on 2/4/04 6:35 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At 02:56 PM +0100 04/02/2004, Alan Gentle wrote: >> >> I have just found out that it only does it when the ethernet connection is >> active. Unplug the ethernet cable _OR_ switch to an alternative active 56k >> dial-up connection and the hard drive activity stops. I did, in fact, update >> the firmware in the Netgear router/modem very recently but did not modify >> any of the settings. Any further ideas? > > Open Transport updating its cache (dhcp lease timing, etc). > > What's AppleTalk doing? > > Or what 3rd party extensions do you have running? > Have finally tracked it down to the 'Control PPP' Control Strip Module which was something I found useful to switch between Ethernet and dial-up on odd occasions. Will have to look for an alternative now.
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