[OpLan]

thanks for the info grubbymits..I think I'm getting to the point where I'm going to have to do a college course in PC Voodoo.. I guess its my ignorance thats the biggest problem here..its just that I've never seen activity like this before.
Do you think online gaming will be affected?
I'm really missing my flight sim heh..I don't want to go to my usual (american) servers as people can really whinge if you fly with a messed up ping..
I sent off an Email to NTHell describing my problem,and would you believe someone actually replied asking for more details! so I pointed them at this thread..It might have been actually easier to call them,but I only have a pay to talk mobile phone,and I wanted to get independent thoughts before I have to listen to RoboScot for 3/4 of an hour..
Apart from this latest incident,I've always been quite happy with NTL..I think my biggest gripe is getting offers for new customers in my bill,and seeing my package offered either cheaper than what I'm paying,or seeing it come with extras that I don't receive..I think the latest one is a free phoneline..I don't want a phoneline as I seldom use a phone..hence the mobile..but it would have been nice to have been offered it..same as when I upgraded from the half meg package..I had the one meg service for about 6 months before I discovered one bored afternoon that I had access to various video vaults etc..
but then again..its my ignorance of network knowledge that keeps me happy here..I don't know enough to fully appreciate the quality of service of this or any other ISP..I know I should rectify that..but theres a lot to learn about PCs..I tend not to tinker if its not broken..but when I do see something it can bug me for weeks..like this unknown modem activity - Ive been online almost 3 years now and this is the first time I've seen it happen.Even though I believe you when you say its nothing to worry about,it's still annoying the hell out of me!