[help] So many open connections!

[colemancb]

Okay, so, I realize that I am on a dialup connection, but most of the time ti seems like I'm using a 14.4 when I'm connedted at around 48kbps. I realize it's not going to be the fastest in the world, but waiting close to two minutes for one page to load is insane. So, I used netstat -a to look at what is open, and I have no idea what I'm looking at.

Can someone help me out a bit? Like, what are these connections for, and how can I be RID of them?! lol

Active Connections

  Proto  Local Address		  Foreign Address		State
  TCP	chris-ugddap5wy:epmap  chris-ugddap5wy:0	  LISTENING
  TCP	chris-ugddap5wy:microsoft-ds  chris-ugddap5wy:0	  LISTENING
  TCP	chris-ugddap5wy:1027   chris-ugddap5wy:0	  LISTENING
  TCP	chris-ugddap5wy:ms-wbt-server  chris-ugddap5wy:0	  LISTENING
  TCP	chris-ugddap5wy:3689   chris-ugddap5wy:0	  LISTENING
  TCP	chris-ugddap5wy:1285   a204-2-224-28.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com:http  CLOSE_WAIT
  TCP	chris-ugddap5wy:1286   a204-2-224-28.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com:http  CLOSE_WAIT
  TCP	chris-ugddap5wy:1906   66.102.15.100:http	 TIME_WAIT
  TCP	chris-ugddap5wy:1909   66.102.15.100:http	 TIME_WAIT
  TCP	chris-ugddap5wy:4803   baym-cs330.msgr.hotmail.com:msnp  ESTABLISHED
  TCP	chris-ugddap5wy:4821   a204-2-224-51.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com:http  CLOSE_WAIT
  TCP	chris-ugddap5wy:4822   a204-2-224-51.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com:http  CLOSE_WAIT
  TCP	chris-ugddap5wy:1025   chris-ugddap5wy:0	  LISTENING
  TCP	chris-ugddap5wy:4808   chris-ugddap5wy:4809   ESTABLISHED
  TCP	chris-ugddap5wy:4809   chris-ugddap5wy:4808   ESTABLISHED
  UDP	chris-ugddap5wy:microsoft-ds  *:*					
  UDP	chris-ugddap5wy:isakmp  *:*					
  UDP	chris-ugddap5wy:1046   *:*					
  UDP	chris-ugddap5wy:1047   *:*					
  UDP	chris-ugddap5wy:1291   *:*					
  UDP	chris-ugddap5wy:1292   *:*					
  UDP	chris-ugddap5wy:1294   *:*					
  UDP	chris-ugddap5wy:1295   *:*					
  UDP	chris-ugddap5wy:1517   *:*					
  UDP	chris-ugddap5wy:1518   *:*					
  UDP	chris-ugddap5wy:2000   *:*					
  UDP	chris-ugddap5wy:ipsec-msft  *:*					
  UDP	chris-ugddap5wy:discard  *:*					
  UDP	chris-ugddap5wy:ntp	*:*					
  UDP	chris-ugddap5wy:ssdp   *:*					
  UDP	chris-ugddap5wy:13883  *:*					
  UDP	chris-ugddap5wy:22067  *:*					
  UDP	chris-ugddap5wy:ntp	*:*					
  UDP	chris-ugddap5wy:1031   *:*					
  UDP	chris-ugddap5wy:1045   *:*					
  UDP	chris-ugddap5wy:ssdp   *:*

[allen2]

You should do a netstat -ano if you're using XP after closing all applications but letting open dialup.

-"n" will remove the resolution and give real port

-"o" will give you the process number which open the connection on your computer. It's easier to close a port or a connection if you know which process opened it.

Also "a" will give you all connection even the listening ones which might not interest. if you closed all your applications, netstat -ano should only show listening connections.

If you're using a windows 2000, do a netstat -an after closing all applications and you still have some established connections, you'll need something like sysinternals tcpview.

Of course you can directly try it even on an XP Computer.