Strange network traffic??

[V.M.Smith]

AFAIK OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) is a protocol used by routers for
determining optimal pathways through the network. The frequency suggests
router advertisements: "I'm here and I route traffic to network
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/xx". I think OSPF uses multicast (and older RIP uses
ICMP??) Capturing and analyzing the packet headers would probably clear
up the mystery rather quickly.

I leave it to more knowledgeable list members to explain more and/or
correct my ignorance :)

Cheers,

VS


On Thu, 2003-04-17 at 22:27, Dragoncrest wrote:
> 	Hi all.  Just a few weeks back I started noticing this traffic showing up 
> on my lan and I have no idea how to explain it.  Using trafshow I get the 
> from address as my router gateway for our connection coming in from our 
> provider, and destination as OSPF-ALL.MCAST.NET, the protocol is OSPF, and 
> it's only sending about 80 bytes of data every 30 seconds to a minute or 
> so.  It's obviously not internal network traffic as source and destination 
> are not internal, yet these show up on my machine when I'm monitoring the 
> network.  Any suggestions, ideas, or thoughts as to what the heck this is??
> 
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