Somebody in the thread at some point said: > 08:36:54.556722 IP hpc-mirror.usc.edu.http > 192.168.0.2.36230: . > 332880:334340(1460) ack 1 win 108 Well that's a Fedora mirror > 08:36:54.559933 IP ftp1.nacs.uci.edu.ftp > 192.168.0.2.51487: P 0:19(19) > ack 1 win 1448 <nop,nop,timestamp 2065179405 11859719> and that's a Fedora mirror too.. > I am not sure what is being done, but it is being relayed by USC and > others. Is it possible there is some kind of process running that is banging on Fedora mirrors for some reason? Have a look in ps -Af if nothing comes to mind... is yum running or some other Friends Of Yum like pup or the Package Manager applet... "you have updates" warning applet or something like that? -Andy