Firestarter firewall question

[Ace69]

I have just installed this firewall program and it looks to be a nice program with alot of nice features, but I have one problem with it. It logs COUNTLESS hits to port 65535. It logs about 2 hits on this port about 3 times a second! It is logging so many hits, it is bogging my PC down. I have also noticed that all of the supposed hits are coming from within my ISP's domain.

Any ideas?

[n00bi]

Have you checked with your ISP? Maybe they use it to see if you are alive. What type of connection do you have?

[Ace69]

I work at the ISP and I don't think we do that. That would be an explanation if it were coming from one central server, but the IPs are ranging across several subnets that we lease.

I have been trying to see what port 65535 is and the only thing I know about this port is that it is the highest port there is.

Needless to say, I am stumped. :)

[n00bi]

Are you on a cable modem? Those have to be the most hacked boxes out there because of bandwidth/security. Not sure I have an answer to your question though, sorry.

[Ace69]

Yes, I do have a cable modem. I guess I am going to investigate if it is the firewall displaying false hits or see what port 65535 does.