[Techtalk] Recieving proto UDP, 2, packet's, question's.

[Maria Blackmore]

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, joe shindlin wrote:

> I am recieving proto UDP, 2, packet's along with ICMP
> from the welchia worm(all dropped), my ISP called 3
> day's ago and had me switch number's, that's when my
> problem's started, i called my ISP *back*, but they
> don't support Linux and got a tad hostile, is there
> anyway i can get help without the ISP,

Hello,

You know, I have to say that I think the two are not really related.

because ...

> Aug 28 02:12:01 Mirrus chat[1114]: ^Matdt3514492^M^M
> Aug 28 02:12:01 Mirrus chat[1114]: NO CARRIER
> Aug 28 02:12:01 Mirrus chat[1114]:  -- failed
> Aug 28 02:12:01 Mirrus chat[1114]: Failed (NO CARRIER)

Indicates that you're having a problem with dialling into the modem rack.

> I'm connected now, but it's been exteremly unreliable for the past
> three day's. I think this is the first time i have ever had connection
> problem's

Like I said above, there's no way that random inbound UDP packets can
possibly be related to a dialup problem.  I think the thing with UDP is
just a red-herring :)

The dialup problem will probably be resolved with much slapping of your
ISP, but if they're still hostile to Linux, leave.  Find another ISP, one
with support techs who do more than script-read :)

The UDP packets ... could be anything.  How did you find them?

Do you have a tcpdump of them?  Lastly, are they from any IP addresses
that you recognise?

Have fun, and good luck

Maria