Event Viewer shows high TCPIP activity, is this normal?

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XP Pro, SP3.



System has been slowing down. of late, so I looked at the System log

in Event Viewer and saw Info entries for tcpip every 5 to 10 seconds.

All are the same, 'The system detected that network adapter \DEVICE

\TCPIP(lots of numbers) was connected to the network and has initiated

normal operation over the network adapter.'



Seems like an excessive amount of activity, but have no idea what it

means or if this is a normal amount of activity.



Is this normal? Could that be putting a drain on the system?
 
Hi.



To determine wether the amount of activity in the log is normal or not

depends on your amount of softwares running that utilize the internet.



Every software you have installed on your system with an "automatic

update" feature will utilize your network connection and end up in the

log.



I would run a spyware/malware scan just to be certain tho.



Hitman pro is a free, good software using several different

spyware/malware and anti-virus softwares for as good a scan as

possible.

Depending on how much it finds the scan can take up to 10 hours.



You can download Hitman Pro from www.hitmanpro.nl/



/ Ani
 
Teflon wrote in

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> XP Pro, SP3.

>

> System has been slowing down. of late, so I looked at the System

> log in Event Viewer and saw Info entries for tcpip every 5 to 10

> seconds. All are the same, 'The system detected that network

> adapter \DEVICE \TCPIP(lots of numbers) was connected to the

> network and has initiated normal operation over the network

> adapter.'

>

> Seems like an excessive amount of activity, but have no idea what

> it means or if this is a normal amount of activity.

>

> Is this normal? Could that be putting a drain on the system?

>



This isn't normal. You will probably get the same message if you

unplug and plug back in your ethernet cable. This is most likely a

hardware problem -- either a bad cable, connector, modem/router, or

NIC. If you have a long cable run, you might try dropping your

ethernet speed to 10 Mbps from 100 Mbps. The slower speed is more

tolerant to cable noise. You do this by double-clicking on your

network adapter under Device Manager (Start->Run->"devmgmt.msc") then

looking for a "Speed" setting under the "Advanced" tab. Try changing

it from "Auto" to "10/Full" and see if it improves.



HTH,

John
 
On Apr 3, 2:09 pm, John Wunderlich wrote:



> This isn't normal.  You will probably get the same message if you

> unplug and plug back in your ethernet cable.  This is most likely a

> hardware problem -- either a bad cable, connector, modem/router, or

> NIC.  If you have a long cable run, you might try dropping your

> ethernet speed to 10 Mbps from 100 Mbps. The slower speed is more

> tolerant to cable noise.  You do this by double-clicking on your

> network adapter under Device Manager (Start->Run->"devmgmt.msc") then

> looking for a "Speed" setting under the "Advanced" tab.  Try changing

> it from "Auto" to "10/Full" and see if it improves.



Thanks for responding John. My internet connection is via wireless

(Intel Centrino in IBM laptop), connection manager is IBM's (Lenovo's)

ThinkVantage Connections app. Disconnected and the Event Viewer tcpip

Info messages stopped. Reconnected and the message every 5 seconds

routine started again. All TVC indicators say the connection is

strong and healthy. Any other ideas?
 
Teflon wrote in

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> Thanks for responding John. My internet connection is via

> wireless (Intel Centrino in IBM laptop), connection manager is

> IBM's (Lenovo's) ThinkVantage Connections app. Disconnected and

> the Event Viewer tcpip Info messages stopped. Reconnected and the

> message every 5 seconds routine started again. All TVC indicators

> say the connection is strong and healthy. Any other ideas?

>



Sorry, no idea. If it's dependably every 5 seconds when connected,

then it may be normal. You might check to see if there is a newer

version of the Connections app.



HTH,

John
 
On Apr 3, 5:36 am, Animenia wrote:

> Hi.

>

> To determine wether the amount of activity in the log is normal or not

> depends on your amount of softwares running that utilize the internet.

>

> Every software you have installed on your system with an "automatic

> update" feature will utilize your network connection and end up in the

> log.

>



That is something I did not consider. Do you know of an XP log, or an

app that would create a log of those applications connecting to the

Internet on their own?



> I would run a spyware/malware scan just to be certain tho.

>



I've run Malwarebytes, SuperAntispyware and Avira's Antivir. Nothing

found, nada.



> Hitman pro is a free, good software using several different

> spyware/malware and anti-virus softwares for as good a scan as

> possible.

> Depending on how much it finds the scan can take up to 10 hours.

>

> You can download Hitman Pro fromwww.hitmanpro.nl/

>

> / Ani



Thanks for responding Ani, I will take a look at Hitman Pro. Never

know which scanner will fire the silver bullet.
 
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Teflon typed:

> On Apr 3, 5:36 am, Animenia

> wrote:

>> Hi.

>>

>> To determine wether the amount of activity in the log is

>> normal or not depends on your amount of softwares running

>> that utilize the internet.

>>

>> Every software you have installed on your system with an

>> "automatic update" feature will utilize your network

>> connection and end up in the log.

>>

>

> That is something I did not consider. Do you know of an XP

> log, or an app that would create a log of those

> applications connecting to the Internet on their own?

>

>> I would run a spyware/malware scan just to be certain tho.

>>

>

> I've run Malwarebytes, SuperAntispyware and Avira's

> Antivir. Nothing found, nada.

>

>> Hitman pro is a free, good software using several different

>> spyware/malware and anti-virus softwares for as good a

>> scan as possible.

>> Depending on how much it finds the scan can take up to 10

>> hours.

>>

>> You can download Hitman Pro fromwww.hitmanpro.nl/

>>

>> / Ani

>

> Thanks for responding Ani, I will take a look at Hitman

> Pro. Never know which scanner will fire the silver bullet.



Check your firewall logs; they should show who's doing the

accessing.



HTH,



Twayne`
 
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