>You're on drugs. It's perfectly normal and has been that way for 
>over a year now:
>
># netstat -in

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>Now go back to the drawing board and find another cause for your 
>problem. :-)


    Thank you for your kind reply.

    Luckily, a number of respondents were able to offer more constructive
comments, and I was able to locate and correct the source of my problems. 
This is indeed normal behavior. 

    Thanks to all respondents (particularly David Carrel)...