-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Firewall Alert

  • From: dsw32952 <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:34:54 -0400

Log was not enabled.  it is now.  No bad side effects of denying the access.

Don

Gman wrote:
> They are.  It looks like the first one is at the far end of your network 
> addresses (1.255), so it may indicate/implicate a part of your router 
> itself.  The router should have some sort of running log which may or may 
> not give you more info on just what was being attempted there.
>
> Did denying it cause any issues?
>
> Peace,
> Gman
>
> http://www.thevenusproject.com/index.php
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Don" <dswabc@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 8:41 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Firewall Alert
>
>
>   
>> Just got this alert from my firewall:
>>
>> Program:  Application
>> Path: System
>> Time: 6/5/09/ 6:19:51 PM
>> Events: 1
>>
>> Access was denied
>>
>> Someone is trying to access your computer over the internet.  Remote
>> address 192.168.1.255 (UDP Port 138) from 192.168.1.113 (Port 138)
>>
>>
>> What does all that mean?  I thought that 192.168.1.x were all local
>> addresses.
>>
>> Don 
>>     
>
>   
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