I have been getting tons (10-20/minute) of ICMP 8 packets from all different Ips but all from the range owned by my ISP. I am curious as to why this is happening? and should i be replying to pings? This isn't normal is it ? The destination is also my ip only about half the time ,the other half are to the ip i get if i plug in a different nic (i think ,i can't confirm right now). Here is an ethereal capture of a couple.
0000 00 80 c6 f6 9b 1d 00 e0 0c c5 99 c6 08 00 45 00 ........ ......E.
0010 00 5c 01 ae 00 00 7d 01 fa 0f 44 91 1d 4c 44 93 .\....}. ..D..LD.
0020 9b 73 08 00 aa 22 02 00 f6 87 aa aa aa aa aa aa .s...".. ........
0030 aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa ........ ........
0040 aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa ........ ........
0050 aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa ........ ........
0060 aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa ........ ..

0000 00 80 c6 f6 9b 1d 00 e0 0c c5 99 c6 08 00 45 00 ........ ......E.
0010 00 5c 43 db 00 00 7d 01 78 7c 44 90 5c b3 44 93 .\C...}. x|D.\.D.
0020 9b 73 08 00 db 88 02 00 c5 21 aa aa aa aa aa aa .s...... .!......
0030 aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa ........ ........
0040 aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa ........ ........
0050 aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa ........ ........
0060 aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa ........ ..
AFAIK these are normal packets? I don't run a server or anything this just a single *nix home box on cable.
On another somewhat unrelated note, any ideas why the arp packets i get contain what seems to be a news webpage ? Why are they not just padded with aaa's like pings?