[oclug] Networking query from a new newbie

[Trevor Curtis]

On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 01:02:30AM -0500, Brian A McKee offered:
> 	At any rate, I was hoping for some advise.  I have a three computer static 
> IP network running at home - a Windows box (Hers) a RH7.1 (mine) and a 386 
> running BBIagent Linux based router/firewall software.  Internet is dial-up 
> via the router.  My problem is the router is somewhat consistently dialing up 
> at two hour intervals for no reason I can discern.  I posted the router log 
> here - http://www.vianet.ca/~bmckee/Bikefiles/routerlog.txt
> I tried with the Windows box powered down, and only setiathome running on the 
One place to look at is the windows box. Depending on the version, I
know it sometimes connects to a MS server to check for updates.

good luck,
TC