netstat -a command

[jwiddy]

I read the previous thread by steve-o and I figured I'd give the command a try. I found 2 foreign IP addys with established connections.(2 different addys on each pc) I'm not sure how to interpret the netstat results, so I'll substitute what I see on the Local Address side:

proto local address foreign addres state
tcp xxxxxx01:1033 205.188.9.228:5190 established
tcp xxxxxx01:1044 64.12.26.250:5190 established

--above is results from one PC

I have 2 PC's on a Linksys router and was running Blackice and Nortons on both boxes

Thanks in advance. You guys/girls on this site are incredible!!!

[ogremagi]

Go here:

http://www.internic.net/cgi/whois?whois_nic=64.12.26.250&type=nameserver

or here:

http://www.netsol.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois

Type in the ip when you see the connection again and you should get the results. They both look external to me.

These are the IP's: 64.12.26.250 and 205.188.9.228 . The 4 #'s at the end are the port numbers.

[blebs]

They are both AOL.

[Croc]

Understanding Netstat is made easy at Netstat Made Easy.
Go to the link and have a read.
http://www.ciberpol.com/eng/netstat_made_easy.htm

I hope it helps.

Croc.

[nightowl]

those are ports that ICQ uses by default