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Date:	Sun, 7 Jul 2002 07:14:04 PST7
From:	sshapiro@ucsd.edu (Sandy Shapiro)
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: ISP Side IPTrace

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>When Adelphia took over my cable service I had to get a new cable modem.
>This one has lights that the one I had with Comcast didn't. One of those
>lights is an activity light the flickers even when all computers are off.

>I would like to know what my ISP and firewall are talking about.

Hi Sheridan,

I may be misunderstanding what you are asking. But many ISP's will
disconnect after a period of inactivity. One of the functions of the
router is to keep the connection alive, and I believe it does that by
periodically sending something to the ISP. Could that be the traffic you
are talking about?

Sandy

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