"Something's Up" In America's Big Berg
featuring
Selected Poems from The Alaska Mystery Collection
and The Tree Series
by Paula Marie Rose
Assorted odds and ends that I can't figure out. Please send me an email if you have an answer. I'll post things in this section as they pop up. paula@frozenfiefdom.com
Below is a Log I found on my PC. I sent an email to Steve, someone I have known for approx. 20 years, because he's a computer whiz, knows networks, software, and Much, Much more about computers than I do. His first reply in blue. Bottom line: after a few other emails, he said he couldn't help and: "Try googling for tools, but guessing that after the fact its probably a stretch to discover anything. I’ve never attempted this sort of thing, so have no recommendations, except good luck. "
Anyone have something better than that, or this:
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Here's a list of IPs who have been pinging me, according to my antivirus. What does it mean when a Ping happens? I did a trace on arin.net of 169.254.89.41 which has Ping listed in the action column. It's that Ad Hoc network that is listed below. Also 192.168.0.13 lists SNMP in the activity column, and 66.75.160.64 and 66.75.160.63 have both attempted port scans of my box numerous times; sometimes with days between attempts. Any tips, ideas, suggestions? Or is this no big deal?
My internet was down most of the day today, and while my PC could not locate my regular network it was able to find this new network which was named: SST-PR-1. How interesting! and it was a secure network which required a password. There were my own initials right there on a new network with a different connection icon (I later learned is called an Ad Hoc network), so why not see if I could log on? I was able to sign on; using an off the cuff password that I didn't think anyone else ever would; due to the unpleasant context it would be implying. Shor Nuf, I successfully linked in.
I was immediately connected to that network, but only in a limited capacity, no internet. I was connected to it and searched my log files and pull up the IP address. 169.254.89.41 which I traced, and it is listed as a "Black Hole." network. I've run across many "Black Hole" networks after tracing IPs on my box. Probably nothing out of the ordinary, but I'm all ears for your comments. Here's the log file, please fill me in if you know how to decipher all the mumbo jumbo.
When I tried to reconnect later, as my regular network was still down; I wasn't able to find that SST-PR-1, so I attempted to recreate the network configuration through the Setup Wizard. Nothing happened, so I deleted them both from the connection listings, as I don't want to be inadvertently logging on in the future.
And here below; as in the link above.
- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-WLAN-AutoConfig" Guid="{9580d7dd-0379-4658-9870-d5be7d52d6de}" />
<EventID>11004</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2008-04-25T21:03:19.802Z" />
<EventRecordID>33670</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="1064" ThreadID="3568" />
<Channel>Microsoft-Windows-WLAN-AutoConfig/Operational</Channel>
<Computer>ShorNuf</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data Name="Adapter">Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card</Data>
<Data Name="DeviceGuid">{05605C41-221A-40FB-981A-E1829A924810}</Data>
<Data Name="LocalMac">00:1A:92:B9:99:0A</Data>
<Data Name="SSID">SST-PR-1</Data>
<Data Name="BSSType">Ad Hoc</Data>
<Data Name="PeerMac">00:0A:F4:4A:1D:D8</Data>
<Data Name="SecurityHint">The operation succeeds.</Data>
<Data Name="SecurityHintCode">0</Data>
<Data Name="ConnectionId">0x18</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
After I logged off it a few minutes later; the network was no longer visible. I used the same network name, and set up my own new network connection thru the menus, choosing the same network icon of 3 connected computers, which supposedly means that the computers must be within 30 feet of each other. I've never done that, and am a Tech Tard, so I'm amazed that I was able to create something with just a few clicks. Nothing happened, so I deleted both of those networks from my list. The original SST-PR-1 is no longer visible when I poll for available networks; and tech support at the cable co. has my usual network up and running again.
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