Unexplained network activity

[Mike McCarty]

Andy Green wrote:
> David J. Bakeman wrote:
> 
>> Since I upgraded to the latest FC4 kernel 2.6.15-1.1833_FC4 I've been 
>> seeing unexplained network activity in the gnome System Monitor 2.10.1 
>> applet.  Using ps (verified with rpm to not be corrupted) and netstat 
>> I can't explain the apparent activity.  Is this an issue with the 
>> gnome applet?  Do I have some virus that's using the network?  Any ideas?
> 
> 
> More details, ports, traffic, protocols.
> 
> tcpdump

My first thought, exactly. Apropos of this, I have a question...

# tcpdump
tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
listening on eth0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 bytes

What does the EN10MB mean? I'm guessing Ether Net 10 MegaBit per second.

I'm using 100 Base T, so I wonder whether this is just a left-over
and now inappropriate message.

Mike
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