Re: Windows XP computer spewing packets

["Jeff Lumley" <jlumley () forfend org>]

> From what I have read about this issue so far, it could be as simple as a
fried NIC or driver - do you have another PC card or USB NIC that you could
swap in? (assuming your traffic does not look like an attack after all
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave" <david.morris () curvalue nl>
To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 3:59 AM
Subject: Re: Windows XP computer spewing packets


> Hi,
>       Yes 10^12 packets is a bit high. In one day (quickly checking
> calculator) there are only 86400 seconds. Do a quick sum and find that
your
> system is supposedly sending out over 11,000,000 packets a second average.
> Now there is some hardware that could deal with that - but I do not think
> that a laptop could possibly do this (someone correct me if I am wrong ?).
Or
> even 11,000.
>
> So first check your packet totals. I do not think that it they can be
> correct.
>
> Best Regards,
> Dave
>
> On Friday 01 August 2003 18:06, robe0341 () qwest net wrote:
> > One of the employees here has a Windows laptop, and in the last day, it
has
> > sent out over 1,000,000,000,000 packets, and received around 30,000. The
> > 30,000 is a standard load, but the trillion packets seem to be a bit
high.
> >
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