Re: 'netstat -tu' shows unexpected outbound connection

[Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk>]

Yuelin Li <liy12@mskcc.org> wrote:
> "netstat -tu" shows a connection to 172.22.202:microsoft-ds.

172.22 is part of rfc1918 address space, and therefore cannot be anywhere
other than on your own network (or, I suppose, your ISP's network).


> Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address        Foreign Address         State      
> tcp        0      0 my.own.ip.add:37306  172.22.202:microsoft-ds ESTABLISHED

This looks like your own box has established the connection *to* the
"remote" box. Can you ping 172.22.202.35? Is it part of your LAN address
space?

Chris