Re: Home PC Networking

["Yousef Syed" <yousef.syed () gmail com>]

Hi,
Thanks for the informative responses.
I used to have a smoothwall box between my DSL router and internal
router, but the old (486/33) PC died a couple of years ago and I
haven't been able to replace it. I don't have any other small old
throwaway boxes for that spare ATM.
For part of my problem I think that would be ideal, but I didn't want
to commit to that until I'd heard any other suggestions from anyone
else. I don't recall if Smoothwall will tell me "what application has
made the call". I cannot find that information on Ethereal, either.

For some reason I've got multiple continuous calls being made from my
PC to my Router's port 49152. Whatever it is, is looping through every
port on my PC to make the calls.
I've used Sys Internal's Process Explorer, but I can't find anything
suspicious.
I've gone through the logs on my Norton Firewall, but that doesn't
tell me what is making the calls. I setup a policy within Norton to
block all calls to Port 49152 on my firewall, but that hasn't had any
effect. Ad Aware, SpyBot and Microsoft Defender aren't showing me
anything either.

Even if I get Smoothwall installed, I still want to know what is
hammering that port and why - it is killing my ping-times for Quake...
:)

Any feedback would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
ys

On 29/11/06, pryorda pryor <pryordasspam () gmail com> wrote:
> ARe you looking to actually set up a gateway pc/server for this or would you
> just like to be able to check computers individually.
>
>
> On 11/28/06, Yousef Syed <yousef.syed () gmail com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I need some advice regarding my home PCs.
> > I'd like to be able to to do two things:
> >   1. I'd like to be able to monitor all traffic into and out of my
> > PCs; IP/Domain:Port TCP/UDP both into and out of the PC - If I can get
> > the name of the calling process/application too, that would be cool.
> >   2. I'd like a list of the (incomming/out going) ports that should be
> > blocked on my firewall. It is a general home PC used for browsing,
> > gaming, MSN etc.
> >
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> >
> > ys
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Yousef Syed
> > "To ask a question is to show ignorance; not to ask a question, means
> > you remain ignorant" - Japanese Proverb
> >


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Yousef Syed
"To ask a question is to show ignorance; not to ask a question, means
you remain ignorant" - Japanese Proverb