Strange Shorewall Log Entries

Hi all,

Today, I noticed a ton of strange entries in my shorewall log file (kern.log):

Apr 12 22:55:41 server kernel: Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:20:ed:5c:4c:cd:00:11:50:48:e4:a0:08:00 SRC=192.168.2.1 DST=192.168.2.2 LEN=79 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=17 DPT=35035 LEN=59 Apr 12 22:56:06 server kernel: Shorewall:net2all:DROP:IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:20:ed:5c:4c:cd:00:11:50:48:e4:a0:08:00 SRC=192.168.2.1 DST=192.168.2.2 LEN=96 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=258 DPT=35038 LEN=76

There are around 2000 such entries, each having a different destination

port (larger than 35000) and most having a different source port (~15-400). I don't understand why the source IP is my router. The middle part of the MAC address (00:11:50:48:e4:a0) matches the internal

MAC address of my router. What does this mean?

Also, at the very end of these lines there is:

Apr 12 22:57:39 server kernel: eth0: link down Apr 12 22:57:41 server kernel: eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa

0x45E1 Apr 12 22:57:53 server kernel: eth0: link down Apr 12 22:57:55 server kernel: eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1

Are these two events related?

Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Jonathan

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If 192.168.2.1 is your gateway and 192.168.2.2 is your computer, then this is communication from internet to you. Are UDP ports 350** forwarded, if so do you really need it, if no close them. If you use Windows ME or XP and if your router supports UPnP services, are they enabled, if so router may automatically forward ports.

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