John, thank you for replying. On 12/03/2014 03:21 PM, John R Pierce wrote:> On 12/3/2014 12:47 PM, g wrote: >> wireshark text file loaded at; >> >> http://pastebin.com/rCU0CC10 > > some device on your network has the MAC address 00:0f:fe:8f:8f:23 > which Wireshark is calling PartedMagic for unknown reasons.see my new paste at; http://pastebin.com/8vBxnUSf> That MAC prefix apparently belongs to an obscure Chinese computer > maker, G-Pro Computers. http://macaddress.webwat.ch/vendor/G-PRO_COMPUTER > the weblink given for G-Pro is wrong.interesting. where does one look to find assignment for MAC addresses?> some random google searching suggests that they may be an OEM for > Lite-On, do you have any network devices from Lite-Onno network devices from Lite-on. ~]$ lspci|grep net 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566DM-2 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 02) ~]$> (I'm only familiar with Lite-On as a CD/DVD burner/reader brand).same here.> oh. the ARP packet suggests that MAC address is 192.168.1.144that is how i see it. -- peace out. in a world with out fences, who needs gates. tc,hago. g .
>> oh. the ARP packet suggests that MAC address is 192.168.1.144 > that is how i see it. >is that 1.144 IP address in use by the machine you ran the lspci from? I think his original intent was that perhaps it was a separate device are you running VMs on this host by chance? -- public gpg key id: AE60F64C
On 12/03/2014 05:05 PM, g wrote:> John, > thank you for replying. > > On 12/03/2014 03:21 PM, John R Pierce wrote: >> On 12/3/2014 12:47 PM, g wrote: >>> wireshark text file loaded at; >>> >>> http://pastebin.com/rCU0CC10 >> some device on your network has the MAC address 00:0f:fe:8f:8f:23 >> which Wireshark is calling PartedMagic for unknown reasons. > see my new paste at; > > http://pastebin.com/8vBxnUSf > >since [zep at nemesis ~]$ nslookup secure.informaction.com Server: 192.168.10.22 Address: 192.168.10.22#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: secure.informaction.com Address: 82.103.140.42 Name: secure.informaction.com Address: 82.103.140.40 Name: secure.informaction.com Address: 69.195.141.178 Name: secure.informaction.com Address: 69.195.141.179 and going to www.informaction.com lists off things like noscript and a few other browser add on sorts of things, I'd tend to think that you [perhaps the plural 'you', meaning possibly some other individual] installed one of their extensions [or some other piece of FOSS] and it's doing a call home to check for updates or do some sort of comparison, like adblock's blacklist. no idea where the wonky name comes from. -- public gpg key id: AE60F64C
On 12/03/2014 04:15 PM, zep wrote:> >>> oh. the ARP packet suggests that MAC address is 192.168.1.144 >> that is how i see it. >> > is that 1.144 IP address in use by the machine you ran the lspci > from?somewhere. but i know not where. http://www.whoami.it/home/ shows me to be; adsl-184-41-28-86.mem.bellsouth.net for the hell of it, i pulled and reconnected DSL line, now, i am adsl-184-41-28-44.mem.bellsouth.net which is now confusing me more because the 1.144 address is in; ~]$ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:FE:8F:8F:23 inet addr:192.168.1.144 Bcast:192.168.1.255 \ Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::20f:feff:fe8f:8f23/64 Scope:Link lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:00:B3:A7:95 inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 \ Mask:255.255.255.0 [geo at boxen ~]$ so a question, in checking with a 'whoami' i got; adsl-184-41-28-86.mem.bellsouth.net where is the 192.168.1.144 being produced when i am not in a VM. looking in man ifconfig, nothing is given as to just what is shown.> I think his original intent was that perhaps it was a separate > device. are you running VMs on this host by chance?no VM. this box connects straight to router, which connects straight to DSL/phone filter, which connects directly to drop line. something/somebody is 'hiding in the wood pile' and it has me scratching my balding head even more bald. -- peace out. in a world with out fences, who needs gates. tc,hago. g .