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Thread: /var/log/messages full of network crap, how to stop?

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    /var/log/messages full of network crap, how to stop?

    Hi there. So I got a cable modem recently and since then my /var/log/messages has looked like this:

    eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII #1 link partner capability of 41e1.
    NTFS driver v1.1.22 [Flags: R/W MODULE]
    kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
    EXT3 FS 2.4-0.9.19, 19 August 2002 on ide0(3,7), internal journal
    EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
    ehci_hcd 00:10.3: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0
    ehci_hcd 00:10.3: irq 21, pci mem e0cce000
    usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
    ehci_hcd 00:10.3: USB 2.0 enabled, EHCI 1.00, driver 2003-Dec-29/2.4
    usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:10.0-1 address 2
    printer.c: usblp0: removed
    hub.c: USB hub found
    hub.c: 6 ports detected
    Linux Tulip driver version 0.9.15-pre12 (Aug 9, 2002)
    eth1: Lite-On PNIC-II rev 37 at 0xc800, 00:C0:F0:75:2A:9F, IRQ 18.
    hub.c: new USB device 00:10.0-1, assigned address 3
    printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 3 if 0 alt 1 proto 2 vid 0x04B
    8 pid 0x0002
    ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
    ip_conntrack version 2.1 (4095 buckets, 32760 max) - 288 bytes per conntrack
    parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
    lp0: using parport0 (polling).
    lp0: console ready
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=my.ip.net.255 LEN=96 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00
    TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=76
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=my.ip.net.255 LEN=96 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00
    TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=76
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=my.ip.net.255 LEN=96 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00
    TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=76
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=my.ip.net.255 LEN=96 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00
    TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=76
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=my.ip.net.255 LEN=96 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00
    TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=76
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=my.ip.net.255 LEN=265 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x0
    0 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=138 DPT=138 LEN=245
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=my.ip.net.255 LEN=96 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00
    TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=76
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=my.ip.net.255 LEN=96 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00
    TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=76
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=my.ip.net.255 LEN=96 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00
    TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=76
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=my.ip.net.255 LEN=96 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00
    TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=76
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=my.ip.net.255 LEN=96 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00
    TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=76
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=my.ip.net.255 LEN=96 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00
    TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=76
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=my.ip.net.255 LEN=96 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00
    TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=76
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=my.ip.net.255 LEN=96 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00
    TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=76
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=my.ip.net.255 LEN=96 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00
    TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=76
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=my.ip.net.255 LEN=96 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00
    TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=76
    PCTel: No device detected. Abort module loading.
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=my.ip.net.255 LEN=96 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00
    TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=76
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=my.ip.net.255 LEN=96 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00
    TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=76
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=my.ip.net.255 LEN=96 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00
    TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=76
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=my.ip.net.255 LEN=96 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00
    TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=76
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=my.ip.net.255 LEN=96 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00
    TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=137 DPT=137 LEN=76
    NVRM: loading NVIDIA Linux x86 NVIDIA Kernel Module 1.0-6111 Tue Jul 27 07:55
    :38 PDT 2004
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=255.255.255.255 LEN=118 TOS=0x00 PREC=0
    x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=98
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=255.255.255.255 LEN=118 TOS=0x00 PREC=0
    x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=98
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=my.ip.net.255 LEN=265 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x0
    0 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=138 DPT=138 LEN=245
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:e1:1c:b1:36:6f:00:01:7c:22:j7:61:08:00 SRC=221.224.222.13 D
    ST=my.ip.address LEN=48 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=105 ID=9635 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=162
    9 DPT=5554 WINDOW=65044 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=255.255.255.255 LEN=118 TOS=0x00 PREC=0
    x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=98
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=my.ip.address DST=255.255.255.255 LEN=118 TOS=0x00 PREC=0
    x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=631 DPT=631 LEN=98
    IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:e1:1c:b1:36:6f:00:01:7c:22:j7:61:08:00 SRC=65.42.16.185 DST
    =my.ip.address LEN=52 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=41 ID=37710 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=58697
    DPT=6881 WINDOW=60352 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0

    And it is chock full of that. It sort of renders the log useless. I hate to admit I don't know where this is coming from. I'm using guarddog for a firewall. I'm on kernel 2.4.26. Obviously the log dosn't say "my.ip.address" and "my.ip.net.255", it actually has the ips in there.
    Any ideas, or maybe a shove in the right direction. It may just be I am searching for the wrong terms and there is an easy answer I've missed.

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    Search your guarddog script (presumably in /etc/init.d) for lines containing "-j LOG" and try commenting these out. Most of the stuff you posted seems to come from iptables.

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