Internet drop outs

[sduffey]

We have had issues with or internet connections dropping out. (Wingate 6.2.2) I assumed it was an issue with our business cable modem but I had it checked into and it has been up solid with no interruptions in service. I took a look at the system log in Wingate. Right around the time we had the drop outs I see a ton of entries that look like this.

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01/20/09 15:05:06      CgEKAQoBCnAAAAAAAQAAAAEAFRc6jlMABOLvxVADA0UAADgFMgAAQAFNIQoBCgEKAQpwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABFAABObTsAAIARAAAKAQpwCgEKAQCJAIkAOgAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
01/20/09 15:05:06      CgEKAQoBCnAAAAAAAQAAAAEAFRc6jlMABOLvxVADA0UAADgFNAAAQAFNHwoBCgEKAQpwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABFAABObT0AAIARAAAKAQpwCgEKAQCJAIkAOgAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
01/20/09 15:05:06      CgEKAQoBCnAAAAAAAQAAAAEAFRc6jlMABOLvxVADA0UAADgFOwAAQAFNGAoBCgEKAQpwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABFAABObUUAAIARAAAKAQpwCgEKAQCJAIkAOgAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
01/20/09 15:05:06      CgEKAQoBCnAAAAAAAQAAAAEAFRc6jlMABOLvxVADA0UAADgFPgAAQAFNFQoBCgEKAQpwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABFAABObVMAAIARAAAKAQpwCgEKAQCJAIkAOgAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
01/20/09 15:05:06      CgEKAQoBCnAAAAAAAQAAAAEAFRc6jlMABOLvxVADA0UAADgFQQAAQAFNEgoBCgEKAQpwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABFAABObVYAAIARAAAKAQpwCgEKAQCJAIkAOgAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
01/20/09 15:05:07      CgEKAQoBCnAAAAAAAQAAAAEAFRc6jlMABOLvxVADA0UAADgFUgAAQAFNAQoBCgEKAQpwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABFAABObdUAAIARAAAKAQpwCgEKAQCJAIkAOgAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
01/20/09 15:05:07      CgEKAQoBCnAAAAAAAQAAAAEAFRc6jlMABOLvxVADA0UAADgFVAAAQAFM/woBCgEKAQpwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABFAABObdcAAIARAAAKAQpwCgEKAQCJAIkAOgAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
01/20/09 15:05:07      CgEKAQoBCnAAAAAAAQAAAAEAFRc6jlMABOLvxVADA0UAADgFVgAAQAFM/QoBCgEKAQpwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABFAABObdkAAIARAAAKAQpwCgEKAQCJAIkAOgAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
01/20/09 15:05:07      CgEKAQoBCnAAAAAAAQAAAAEAFRc6jlMABOLvxVADA0UAADgFWAAAQAFM+woBCgEKAQpwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABFAABObdsAAIARAAAKAQpwCgEKAQCJAIkAOgAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
01/20/09 15:05:07      CgEKAQoBCnAAAAAAAQAAAAEAFRc6jlMABOLvxVADA0UAADgFWgAAQAFM+QoBCgEKAQpwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABFAABObd0AAIARAAAKAQpwCgEKAQCJAIkAOgAAAAAAAAAAAAA=


Has anyone seen this before and if so, what does it indicate?

[adrien]

those are a bunch of ICMP packets from 10.1.10.1 to 10.1.10.112 being dropped

Adrien

[sduffey]

Could it be a flood attempt?

[adrien]

would take a lot of them... about how many per second do you think there were?