Odd "dropped packet" messages in router logs

[wekurtz74]

 I get the following msgs, the happen repeatedly, every 8 seconds or so.

[INFO] Thu Jul 09 23:12:41 2009 Dropped packet from 169.254.1.150 to 169.254.1.255 (IP protocol 17) as unable to create new session

[INFO] Thu Jul 09 23:12:37 2009 Dropped packet from 169.254.1.167 to 169.254.1.255 (IP protocol 17) as unable to create new session

[INFO] Thu Jul 09 23:12:34 2009 Dropped packet from 169.254.1.41 to 169.254.1.255 (IP protocol 17) as unable to create new session

 

 I do not understand what this is refering too. Does anyone have ANY idea what the heck this could be -- and how to fix it?

 Thanks

[wekurtz74]

I have investigated this matter a little further, and it seems to have something to do with the STBs for the FiOS TV portion trying to "do something".  When I uplug my NIM 100, they stop happening.  However, is this a malfuction or something i can stop from happening?  Thanks in advance

[cjacobs001]

dropped packets happen all the time, on every network.    Are you having any specific issues that you think this may be causing?

[wekurtz74]

I dont know if there are any.  But it seems to be clogging up the log because that series of msgs hapens every fuew seconds.  I have noticed my upload speed is not near the 5Mbps it supposed to be.  Not sure if that is related or not. 

[cjacobs001]

try running the Verizon optimizer.  Most optimizers improve settings for your download speeds, but, as far as I know, Verizon's is the only one that improves your settings for upload.      The optimizer may also fix the issue of the dropped packets.