Excessive network traffic -

[Bob Goodwin]

Tim wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 13:45 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>   
>> Ok, but I am not trying to look at the router output I need an address
>> for the Wildblue supplied receiver/modem device and I don't know hos
>> to address that or even find it's address.
>>     
>
> It may be a router, or it may be just a modem.  That depends on the
> device, and the configuration (some can be configured to be a router, or
> just a bridge).
>
> Your email headers show a private IP address and a public one, so I'm
> presuming that you have a router in your network.
>
> Received: from [192.168.1.6] (70-41-148-215.cust.wildblue.net
>         [70.41.148.215]) by mail1.wildblue.net (Postfix)
>
> Does your modem have a way of being configured, or is it just some black
> box with no user adjustments at all?  If it has a little webserver, you
> can browse to it and see how its set up (router or bridge, and its IP
> addresses).
>
>   
>> If I do an ifconfig it just gives me the address of the computer and a
>> hardware address which I assume is the ethernet NIC.  But  none of
>> this pertains to the Wildblue "modem."
>>     
>
> No gateway?  Hmm, same here.  I'm sure there used to be a "gateway"
> section in those results. Maybe I'm recalling when I used to have dial
> up internet, and the ifconfig results for the ppp0 interface.
>
>   
>> I am lost ...
>>
>> IPTraf is happy with root at box10, could that be where I need to tell
>> mrtg to go?  I just want to view all the data on eth0. 
>>     
>
> You could try.
>
> I'm guessing that you do have a router, you could try looking for it at
> one of the common addresses for that private subnet, either
> 192.168.1.254 or 192.168.1.1 (x.x.x.254 being a common address for
> routers, and the like, x.x.x.1 being another common address for the
> first thing on the network).
>
>   
I have a system diagram you can view at:

http://users.wildblue.net/bobgoodwin/sys071031.png


I have inserted the hub between the Wildblue receiver and the router.  
The receiver is a blue box with lights indicating the usual functions 
power on, locked to the st. sig., ethernet activity, two F connectors 
for transmit and receive, plus an RJ45 providing a 10/100 connection.  
The "Surfbeam" spec's I have in my notes give me no clue as to how to 
address it.

192.168.1.1 addresses the router, that's no problem, I have addresses 
for all the bridges and the printer, etc., just don"'t know how to reach 
the receiver/modem whatever it is.  They call it a low cost subscriber 
terminal."  The outside unit transmits 1 watt on 30 gHz and produces an 
IF around 1 gHz which the receiver/modem deals with.  The dish is about 
60 cm.

The information you derive from my messages is from this computer which 
is connected via the wireless LAN and the router.  I have removed the 
connection from box10 and connected it directly to the hub via the 50 ft 
cat. 5 cable so it does not see the router.

Bob Goodwin