Patric Schmitz wrote: > On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:50:04 -0600 > Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Hi, >> >> I noticed a little modem activity while I was idle. I wasn't sure >> what it was so I used wireshark to capture and exported it. I did a >> google search and even read the wikipedia thing but I'm still not >> sure what to make of this. Here is what I got from wireshark: >> >> <<< SNOP >> >> >> Ideas? Thanks >> > > Hmm it looks like an IGMP multicast group membership > query. I have seen the (SAP) service discovery function of VLC > broadcasting those (or something similar, i might be mixing up things > here). > > On http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/protocol/igmp.htm i found: > > "0x11 Group Membership Query, general or group-specific. General > Query is used to learn which groups have members on an attached > network. Group-Specific Query is used to learn if a particular group > has any members on an attached network. These two messages are > differentiated by the Group Address." > > I hope this is of any help, > Patric > > >
I was trying to figure out if someone was snooping in on my connection or something. I got a new ISP and I sort of think it is something their network does. Since I do my banking and credit card on this thing, I was just wanting to make sure I was safe to do that. I know they are encrypted but still want to make sure. Dale :-) :-)
