Ok, what is the actually problem? Is it just that your seening a log in your internet session you don't understand why it's there? Here is a break down of the different IP's.
198.153.192.40 Symantec. So makes sense that would be in log, since router needs to pass DNS traffic.
208.67.222.222 OpenDNS Again, same thing, if your using OpenDNS, router will talk to that IP
46.51.177.110 :443(HTTPS)
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Common use is app Instagram. So sounds like one of your devices is using Instagram. Likely a Iphone? As for the 'Eplied" thing, best guess is thats either the computer/host name for one of your devices, or there is a glitch when your router looks up the IP for a domain, probably something to do with your 3rd party DNS.
Were there any connections issues?
Thanks so much. I think the reason why I asked initially is because the DNS servers are found in the internet sessions as own clickable ips in the internet session table , either that or they are shown as "Eplied]" and not as typical local ip traffic reports: 192.168.0.100 click -> 208.67.222.222:53 , -> 198.153.192.40:53, etc.
I posted example images in the beginning of this thread.
Whenever it happens and I notice it, I get the impression the net is acting up weirdly.
But I feel we are slowly getting closer to the what's causing it. It might be possible that the net is not stable enough. If that is the only reason that the router is acting the way it is then that's fine. I have some radio transmission disturbances over the WiFi which occur on a daily basis and on occasion also some cable-based disturbances. Funny enough I had the WiFi disturbances already when using ADSL modem technology around three years ago when I first moved in here, then I switched to Dir-655 and LAN and got the same disturbances only after a short while. Later on I switched to ASUS RT-N56U using LAN but got similar disturbances over the 5ghz band as of the 2ghz band and also when wired, and now finally the Dir-865L which delivers best. Different technique, different ISP but the problem with similar nature is still there.
I have never seen the internet sessions problem before though.
I have two macbooks and one windows 7 computer. Two ancient Windows Xp computers. Usually only run two mac's and one win7. At the time for these posts I have been plugged in with just my macbook to backtrack things.
When plugging the computer directly to the wall I usually see shared units from time to time if I keep share possiblity open on the computer. Be it shared folders or even shared NAS drives. I even googled one of the units/names of the person and it belonged to a dude living more than 500 metres away in a different house. So that might be indication that the service is open. Possibly this can also explain weird amazon, akamai and other services bouncing on and off from time to time. I've also seen port scans and other weird stuff happening on the net in my logs.
There are rumors in the neighbourhood from some people that there's a WiFi/internet thief running around.
Are all devices connected to the router online when this happens?
I would turn off ALL devices accept for one and see where and if this is originating at some places on the LAN side.
Does anyone or you or any device specifically use any Amazon services?
I do not use instagram and have no iPhone. But there might be a possibility more apps on the mac that are using the Amazon service. I get some hits from their ip's quite often. I'll have to google it and see whatever comes up.
The Windows 7 recently got formatted and cleaned due infection. I even had a friend over who got infected just after a few hours visit. This happened some month back after years of success at Comodo-using and stable setup firewall rules but apparently not from where I am living now. After cleaning up I pretty much only used the mac computers, but unfortunately it has not changed the status of the weird internet sessions on the router.
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