Computers connecting to my Router

[mr6re9-mI4xJ4qlgtBiLUuM0BA3LQ at public.gmane.org]

> On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 07:44:28PM +0000, Merv Curley wrote:
>> Hi gurus
>>
>> I have four computers on my lan, all running the same distro and 2 of
>> them
>> keep connecting,.  The router is set to Disconnect after an idle period.
>>  Can
>> anyone suggest what might be doing this?  While this snippet of the log
>> only
>> shows  .8 connecting,  .7 is equally guilty.  I think the log wouldn't
>> fill
>> up for a month if it wasn't for these connections.
>>
>> Enlightenment appreciated.
>>
>>  PPPoE Idle Timeout !!   Disconnect PPPoE line
>> Mar/25/2006 16:17:02
>>  PPPoE line connected
>> Mar/25/2006 16:16:57
>>  PPPoE: opening connection ... src:192.168.0.8:32820 dst:168.95.192.1:53
>> Mar/25/2006 15:27:31
>>  PPPoE Idle Timeout !!   Disconnect PPPoE line
>> Mar/25/2006 15:15:23
>>  PPPoE line connected
>> Mar/25/2006 15:15:21
>>  PPPoE: opening connection ... src:192.168.0.8:32819 dst:168.95.192.1:53
>> Mar/25/2006 14:25:55
>>  PPPoE Idle Timeout !!   Disconnect PPPoE line
>> Mar/25/2006 14:13:47
>>  PPPoE line connected
>> Mar/25/2006 14:13:46
>>  PPPoE: opening connection ... src:192.168.0.8:32818 dst:168.95.192.1:53
>> Mar/25/2006 13:24:20
>>  PPPoE Idle Timeout !!   Disconnect PPPoE line
>> Mar/25/2006 13:12:13
>>  PPPoE line connected
>> Mar/25/2006 13:12:10
>>  PPPoE: opening connection ... src:192.168.0.8:32817 dst:168.95.192.1:53
>> Mar/25/2006 12:22:44
>>  PPPoE Idle Timeout !!   Disconnect PPPoE line
>> Mar/25/2006 12:10:39
>>  PPPoE line connected
>
> So once per hour something is trying to do a DNS lookup (DNS is port
> 53).  So find out what process on the machine wants to do DNS once per
> hour and get rid of it to solve it.
>
> Len Sorensen
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