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Why at start (Firefox 19.0 on Fedora Core 14) firesup a lot of traffic with 184.84.243.224 or other akamai IPs? Is there a purpose for that? What purpose?

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abottonelli
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See a portion of TCP dump:

13:00:29.182336 IP 192.168.5.102.59310 > 184.84.243.224.80: Flags [S], seq 291674950, win 5840, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS val 1972443 ecr 0,nop,wscale 6], length 0 13:00:29.182407 IP 192.168.5.102.59311 > 184.84.243.224.80: Flags [S], seq 1502937842, win 5840, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS val 1972443 ecr 0,nop,wscale 6], length 0 13:00:29.339919 IP 184.84.243.224.80 > 192.168.5.102.59310: Flags [S.], seq 1683191374, ack 291674951, win 14480, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS val 530574242 ecr 1972443,nop,wscale 1], length 0 13:00:29.339996 IP 192.168.5.102.59310 > 184.84.243.224.80: Flags [.], ack 1, win 92, options [nop,nop,TS val 1972601 ecr 530574242], length 0 13:00:29.340263 IP 192.168.5.102.59310 > 184.84.243.224.80: Flags [P.], seq 1:392, ack 1, win 92, options [nop,nop,TS val 1972601 ecr 530574242], length 391 13:00:29.342220 IP 184.84.243.224.80 > 192.168.5.102.59311: Flags [S.], seq 2342996795, ack 1502937843, win 14480, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS val 530574245 ecr 1972443,nop,wscale 1], length 0 13:00:29.342292 IP 192.168.5.102.59311 > 184.84.243.224.80: Flags [.], ack 1, win 92, options [nop,nop,TS val 1972603 ecr 530574245], length 0 13:00:29.511243 IP 184.84.243.224.80 > 192.168.5.102.59310: Flags [.], ack 392, win 7776, options [nop,nop,TS val 530574414 ecr 1972601], length 0 

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and goes one for a long while.. .. ..

See a portion of TCP dump: 13:00:29.182336 IP 192.168.5.102.59310 > 184.84.243.224.80: Flags [S], seq 291674950, win 5840, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS val 1972443 ecr 0,nop,wscale 6], length 0 13:00:29.182407 IP 192.168.5.102.59311 > 184.84.243.224.80: Flags [S], seq 1502937842, win 5840, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS val 1972443 ecr 0,nop,wscale 6], length 0 13:00:29.339919 IP 184.84.243.224.80 > 192.168.5.102.59310: Flags [S.], seq 1683191374, ack 291674951, win 14480, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS val 530574242 ecr 1972443,nop,wscale 1], length 0 13:00:29.339996 IP 192.168.5.102.59310 > 184.84.243.224.80: Flags [.], ack 1, win 92, options [nop,nop,TS val 1972601 ecr 530574242], length 0 13:00:29.340263 IP 192.168.5.102.59310 > 184.84.243.224.80: Flags [P.], seq 1:392, ack 1, win 92, options [nop,nop,TS val 1972601 ecr 530574242], length 391 13:00:29.342220 IP 184.84.243.224.80 > 192.168.5.102.59311: Flags [S.], seq 2342996795, ack 1502937843, win 14480, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS val 530574245 ecr 1972443,nop,wscale 1], length 0 13:00:29.342292 IP 192.168.5.102.59311 > 184.84.243.224.80: Flags [.], ack 1, win 92, options [nop,nop,TS val 1972603 ecr 530574245], length 0 13:00:29.511243 IP 184.84.243.224.80 > 192.168.5.102.59310: Flags [.], ack 392, win 7776, options [nop,nop,TS val 530574414 ecr 1972601], length 0 .. .. .. and goes one for a long while.. .. ..

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user66338
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Hello,

Try Firefox Safe Mode to see if the problem goes away. Safe Mode is a troubleshooting mode, which disables most add-ons.

(If you're not using it, switch to the Default theme.)

  • You can open Firefox 4.0+ in Safe Mode by holding the Shift key when you open the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
  • Or open the Help menu and click on the Restart with Add-ons Disabled... menu item while Firefox is running.

Once you get the pop-up, just select "'Start in Safe Mode"

If the issue is not present in Firefox Safe Mode, your problem is probably caused by an extension, and you need to figure out which one. Please follow the Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems article for that.

To exit the Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before opening Firefox for normal use again.

When you figure out what's causing your issues, please let us know. It might help other users who have the same problem.

Thank you.

NB: Firefox should not access IPs within Akamai by itself, so I think it might be an add-on that's causing the issues.

abottonelli
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Indeed starting in safe mode generates no traffic. Yet, we were unable to identify the plugin/addon/extension doing it.

We have just questioned Akamai's Customer Care about that. Waiting for a reply. We'll keep you posted.

Thanks for the prompt reply.