
> names.
>
>

I dont understand why is it sending these requests to my computer? I'm
getting hundreds of "occurences" all from computer 1 and only when Limewire
is running.




Posted by Toja on June 21, 2005, 12:20 am
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> I dont understand why is it sending these requests >to my computer? I'm
> getting hundreds of "occurences" all from computer >1 and only when
Limewire
> is running.
>
>

Also, is all this blocked traffic affecting my bandwidth? thanks




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