Ben Gracewood wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm getting lots (as in a triple-attempt every couple of days) of these in
> my M10 (yes, I still have one - Queen St, Ak) logs:
>
> TS: User "admin" logging in from host 172.30.253.2
> 15:13:06:56 L4 TS: User "admin" completed login as administrator
> 15:13:06:56 L4 TS: file upload started by user "admin"
> 15:13:06:56 L4 UPLD: transfer of file "ADSL/213.692.61993201002"
> initiated to 0.63.254.24
> 15:13:07:11 L4 e624 UPLD: Transfer received TFTP error: 0xe624 timeout
> waiting for server
>
> I'm hoping it's a Telecom person attempting to update the M10's firmware,
> but I'm curious as to the repeated attempts and timeouts. I've had no
> contact whatsoever from Telecom informing me of any changes and/or updates.
>
> Anyone shed any light on this?

Yup,

It's me. The old style M10/M11 modems regularly time out the first time so I repeat two
more times. If they fail I assume UDP is pinholed capture, the config to screen and
print it to file. The indicators to tell you it's Telecom are:

1. The directory and file structure are always the same ADSL/management stuff "." more
management stuff "." serial number.
2. "User "admin" completed login as administrator" To be blunt - unless you've been
very stupid and set admin rights on the ppp interface, the only interfaces admin can
login are the ethernet and management interfaces.
3. If it's us it will come from 172.30.253.2 or 172.30.254.254

The reason you're seeing this fairly often at the moment is the number of DSLAM upgrades
we're doing. To try and ensure I have a backup of your config when we do one of these
DSLAM upgrades I always do a system wide backup rather than just the DSLAMs to be
upgraded. I do this because I noticed how many I was missing on any given run of the
system.

Cheers

Andrew

--
When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder.
        -James H. Boren.
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