nwrickert
sand groper
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Geneva, IL
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·AT&T Midwest
| reply to darogl
Re: Just curious - Activity light flashing for unknown reason
The you are probably on a dynamic IP, and you acquired that IP recently.
The previous user of that IP was possibly using P2P file transfers, and allowed his system to be used for uploads. Or the previous user was a game player, and listed his system as an online game server. As a result, that IP address is listed as a server of some kind, and this results in various attempts to connect to the IP. That results in packets being sent, and you see the modem activity light flashing.
If you keep the same IP for a while, this activity will die down after a few days.
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