Sniff...Sniff...

Well, due to what I consider an abnormal level of LAN traffic, I feel compelled to install and utilize some packet analysers on my network. Wireshark is what I will be using, or rather, learning to use. With a webserver, an FTP server and a PTP client running, with merely an actiontec router/firewall, I suppose I was a bit naieve to wait this long.
Pacet sniffers like wireshark, look interesting and can be very usefull. Before long even my kids IM chat will be subject to random checking for inapropriate conversations. That is, after I can figure out what all that gobblety-gook is that wireshark is telling me is inside each packet on my network.