Help--Mystery Linux Connection Appears On My Machines

Axman

Axman

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A while back I had some trouble identifying a connection that showed up on my girlfriend's computer at home.

It showed up as:
Local Area Connection on Linux IGD
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and went away when I updated her Windows XP firewall. I found this out when I'd shut off her computer, turn off my firewall, and let be connected for, oh, three seconds. An interesting thing I think is that it only appears on one machine at a time.

I even had Qwest (Qworst, without a doubt) roll a truck. It would even show up on the technician's laptop if no other machine was already available. He called the modem company, they said their routing software was Linux-based, and that was that.

I have now turned /off/ my Windows firewall in favor of my nVidia hardware firewall, and what do I see connected? IGD. I know it's not the router, because IGD is a Gentoo (and now BSD?) platform, and the modem doesn't do emulation for the network hardware.

This is all quite fishy. I'd like to just stop the connection, but of course, I don't have sufficent priveledge to disconnect it. It used to get automagically blocked, but that's no longer the case.

Anyway, help would be /great/.

Max S.
 
does your neighbor use linux...because if so he might be stealing internet from you, thats assuming your using a wireless router
 
GT-701. If it's part of the modem's function, why does it only connect to one machine on the network at a time? And also, why does Windows Firewall kill the connection (without any side-effects)?

Not in wireless mode.

Also, shows up on clean installed machines, so it's nothing viral.
 
Axman said:
GT-701. If it's part of the modem's function, why does it only connect to one machine on the network at a time? And also, why does Windows Firewall kill the connection (without any side-effects)?

Not in wireless mode.

Also, shows up on clean installed machines, so it's nothing viral.
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I've seen this before. Go into the Actiontec advanced setup and look for "Universal Plug and Play." When you find the setting, disable it and do a "save and restart." After it comes back, reboot the Windows box, IGD (Internet Gateway Device, BTW) should now be gone.
 
Thank you. While I could not find the option to disable UPnP in the modem's config, I simply removed UPnP from my networking components. Everything seems to be running along just fine now, thanks again.

I still got Qwest to knock off two month's DSL for the hassle of it ; )

Max S.
 
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