akamai technologies?
Maybe i should have posted this elsewhere but there's some clued-up guys here so was thinking it probably a better place than a lot to get some help.
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m wondering, does plusnet do anything with akamai technologies? Like use them for any of their bandwidth or anything? I ask as ive got a constant connection to them and i have no idea where it's come from or what it's doing.
I think it might be interfering with my connection as well since im sure my usage is higher than it should be on some days during the day when im hardly using it. Like today for example, almost 500 mb and ive hardly done anything yet. My usenet connections is realy bad lately as well, connects for couple of seconds then drops off for 20 secs or so, then back for a few seconds then off again.
All scans ive run show nothing untoward on my system; AVG, house call, avast, spybot, malware bytes and super anti spyware.
Does anyone know how i can remove this connection? There's nothing in the registry as far as i can see relating to akamai.
Ive included a screen shot to show the connections. By the way, what's the difference between CLOSE_WAIT and TIME_WAIT ?
Lots of questions, sorry, but thanks to anyone who spreads some light on it.
Anyway, i
I think it might be interfering with my connection as well since im sure my usage is higher than it should be on some days during the day when im hardly using it. Like today for example, almost 500 mb and ive hardly done anything yet. My usenet connections is realy bad lately as well, connects for couple of seconds then drops off for 20 secs or so, then back for a few seconds then off again.
All scans ive run show nothing untoward on my system; AVG, house call, avast, spybot, malware bytes and super anti spyware.
Does anyone know how i can remove this connection? There's nothing in the registry as far as i can see relating to akamai.
Ive included a screen shot to show the connections. By the way, what's the difference between CLOSE_WAIT and TIME_WAIT ?
Lots of questions, sorry, but thanks to anyone who spreads some light on it.
Thanks for response, but i know what akamai is. The trouble though is that it's 'always' there, and i do mean always 
Due to the nature of akamai, and the fact that i always have connections to it (sometimes dozens at a time), it gets me wondering whether im being used for the bandwidth.
Microsoft uses akamai, and my os is windows, so that could be a reason, but it still doesnt explain why i always have the connections as i see no reason to have a constant connection to ms servers, which is why i wondered and asked if plusnet uses them as it would explain the 'always' part.
First time i noticed them was a few weeks ago, they havent been with me much longer than that as i use netstat relatively frequently to see where connections go and to what.
Due to the nature of akamai, and the fact that i always have connections to it (sometimes dozens at a time), it gets me wondering whether im being used for the bandwidth.
Microsoft uses akamai, and my os is windows, so that could be a reason, but it still doesnt explain why i always have the connections as i see no reason to have a constant connection to ms servers, which is why i wondered and asked if plusnet uses them as it would explain the 'always' part.
First time i noticed them was a few weeks ago, they havent been with me much longer than that as i use netstat relatively frequently to see where connections go and to what.
Quote from: breakat Anyway, i m wondering, does plusnet do anything with akamai technologies? Like use them for any of their bandwidth or anything?
No, we haven't any association with them. If it's any consolation neither my machine at home nor my laptop at work has these entires present when I run netstat.
Quote I ask as ive got a constant connection to them and i have no idea where it's come from or what it's doing.
Windows updates are transferred using Akamai as are many other software updates and images on popular websites such as BBC news, eBay and Amazon.
What programs do you have running on startup? My guess would be that it's a software updater of some description
Quote I think it might be interfering with my connection as well since im sure my usage is higher than it should be on some days during the day when im hardly using it. Like today for example, almost 500 mb and ive hardly done anything yet. My usenet connections is realy bad lately as well, connects for couple of seconds then drops off for 20 secs or so, then back for a few seconds then off again.
You could try turning all of your machines off for a day but leave the router on, that will tell you whether or not the network itselof is being used by anybody else (is it wireless?)
Quote Does anyone know how i can remove this connection? There's nothing in the registry as far as i can see relating to akamai.
Disable your network adapter
On a slightly more serous note, have you tried killing processes via the task manager to see which, if any of them, stop the Akamai connections?
Quote Ive included a screen shot to show the connections. By the way, what's the difference between CLOSE_WAIT and TIME_WAIT ?
That's just the state of the machine that's connecting to your computer e.g. whether it's waiting for transmission, timing out etc.
Sorry. I ignored everyone for days, havent been back to check.
Pretty sure ive found it to be java (jusched.exe).
Aye, it's 'always' there. Just sits there, looking mean. Must say, im not a fan of the 'always' things
Pretty sure ive found it to be java (jusched.exe).
Quote from: Simon breakat, if you close your newsreader, web browser & email program (& anything else you think might be 'outward looking'), then wait a few minutes for everything to time out, are these connections still there?
Aye, it's 'always' there. Just sits there, looking mean. Must say, im not a fan of the 'always' things