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A user in a Windows 7 SP1 workgroup network notices unusual public IP traffic through their router and asks how to block it. A responder advises verifying whether these IPs are essential for internet access and suggests using Whois lookup to identify them before blocking via firewall settings. The overall tone indicates a troubleshooting discussion focused on security and network management.

Bijesh

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Hi,

I have windows 7 SP1 installed pcs in my office network belongs to workgroup.

these system traffic shows through router(command: show ip accounting) that many public ip address is accessing ,which utilze my network bandwidth in large size.How can i block these traffic?

Why happening these public access from my PC,

Some of the public IPs are below..

104.112.50.88
104.231.112.122
11.241.153.24
112.249.59.190
116.43.134.150
117.242.215.58
123.17.221.172
132.120.114.210
 

patcooke

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Before blocking take care that the addresses are not an essential part of the routing which supports your internet.

You can look them up here:

http://whois.domaintools.com/

then decide if you want to block them via your firewall settings.
 

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