Here's something that should never be seen on a local area network.

[hopelessdemigod@mstdn.social]

@BorrisInABox

Perhaps interference from a terminal velocity radar at an airport.

[borrisinabox@fwoof.space]

@HopelessDemigod Nearest airport is 30 miles away. Who knows?

[hopelessdemigod@mstdn.social]

@BorrisInABox

It's highly directional concentrated microwave energy. So it's definitely possible.

[borrisinabox@fwoof.space]

@HopelessDemigod Well, since I can't have Ethernet anywhere that matters in this place, I get to deal with junk like this far too regularly.

[hopelessdemigod@mstdn.social]

@BorrisInABox

What about data over coax?

[borrisinabox@fwoof.space]

@HopelessDemigod No coax in the house. The people who lived here previously had DirectTV with one short line going to a single receiver. Otherwise, I'd try a MoCA bridge.

[kd6cae@dragonscave.space]

@BorrisInABox Umm, damn! What, was your target connected via serial cable, on the international space station? God that's horrific beyond horrific!

[borrisinabox@fwoof.space]

@kd6cae The destination IP address is wired, the other was not. I typically see 1-2 MS pings to that host. Not that time.

[hopelessdemigod@mstdn.social]

@BorrisInABox

Understood.

[adam@fedi.adamm.cc]

@kd6cae @BorrisInABox Perhaps he was seeing a preview of a connection through Musk's space data centers, bounced off the moon, back to the space constillation, then back to Earth.