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wrote:
> I'm running the Linksys Wireless-G Notebook Adapter, Wireless Network
> Monitor v3.1, for the Linksys WPC54G card. It ping cisco every second
> (Out ICMP [8] Echo Request localhost->www.cisco.com [198.133.219.25];
> Owner: TCP/IP Kernal Driver). If I turn off the monitor, I can no
> longer access the internet. Before I poke another permanent hole in
> my firewall for this ping, is there a way to operate the wireless card
> without having this ping? As well, has any other WPC54G user observed
> this ping?
>

seems weird -
there must be some other piece of software that you are running or viewing
that would ping the cisco website ?

"P.Schuman" <> wrote in message
> wrote:
>> I'm running the Linksys Wireless-G Notebook Adapter, Wireless Network
>> Monitor v3.1, for the Linksys WPC54G card. It ping cisco every second
>> (Out ICMP [8] Echo Request localhost->www.cisco.com [198.133.219.25];
>> Owner: TCP/IP Kernal Driver). If I turn off the monitor, I can no
>> longer access the internet. Before I poke another permanent hole in
>> my firewall for this ping, is there a way to operate the wireless card
>> without having this ping? As well, has any other WPC54G user observed
>> this ping?
>>
>
> seems weird -
> there must be some other piece of software that you are running or viewing
> that would ping the cisco website ?
>

No kidding, I can't see why cisco would want however many people own this
card who are online pinging their website.

Adair

On Mar 23, 11:36 pm, "Adair Winter" <ada...@swbell.net> wrote:
> "P.Schuman" <pschuman_no_spam...@interserv.com> wrote in message
> > JustA.MereU...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> I'm running the Linksys Wireless-G Notebook Adapter, Wireless Network
> >> Monitor v3.1, for the Linksys WPC54G card. It ping cisco every second
> >> (Out ICMP [8] Echo Request localhost->www.cisco.com[198.133.219.25];
> >> Owner: TCP/IP Kernal Driver). If I turn off the monitor, I can no
> >> longer access the internet. Before I poke another permanent hole in
> >> my firewall for this ping, is there a way to operate the wireless card
> >> without having this ping? As well, has any other WPC54G user observed
> >> this ping?
>
> > seems weird -
> > there must be some other piece of software that you are running or viewing
> > that would ping the cisco website ?
>
> No kidding, I can't see why cisco would want however many people own this
> card who are online pinging their website.

'Tis true. Given the behaviour that I documented under an obnoxious
heading with the word "Linksys" in the subject line, I'm not
surprised. I can even see how it can be argued to be reasonable!

But I think I I found the solution. The "monitor" can be "closed",
which just means that you press the "X" at the upper right corner of
the monitor GUI window to make it disappear (without any
representation down in the taskbar). It is not considered "off"
because the icon still appears on the system tray. In the "closed"
state (but not "off"), the continuous pings do not take place.

However, if you have a software firewall on the PC blocking the pings
when the monitor is "open", then the ping command will take almost
100% of the CPU cycles. I consider this to be a nontrivial design
flaw.

The workaround is to allow the outgoing pings to that IP address only,
with logged notification, and to close the monitor when you're done
establishing a working connection with the access point. The monitor
is much needed in establishing the connection because of the anomalous
behaviour that I described earlier, under the recent obnoxious heading
with the word "Linksys" in the subject line. I will try to remain
professional henceforth.

~ >> I'm running the Linksys Wireless-G Notebook Adapter, Wireless Network
~ >> Monitor v3.1, for the Linksys WPC54G card. It ping cisco every second
~ >> (Out ICMP [8] Echo Request localhost->www.cisco.com [198.133.219.25];
~ >> Owner: TCP/IP Kernal Driver). If I turn off the monitor, I can no
~ >> longer access the internet. Before I poke another permanent hole in
~ >> my firewall for this ping, is there a way to operate the wireless card
~ >> without having this ping? As well, has any other WPC54G user observed
~ >> this ping?
~ >>
~ >
~ > seems weird -
~ > there must be some other piece of software that you are running or viewing
~ > that would ping the cisco website ?
~ >
~
~ No kidding, I can't see why cisco would want however many people own this
~ card who are online pinging their website.
~
~ Adair

Consider the possibility that they guys who wrote the code for the Linksys
card didn't ask the guys who run www.cisco.com for permission to ping ...
but at least they "kept it in the family".

It could have been worse - a certain competitor of Linksys' shipped tons of
their routers preconfigured to query a public NTP server - and worse, to
batter it savagely if it didn't respond in time. Several others have done
this as well.

Aaron