online gaming traffic to servers

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Just got our laptop up and running with the online version -
Was curious about the traffic, so looked in our router log.
Why does it show so many UDP connections to various servers ?
I would have expected a single "conversation" to a server ?
What's going on ?
Should I also be worried about this type of traffic ?

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2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 81.169.182.248:27099
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 82.96.85.39:22500
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 221.127.199.243:27015
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 81.169.187.130:27015
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 61.38.153.4:27015
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 62.44.223.141:27015
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 62.2.25.77:27015
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 62.121.18.13:27000
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 82.96.88.36:27020
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 80.15.134.119:27015
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 221.192.228.6:60012
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 61.44.199.177:27015
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 81.98.19.133:27015
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 62.93.232.84:27020
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 219.58.92.27:27016
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 83.29.247.172:27015
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 81.108.25.45:27015
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 61.38.153.6:27015
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 221.143.22.94:27015
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 81.169.173.128:27015
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 80.81.183.147:27015
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 221.143.22.90:27017
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 62.141.58.33:27030
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 81.191.107.23:27015
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 68.62.59.109:27015
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 61.215.160.170:27015
2004-11-11 16:31:20 UDP from 192.168.1.150:1252 to 218.234.72.97:27016

Archived from groups: alt.games.half-life.counterstrike (More info?)

I like Toys and Cake <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:1100285857.20478.0@sabbath.news.uk.clara.net...
>
> "Phil Schuman" <pschuman_NO_SPAM_ME@interserv.com> wrote in message
> news:VISkd.18688$Rf1.7404@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com...
> > Just got our laptop up and running with the online version -
> > Was curious about the traffic, so looked in our router log.
> > Why does it show so many UDP connections to various servers ?
> > I would have expected a single "conversation" to a server ?
> > What's going on ?
> > Should I also be worried about this type of traffic ?
> >
> <snip>
>
> There is no such thing as a direct route to a server what you are most
> likely seeing in the log are the addresses of routers between you and
> the server, especially if you connect to a server run by a company who
> run lots of servers in clusters. As long as your ping stays as low as
> it gets and is stable then don't worry
>
>

Get your firewall sorted.
It may save you becoming a victim of some Korean port scanner hacker.
Also check the ip addys with a 'whois' server to see where they are
originating from.
This also might encourage you to get that firewall sorted.

Uzi