Oh, and most of the slowdown is caused by another side effect of the worm, all the ARP requests it's generating. Since @Home neighboorhoods act like a LAN, my cable modem gets all the random ARP requests. The worm it's self is just proving what MCSE sysadmins out there have no clue, and how many @home users are violating their terms of service (in more ways then just having a web server now.)


I had forgetten completely about that... The ARP table. Chances are, your 2600 doesn't have a memory upgrade, so it's very likely that the arp table is filling up, causing the router to go into brainlock trying to deal with them all... That would explain why the system progressively gets worse after a reboot. A memory upgrade would help extend the live time, but honestly, the better solution is for the ISP to step in.

MCSE? My Computer Sucks Ethernet? That was what you were referring to, right?